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I was talking with a friend at a party recently who, after a few drinks, sheepishly blurted out, “I decided to move back to the US, or perhaps somewhere else. From what I’ve read, Portugal is nice, and so is Panama. I’m unsure where I will end up, but I am leaving...
By Kate Marin Wohlfeld You are never too old to feel young again! Azuay Community Theater celebrates Valentine’s weekend with the sparkling, modern comedy, Kalamazoo, about two seniors finding love again. Written by a team of award-winning playwrights, Michelle Kholos...
It is common to see resident eagles gliding high over the village of Zhumir when the air currents are favorable; a cast of raptors scanning the valley floor flecked with grasses bearing swollen grain and wildflowers. It is a perfect landscape for hunting careless mice...
By Jeremiah Reardon My wife Belinda and I settled in Cuenca a decade ago after living in Monterey, California. We rented our first apartment near the Yanuncay River. Running errands in El Centro, we’d walk past one of Cuenca’s cultural gems, La Esquina de Las Artes....
By Jeremiah Reardon On January 13, El Mercurio’s obituary notices included sixty-five-year-old Bolivar Sarmiento Regalado, Cuenca’s greatly admired guitarist/singer and father of two daughters. He had succumbed to a malignant brain tumor after struggling with it over...
By Stephen Vargha Convents have a rich history in Cuenca. They became a part of Cuenca shortly after the Spanish conquered what is now Ecuador. Spanish conquistador Rodrigo Núñez de Bonilla is attributed with the construction of the first Catholic church founded in...
By Caitlin Boylan It’s simultaneously the easiest and the most difficult thing you’ll do — moving abroad and settling into your new life. You’ll find yourself sipping a glass of vinho verde on a Wednesday afternoon with the winter sun shining on your face. You won’t...
It is difficult to describe the moment accurately. It was like being doused with cold hard rain while scurrying home under a swollen thunderstorm, or the moment you realize while reading the last chapter of a novel that the story may not have a happy ending. I was...
Author's note: Lewis Carroll, the creator of Alice in Wonder, was born on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, Cheshire, England. My Alice in Wonderland show came about during my second seminar with Bob Markwood, a very talented magician who led the first seminar I attended...
Author’s note: Welcome to “Delicias Chinas – A Cozy Chinese Haven in Cuenca,” where we get a taste of everything from the flavorful dishes to the personal attention given to each guest. This spot offers an authentic slice of China in Cuenca and is especially for the...
Perhaps my greatest luxury was packing a camera. I had long admired photography as both an intimate artform and one with a lasting impression, yet I never indulged in the practice until I moved to Cuenca in 2016. I was as relieved to be moving to Ecuador as I was to...
Editor's note: Englishman Alan Alexander Milne was born on January 18, 1882. Better known by his initials "A.A.", Milne gained fame for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for several volumes of children's poetry. Here, Cuenca expat and New...
By Lee Harrison Expat hot spots around the world go through a fairly predictable cycle, morphing through a number of stages between their initial discovery and their maturity as a mainstream destination. The specifics of this evolution vary, but the general principles...
By Garry Vatcher When we think of charity, most of us imagine doing good deeds. People donate money, volunteers give their time, and kind acts are carried out. However, based on my life experiences, I believe charity goes beyond just doing good things — it’s about...
The headline above is borrowed from a notice posted on a bookstore window in San Anselmo, California. More than a few news programs in the media recently sparkled with airbrushed images of despicable political louts facing serious legal trouble, followed by celebrity...
Editor’s note: This is the fourth of a four-part series about professionally guided psychedelic therapy sessions that Cuenca expat C.P James and his wife participated in at a retreat in the nearby Yunguilla Valley. To read part one, click here; part two, click here;...
By John Surico Almost every night, after he helps put his kid to bed, Joshua Blanton drives across his hometown of Ashland, Kentucky, to look at a roundabout. Five were installed along one of its main commercial stretches this year, replacing five stoplights and...
By Stephen Vargha One may be surprised to learn that three greenhorns from the United States are producing some of the best coffee in Ecuador as well as having a secluded and beautiful getaway. “People would be shocked to realize how little thought we put into it...
By Kelly Benthall When I was in my 40s, if you had told me I'd be writing this from Mauritius after months of traveling across Europe, I would have laughed. Back then, I had a more traditional view of retirement: I would work until 65, leave a nest egg for my kids,...
Editor’s note: This is the third of a four-part series about professionally guided psychedelic therapy sessions that Cuenca expat C.P James and his wife participated in at a retreat in the nearby Yunguilla Valley. To read part one, click here; part two, click here....
Week of August 23
Ecuador’s economy grew 2% during the first half of 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to new Banco Central del Ecuador data.
Cuenca gets a prime view of next week’s deep partial lunar eclipse.
Ecuador’s economy grows 2% in the first half of 2026.
