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Planning for the elimination of gasoline subsidies is underway and will be implemented within a matter of months, according to Deputy Government Minister Esteban Torres. “This is not something we are planning for next year or sometime in the future, it is a change...
Electric power cuts could resume in July or August, the National Electricity Operator (Cenace) warned Tuesday. “Due to weather-related circumstances at the country’s electricity generation plants, it is possible that more scheduled outages will occur until February...
By Tobias Käufer It came as a small shock to exporters: According to local media reports, recently banned the import of Guatemalan coffee and other goods. There was no official explanation. Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo, however, presumed that there was a...
By Sylvan Hardy The surge of killings in Manta is the result of a turf war between the Los Lobos and Choneros gangs, according to the crime monitoring service InSight Crime. “Los Lobos and its Mexican partner, the Jalisco New Generation cartel, is taking advantage of...
By John Olson From Thursday June 13 through Sunday, June 16, Cuenca's own English-language expat theater company, Azuay Community Theater, brings the comedic gem Murder at the Howard Johnson’s to life in Ecuador, promising an evening of laughter and unexpected twists....
By Mina Elwell When you're planning to spend time away from home, one of the most important things you need to pack is your prescription medications. However, not all countries have the same regulations on medications, and depending on where you're going, medications...
Martes, 4/6/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Sinfónica en Gala Lírica (Symphony in Lyric Gala) - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca (OSC) is performing a Lyric Gala this coming viernes a las 20:00 in the Teatro Pumapungo. The program will include soloists Ruth Díaz and...
By Kate Murphy “You’re not listening!” “Let me finish!” “That’s not what I said!” After “I love you,” these are among the most common refrains in close relationships. During my two years researching a book on listening, I learned something incredibly ironic about...
Among the conditions Ecuador agreed to for a $4 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was making a substantial payment on the debt to the Social Security Institute (IESS). Under terms released by the IMF, the government is required to pay all arrears...
By Agnes Theresa Oberauer Given its history of colonization, South America is a place that brings together the culture of its European colonizers with rich Indigenous culture and African traditions. While many places in South America continue to grapple with poverty...
Following the murders of an alternate National Assembly member and his wife Sunday, President Daniel Noboa ordered the Joint Command of the Armed Forces and the General Command of the National Police to relocate to Manta. In recent weeks, Manta and Manabí Province...
By Arturo Torres and Dan Collyns The road leading to Podocarpus National Park winds around lush, forested mountains that seem to stretch endlessly on the horizon. Covering 1,463 square kilometers (565 square miles), the park stretches from the foothills of the eastern...
By Dani Blum As summer approaches, many people with spring allergies are still suffering. And as new Covid variants circulate, experts say we may also soon see an uptick in cases. (Though wastewater data suggests that Covid cases are currently fairly low.) It can be...
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) $4 billion loan to Ecuador comes with strings attached. Among the requirements are for the government to increase revenue by expanding the taxpayer base, permanently increasing the value added tax, formalizing informal workers...
Domingo, 2/6/24 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Una 'cascada mágica' tiene Santa Isabel (Santa Isabel has a 'magic waterfall') - In the community of Pedernales, Shaglli Parish, Santa Isabel canton, is the río Chorrohuaico which has a magical waterfall. The river flows...
By José de Córdoba and Anthony Harrup Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City, will become Mexico’s first female president after romping to victory in an election billed as a referendum on the leftist policies of departing President Andrés Manuel López...
By Matias Delacroix and Juna Zamorano On a tiny island off Panama’s Caribbean coast, about 300 families are packing their belongings in preparation for a dramatic change. Generations of Gunas who have grown up on Gardi Sugdub in a life dedicated to the sea and tourism...
Viernes, 31/5/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Corpus Christi también se vive desde la música (Corpus Christi is also experienced through music ) - The Dirección Municipal de Cultura has organized free performances at the Glorieta in the Parque Calderón to celebrate...
Ecuadorian police said yesterday that the leader of a major gang from the South American country, who is implicated in the January murder of a prosecutor, among other crimes, has been arrested in Panama. In addition, the arrest of another of the country's top five...
By Irene Gardner Editor's note: This is the first article in a series that highlights Cuenca’s (and Azuay Province’s) charitable organizations, programs and projects and their leaders and teams of volunteers. Although there are many expats who have selflessly become...
