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The Sangay volcano, midway between Quito and Cuenca, is sending a large plume of ash over five provinces, rerouting airline flights between Guayaquil and Quito and Cuenca and Quito. Beginning Tuesday, residents west of the volcano, as far away as Guayaquil, reported...
By Rashmi J. Dalai Long before glitz and glamour came to accompany corporate packages and overseas retirements, Ernest Hemingway likened expats to addicts: “You’ve lost touch with the soil. You get precious. Fake foreign standards have ruined you. You drink yourself...
By Brad Stulberg The other day, someone at my gym approached me and lamented that he could spend nearly every waking hour of his life executing the countless viral health and longevity recommendations popularized by internet influencers and podcast hosts, and he’d...
Miércoles, 10/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Tras de 20 años reabren terraza de Seminario (After 20 years, Seminary terrace reopens) - The Archdiocese of Cuenca is reopening the front terrace of the Seminario "San Luis" after 20 years. The 60 meter long by 6 m....
A man was caught trying to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into mainland China by stuffing them into his pants, according to the country’s customs authority. Customs officers in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen intercepted the man traveling through Futian Port,...
When we’re at our farm in Cañar Province, an hour-and-a-half drive north of Cuenca, I have my morning coffee beside the banana trees in the back yard. The neighbors can see me from the road and we exchange “Buenos Diases.” Most of them are on foot but a few ride...
Although the government forecasts revenue from legal mining to double in 2024 and 2025, it must also face the fact that most mining in the country is done illegally. “Illegal mining is generating almost one billion dollars a month,” says María Eulalia Silva, President...
Cuban journalist Alondra Santiago has asked Ecuador's judicial system to annul a government decision of to expel her from the country, an act she claims is related to her criticism of President Daniel Noboa. Through her lawyer Carlos Soria, Santiago insists on a...
By Caitlin Dow “You’d think we’d have a one-sentence answer,” says Colleen Muñoz, assistant professor of health sciences at the University of Hartford. “But it’s much more complicated.” The usual advice to drink eight 8 oz. glasses of water a day—the 8-by-8...
Periodico - lunes, 8/7/2024 Hola, Todos - To those of you who wrote in with the way to type the ü, many thanks. My Plan B was to enter penguin into the translator, then erase everything but the ü in pingüino, and move that where I needed it. My keyboard has a key with...
By Martin Simmons On a recent visit to Loja Province, a man and his wife described a home invasion they had suffered earlier this year. Although the couple lost a television, cell phones and several hundred dollars in cash, they were unhurt except for bruises they...
Two young Irishmen retaliated Sunday against Barcelona protesters who are using squirt guns against tourists, claiming over-tourism is ruining the city for residents. Hearing that hundreds of water pistol-wielding protesters were dousing tourists in the city’s Las...
In a ruling described by activists as “historic”, Ecuador's Constitutional Court has ruled that pollution has violated the rights of a river that runs through Quito. The city government has appealed the ruling, which is based on an article of Ecuador’s constitution...
Deputy Government Minister Esteban Torres admitted Sunday that there was a sigh of relief in the government following the July 4 anti-government protests aimed at the elimination of gasoline subsidies. “We did not expect the protests to progress to the level of 2019...
With the addition of former government minister Henry Cucalón to the field presidential candidates, next February’s election is beginning to take shape. Cucalón will compete with Andrea González, Fernando Villavicencio's vice-presidential running mate, for the...
By Kim Davis If you watch shows such as “Emily in Paris,” you can be forgiven for thinking the world is enchanted by Americans who travel abroad. Silly gaffes, like mistaking a public urinal for a monument and taking selfies in front of it, come across as charming...
Viernes, 5/7/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Expo en Pumapungo - "Arquitexturas" by photographer Crostoph Hirtz opened last miércoles in the Sala A1 in the Museo Pumapungo. It will be open until el 24 de julio. Muestra colectiva (Collective show) - "Mi alma en el...
Ismael Kone scored in the sixth round of the shootout after a third save by Maxime Crepeau and Canada advanced to the semifinals of its first Copa America with an upset victory over Venezuela on Friday night. The Canadians won 4-3 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw...
By Joshua J. Mark The Inca civilization (c. 1400-1533 CE) is among the most vital of South America in terms of its cultural influence and legacy. The Inca began as a small tribe who steadily grew in power to conquer other peoples all down the coast from Colombia to...
By Laura Hall With Barcelona announcing a total ban on short-term rentals from the end of 2028, how will decisions to curb Airbnb and others in the world's major cities change how we travel? On 21 June, Barcelona mayor Jaume Collboni announced plans to ban short term...
