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Bored? - (De El Mercurio del miércoles, 26/11) Convocan a conversatorio (Call for discussion) - The Casa de la Cultura Núcleo del Azuay is inviting the public to participate in a conversation about the Historia del Urbanismo del Centro Histórico de Cuenca (History of...
Cuenca needs more taxis. That’s the assessment of the city’s mobility office based on a growing number of passenger complaints. “We simply do not have a large enough taxi fleet to handle demand, especially during peak hours and during rainy weather,” says Pablo...
Editor’s note: This is the fourth of a four-part series about Married at First Sight, the international reality television show. The show originated in Denmark in 2013 and now has franchises in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. The first part was My...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del domingo, 23/11) "Danza Butoh de los Andes" (Butoh Dance of the Andes) - Susana Reyes will present her work, "Danza Butoh de los Andes" on el martes, 25 & miércoles el3 26/11 a las 19:30 in the Sala Alfonso Carrasco. The work is a stage...
If you sit with newcomers at a café near Parque Calderón, you can almost hear the expectations they carried when they first arrived. Some imagined peaceful days where everything feels slower and lighter. Others pictured a neat, organized city where life runs smoothly....
Following its November 16 referendum defeat, the government said Monday it is ready to talk. “We understand it is time to open dialog with all segments of society,” said newly appointed Government Minister Nataly Morillo. “It is time to listen to what the people have...
Toronto-based mining company Dundee Precious Metals (DPM) is once again under fire for its environmental track record and relationship with local communities in Ecuador. Yesterday, 106 organizations and 48 university professors, lawyers, Indigenous leaders, and human...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del sábado, 22/11) Muestra fotográfica en Museo de Paja Toquilla (Photo exhibit at the Museo de Paja Toquilla) - The Museo de la Paja Toquilla y el Sombrero is showing a photo exhibit, "La fiesta religiosa en la comunidad campesina" (The...
Ecuador Ombudsman César Córdova has asked the Ministry of the Interior for access to the new high security Encuentro Prison in Santa Elena Province. “It is our constitutional duty to verify that prisoners are being treated humanely and that human rights protocols are...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del miércoles, 19/11) Abren exposición sobre tradiciones campesinas (Exhibition on rural traditions opens) - El Museo de la Paja Toquilla y el Sombrero (Rafael M. Arízaga y Luis Cordero) opened the "La fiesta religiosa en la comunidad...
A lightning strike Wednesday afternoon destroyed part of the Christ the King monument located on Cullca Hill, north of Cuenca’s historic district. The strike, which occurred during an intense thunderstorm, sent masonry and marble fragments flying as far as 50 meters...
There are moments in Cuenca when you discover something that feels like a secret. A simple household discovery that makes you wonder why the rest of the world has not caught on. My latest discovery is cacao. The real stuff. The kind that comes in rough blocks or bags...
Hungry? - (de El Mercurio del domingo, 16/11) El nuevo epicentro gastronómico en Cuenca (The new gastronomic epicenter in Cuenca) - New food businesses in the El Vado sector have succeeded in conquering the palates of diners. Aji Dulce is located on Calle de la Cruz y...
If you sit long enough in a café near Parque Calderón, you can watch an entire story unfold about expat life in Cuenca. One table hums with newcomers comparing apartment rents and favorite bakeries. Another hosts the veterans, trading tales of how things “used to be.”...
Referendum - (jueves, 13/11) Ecuador analiza si va por la Constitución 21 - If more than half of the 13.4 million Ecuadorians eligible to vote are in favor of installing an Asamblea Constituyente (Constitutional Assembly), Ecuador will start the 21st process to...
Everyone in the world wants to know the same thing about Cuenca, but few can answer it clearly: what is the standard of living really like? Not the tourist version, not the realtor’s pitch, but the daily reality for ordinary people and how it feels to buy groceries,...
Referendum - ¿Sirve reducir asambleístas? (Is it useful to reduce the number of assembly members?) - Question C on the Referendum proposes to reduce the number of legislators in the Asamblea Nacional from 151 to 73. The 73 would be composed of 10 national...
Referendum - Financiamiento político, al debate (Political financing, up for debate) - The political organizations that meet the requirements established in the Código de la Democracia have the right to receive a part of the Fondo Partidario Permanente (Permanent...
Curious? - (lunes, 10/11)* Ecuador vota el regreso de las bases extranjeras (Ecuador votes on the return of foreign military bases) - This is the first of a series of articles from El Mercurio that analyzes the questions in the Referéndum and Consulta Popular 2025....
The Ministries of Transportation and Tourism announced Sunday that final approval has been granted for flights between Cuenca and the Galapagos Islands. Latam Airlines will operate the twice-weekly flights that could begin by the end of the year. Transportation...
