Expat Life
by Mark A. Mahoney, Ph.D., R.D.N. As our society (as well as other Nations) continue to have significant issues related to basic kindness and civility amongst groups of citizens we […]
Editor’s note: This is the first 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
By Steven Barrie-Anthony For the vast majority of my psychotherapy patients, the gravitational pull of phones and social media alters the most important aspects of who they are, their relationships […]
The Americans have finally done it. After more than two centuries, the last US penny is rolling off the line, and the mint workers in Philadelphia are putting away the […]
By Mikkael A. Sekeres, MD As an oncologist, I see patients who report both common and uncommon symptoms. The symptoms most commonly linked to a cancer diagnosis, not surprisingly, reflect […]
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, […]
By Andrew Hazzard Business bustled on a sunny fall afternoon at Miriam’s cevichochos food stand on a northeast Minneapolis streetcorner. About a dozen customers bought a bowl, squeezing fresh lime […]
I spent part of my working life in Florida’s correctional world. Not as a guard and not as an inmate, but somewhere in between, in health-care administration. My job was […]
Something special happens when you walk through a Latin American neighborhood in the morning. The bakery is already open. People greet each other by name. The pace is unhurried. There’s […]
Opposite Feria Libre, squeezed between a pharmacy and a scanner joint, I found a dingy doorway that didn’t look like the path to dental salvation, although a small sign that […]
If you want to take the pulse of a city, don’t bother with opinion polls or traffic counts. Just count how many homes have washing machines. Here in Cuenca, about […]
By Miriam Drake, M.Ed., L.M.H.C., N.C.C. To be a good caregiver, first and foremost, you need to be good to yourself. I cannot emphasize this enough! This is extremely important. […]
There comes a time in every man’s life when he realizes he’s no longer a hunter but a retired park ranger. These days, even though I am living in the […]
Every year, before Halloween merchandising has even been exhausted, the shops in Cuenca wheel out the Christmas trees. Plastic snowflakes appear beside the avocados, and the first faint strains of […]
Everyone in Cuenca will tell you the almuerzo at the market is a bargain. Two or three dollars buys you soup, a main dish, rice, and a glass of juice, […]
By Mark Travers Ph.D. Nothing can rattle your sense of invincibility and security quite like a rupture in normalcy: losing a job, getting a life-changing medical diagnosis, experiencing a breakup, […]
If you ever wondered what happens when a childhood fascination with Meccano and Lego collides with the arrival of tercera edad, then the answer may be called Arduino. The name […]
When I saw that the late Virginia Giuffre was publishing a memoir called Nobody’s Girl, I downloaded a copy out of professional curiosity, even though I have no experience as a […]
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Week of November 30
Noboa doubles down on constitutional changes despite voters’ clear rejection.
Assembly approves Ecuador’s 2026 budget after tense debate over spending priorities.
Ecuador: between 2020 and 2024, an area equivalent to the size of Luxembourg was deforested.
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