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Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series about Cuenca's Mariscal La Mar Airport. By Stephen Vargha Cuenca has a long history of aviation that began on November 4, 1920, when Italian pilot Elia Liut landed his small twin-engine plane at the Jericó field,...
Lunes, 29/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 27/7 (3 articles<): Tributo sinfónico al rock (Symphonic tribute to rock) - The Orquesta Sinfónica and the Coro Polifónico of the U. of Cuenca will present a Tribute Sinfónico-Coral del Rock el...
By Frances Robles The United States and countries around the world denounced the results of Venezuela’s presidential election, in which the incumbent, Nicolás Maduro, declared victory in the face of accusations of widespread fraud. Notably, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,...
“Show me the signed contracts,” Cuenca Mayor Cristian Zamora demanded Friday following the announcement by the Transportation Ministry that it will construct four overpasses on the Cuenca-to-Azogues autopista. “If I see proof this will happen, I will celebrate, but...
By Anatoly Kurmanaev, Frances Robles and Julie Turkewitz Venezuela’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, was declared the winner of the country’s tumultuous presidential election early Monday, despite enormous momentum from an opposition movement that had been...
By Vanessa Bauza Once underappreciated, mangroves are having a moment. From global initiatives to community-led efforts, work to conserve these climate superstars is gaining traction. Now, a landmark US$ 45.9 million project aims to give Ecuador’s degraded mangroves a...
By Carla Gloria Colomé The streets in Cuba look empty. Dozens of residents in every neighborhood have shut the door to their homes for the last time. Long lines in the Havana airport to board a flight to Nicaragua grow by the day. Some time ago, there was talk of a...
Viernes, 26/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Presentación de la obra "Crime Brulé" (Presentation of the play “Crime Brulé") - "Crime Brulé," the new work by dramaturgo (playwright - your more or less useless word for the day unless you are one) Martín Peña Vázquez...
By Sibi Arasu and Seth Bornstein After three of Earth’s hottest days ever measured, the United Nations called for a flurry of efforts to try to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures, calling it “an extreme heat epidemic.” “If there is one thing...
By John McWhorter English speakers know that their language is odd. So do people saddled with learning it non-natively. The oddity that we all perceive most readily is its spelling, which is indeed a nightmare. In countries where English isn’t spoken, there is no such...
Following hours of protest at government headquarters on Parque Calderon, the Social Security Institute and Health Ministry announced Thursday night it will make short-term payments to maintain dialysis treatment for local kidney disease patients. A crowd of about...
By Jeff Van Pelt Why should you strive to give exceptional customer service? Why not just good? I will focus mainly on restaurants, but this advice applies to most kinds of businesses. And lest I be accused of being negative about Ecuador, I point out that I first...
By Sergio Saffon Latin American drug networks are increasingly using unmanned vessels and employing new methods to chemically transform cocaine to move large drug shipments. InSight Crime spoke to Frigate Captain Glehiston Hernández Gutiérrez, director of the...
Miércoles, 24/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Exposición sobre el tren (Train exhibition) - "Abordo del Expreso Austral" will open el jueves, 25/6 a las 19:00 in the Quinta Bolívar. The exhibit includes a collection of artifacts, photos, documents and related...
By Christopher Lux Ecuador is small country with a diverse geography. That geography produces diverse cuisine that corresponds to the regions' abundant edible resources. While the coast and mountains have their own unique dishes, many foods are shared by the entire...
By Vivian Sequera and Julia Symmes Cobb Venezuela does not prosecute people for their political opinions and holds no political prisoners, Attorney General Tarek Saab said ahead of presidential elections he says should be peaceful. Campaigning for the presidential...
By Amarachi Orie Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of what they believe are a 4,000-year-old temple and theater, shining a new light on the origins of complex religions in the region. The team began studying the new archaeological site of La Otra...
By Hal Cousins A team of scientists has documented that Yasuní National Park, in the core of the Ecuadorian Amazon, shatters world records for a wide array of plant and animal groups, from amphibians to trees to insects. The authors also conclude that proposed oil...
The Constitutional Court has denied a request by national oil company Petroecuador to extend the deadline for the closure of the ITT oil fields in the Yasuní National Park. Petroecuador had requested that the shutdown of oil production, mandated last year in a public...
By Jack Guy Sharks living off the coast of Brazil have tested positive for cocaine, according to new research, the first time that the drug has been detected in free-ranging sharks. Scientists tested 13 Brazilian sharpnose sharks in the waters off the city of Rio de...
