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The day before Cuenca’s famous Pase del Niño parade my wife Belinda and I ran errands in our suburban neighborhood. We live to the south of the Tomebamba River which divides the city’s historic district to the north from the south’s more modern construction. The hot...
The water level at the Mazar reservoir in eastern Azuay Province continues to drop rapidly, Ecuador’s Electric Corporation (CELEC) reports. A month ago, on November 30, the level stood at 2,153 meters above sea level. On Monday, it was 2,140. CELEC also reports a...
If you ever find yourself thinking the Terminal Terrestre is just a place to catch a bus, you have not been paying attention. The main bus station in Cuenca is a destination all by itself. It is also one of the few buildings in town where you can eat lunch, arrange a...
Walk through Cuenca today and you can already see the quiet signs of change. More QR codes on tables. More digital payment apps. More small shops testing online orders and automated marketing. What once felt like a distant future is now part of daily life. As 2025...
Government Minister Nataly Morillo said Thursday that President Daniel Noboa will not meet with the mayors of Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca, considering them “rude and disrespectful and involved in acts of blackmail.” In an interview on digital news program Un coffee...
Editor’s note: Ever wonder what Cuenca was like a 112 years ago? The following is an excerpt from "Vagabonding Down the Andes" by Harry A. Franck. Published in 1917, the book is a travelogue of the author’s 1912-1913 journey, mostly by foot, from Panama to Buenos...
By Sylvan Hardy A crowd of 100,000 will line the streets and crowd the balconies of Calle Simon Bolivar today to watch Cuenca’s Christmas Eve parade, the Pase del Niño, or the Passing of the Child. In addition to onlookers, the event will feature 30,000 participants,...
Spend enough time in cafés around Cuenca and a quiet pattern starts to appear. It does not announce itself or come with rules or signs. Instead, it unfolds through habit, comfort, and time. This is what many expats slowly recognize as the café divide in Cuenca. At...
As yet another year comes to an end on planet Earth, there are mornings when I sit with a cup of Tuti instant coffee or yerba mate and try to make sense of the IRS's rules for retirement. It’s like reading hieroglyphics written by accountants. The older I get, the...
Bored?- 50 "viudas" en competencia (50 “widows” in race) - The tradition of the Año Viejo will live on in a different way in Cuenca next miercoles, 31/12, in the La Gloria barrio (av. Loja) <the northern end of the barrio is at San Roque according to a quick Google...
Ecuador’s IVA refund system for senior residents is legally clear, administratively uneven, and morally awkward, leaving expatriate retirees to negotiate not just receipts and deadlines, but their own sense of fairness, belonging, and proportion. There are two broad...
By Christopher Lux It's the perfect crime. The victims are awake, articulate, and appear normal. But they have no control over their decisions and actions and do anything the criminal asks. Victims have regained consciousness to find they've been robbed or raped....
By John Olson Expats come to Cuenca hoping to continue their favorite activities and interests from their previous lives in other countries, but sometimes these activities have a way of drawing them into their new community and finding ways to contribute to their...
By Ashley Rogers People often say curiosity fades as you get older. They’re wrong. Curiosity isn’t something you lose with age. It’s something you stop nourishing. And when you do feed it — at any age — it has a remarkable way of leading you somewhere unexpected. For...
Cuenca is Ecuador’s fastest growing city and home to the second largest number of foreign residents, a new study shows. The study, conducted by the University of Azuay, the National Office of Census and Statistics and three other organizations reports the city’s...
A field guide for people who just want to pay and get on with lunch. In Cuenca, garbage collection used to be one of those civic services that functioned so smoothly you barely noticed it. The truck came with little green men running behind. The bags on the racks...
By Veronica Pesantes and Charmaine Picard Marking its 40th anniversary, the 17th Bienal de Cuenca, titled The Game, opened on 24 October. Its inauguration coincided with the Art Basel Paris fair on the other side of the Atlantic, but the biennial offers a timely...
Deputy Minister of Energy Javier Subía resigned Tuesday, a week after announcing that the Loma Linda gold mine project was “still alive” and could be resumed in the future. In accepting the resignation, Minister of Energy Inés Manzano's said Subía’s departure is part...
Fifteen prisoners were found dead Saturday and Sunday at Guayaquil’s Litoral Prison and government officials say they are unsure of the causes. Officials said the bodies were recovered in seven of the prison’s 12 pavilions and that autopsies are underway. Long-known...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del lunes, 15/12) 10 lugares para conocer Azuay (10 places to visit in Azuay) - Cuenca's eastern cantons of Gualaceo, Paute, Sígsig, El Pan, Chordeleg, Guachapala & Sevilla de Oro let you sail in the Andes, discover crafts, learn the...
