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By John Otis Like many upper-class Ecuadoreans, Lenin Moreno rarely noticed people with disabilities. A successful businessman and politician, he was too busy being an overachiever. All that changed in 1998. After buying bread at a Quito grocery store, Moreno was approached by gunmen in the parking lot. Even though he gave up his...
By Susan Schenck Cuenca now boasts an English-speaking marriage and family counselor and hypnotherapist. Cuenca and its immigrant community continue to attract interesting, professional, and caring people in search of new and improved lives. And when they arrive, they often get right to work, helping to improve the lives of others. Cuenca expats have implemented...
By Sarah Zielinski Chef and culinary historian Maricel Presilla owns two restaurants and has written many cookbooks. But her new book, Gran Cocina Latina: The Food of Latin America, is her attempt to give fans a heaping helping of the many cultures she blends into her world. "It's my whole life," she tells National Public...
Cuenca Singles has been created by friends Mary Ann Dion and Bob Higgins who are looking for a way to bring single, social expats together to network, create new friendships and share social experiences. When he lived in Arizona, Bob belonged to a number of singles meet-up groups while Mary Ann had joined similar...
By Susan Schenck [Editor’s Note: Cameron Cayce is a former psychotherapist and current massage therapist and astrologer who has lived in Cuenca since 2009. She is available for astrology readings at the contact information at the bottom of this interview.] Q: What do you offer the Cuenca community in your practice? A: I’m a professional...
By Susan Schenck Q: What do you offer the community here in your practice? A: I offer hypnotherapy, qigong, and meditation. My office space is above the Nectar vegetarian restaurant. I have also had a longstanding interest in alternative health and medicinal products, due to re-occurring tumors and health issues since I was very young,...
Editor's note: This is first in continuing series of interviews with Cuenca expats. By Susan Schenck SS: TC, My tarot card reading with you was amazing. You told me things that were happening in my life and about who I am that couldn’t have come from the community gossip. And you had these “yes/no” cards...
By Susan Schenck When my husband and I came to Cuenca a couple of years ago, though we did not know it at the time, we met one of Southern Ecuador´s most intriguing residents. Humberto Chica, along with his wife, owns and operates Cabañas Yanuncay, a hostal that is as unique and charming as Humberto...
Life just got easier for Cuenca's English-speaking foreigners. According to its director, Ana Lucía Serrano, Cuenca's new immigration office means that foreigners will no longer need to travel to Quito to conduct their visa business. It also means shorter application turn-around times and that applicants can navigate the process on their own, working with English-speaking...
By Sylvan Hardy Ecuador at Your Service is on the air. The radio program, aimed at English-speaking residents and prospective residents of Ecuador, debuted earlier this year on the Overseas Radio Network. The program, which airs Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., is hosted by Cuenca residents Ashley Rogers and Michel Blanchard. The show...
Editor´s note: Christine Collins and her husband moved to Cuenca in August, 2011, after vacationing here several months earlier. They had lived in a large expat community near Lake Chapala, Mexico prior to relocating. She is thrilled to report that they have just received their residency status and cedulas and can finally ship their household...
The author, Janet Greidanus, has been travelling to Ecuador annually for the past 10 years as a team member of Operation Esperanza (see http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/otolaryngology/specialty/esperanza.html), a humanitarian mission led by her husband, Dr. Thomas Greidanus. Operation Esperanza provides free hip and knee replacement surgery for poor adult Ecuadoreans, surgery for children with dislocated hips and club...
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