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By Dave Sherwood Cuban Idalberto Echavarria maneuvered his wife Olga in a wheelchair to the front of the line at Terminal 2 of Havana's airport, dodging luggage and a sea of people bidding farewell to friends and family. The crowded terminal, a launch point for Cubans...
President Guillermo Lasso repeated his pledge Wednesday that electrical blackouts will end before Christmas. “We are evaluating the power situation and believe all rationing will end by mid-December and probably earlier,” he said. He said additional electricity is...
Miércoles, 8/11/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Obra reaviva diálogo sobre migración (Play revives dialogue about migration) - "El Ángel," created by the Lumínile theater company will premier el jueves, 9/11 a las 20:00 in the Teatro Pumapungo. The intention of the...
By Erin Snodgrass A sunken Spanish warship that lay undiscovered at the bottom of the ocean for nearly three centuries is spurring a modern-day legal battle over who has the rights to its antique treasures worth billions of dollars. The San José galleon, which sank...
By Sylvan Hardy “The biggest tourism event in Cuenca history.” That’s what city tourism experts are calling the four-day independence holiday weekend that ended Sunday. “We were expecting about 150,000 people from out of town but we had 250,000 or 260,000,” said...
By Dylan Glad Veterans Day is a cherished national holiday that honors the brave men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces. This year, the Cuenca community will come together on Friday, November 10 at San Sebastian Park to pay tribute to the...
By Monica Pitrelli A new report has an ominous warning for air travelers. "No matter what you do on a plane, you're probably annoying another passenger," it states. The report, published by the data intelligence company Morning Consult, examined 12 types of behavior...
Lunes, 6/11/2023 Hola, Todos - <So you remember my challenge to you when the drought was just being publicized? To see how much water you could save? Well, I went on a water conserving regimen and took my monthly usage from a 6 month average of 8 cu. meters a month...
By Stephen Vargha The historic part of Cuenca is now more than French architecture. There are now French crêpes in El Centro. And a young Frenchman making them: Quentin Levy. Levy, 29, opened his crêperie-coffee shop, Fleurette, three months ago on Calle Luis Cordero,...
By Rex Allison Only weeks before the new National Assembly begins its term, accusations are flying among some of its members and former president Rafael Correa. On Monday, President-elect Daniel Noboa joined the fight. At issue is Correa’s claim that an agreement...
Two-hour electrical blackouts are scheduled to resume on Monday following the holiday weekend, the Energy Ministry announced Saturday. The ministry said, however, that that weekend rains near the country’s largest hydrogeneration plants have provided a boost to power...
By Roland Santos Ecuadorians who sport popular animal tattoos such as tigers or eagles are increasingly forced to hide their ink as such symbols have become usurped by criminal groups. Groups such as Los Lobos (The Wolves), Las Aguilas (The Eagles), Los Tiguerones...
By Ronan O'Connell On October 19, the U.S. Department of State issued a rare advisory that Americans overseas “exercise increased caution” due to heightened tensions and chances of terrorism around the world, spurred by the Israel-Hamas war. It’s part of a system of...
The early impact of the El Niño weather system is being felt in Ecuador’s coastal region and will intensify in the coming weeks, according to the latest report by the Ecuadorian Navy’s oceanographic institute. “In readings taken last October 31, the sea level is 15...
By Erin Blakemore More than 500 years ago, a 14-year-old girl was escorted up an Andean peak and sacrificed to Inca gods. Buried on the mountain with a variety of offerings, the young woman’s body naturally mummified over time, preserving her hair, her fingernails,...
The leader of the El Tren de Aragua criminal gang, Hernán David Landaeta, alias Satanás (Satan), was arrested Thursday in Loja Province. A native of Venezuela, Landaeta was listed as the “number one most wanted man” in Colombia, accused of orchestrating more than 100...
Author’s note: This is the third of a three-part series about diabetes. Part 1 offered a basic overview of the disease and its different types. Part 2 discussed ways to control it with pills, diet and exercise. By Garnett Stewart Home monitoring is very crucial....
The sound of drumbeats echoed through Cuenca’s historic district for three hours Wednesday morning as more than 3,000 high school students marched and danced down Calle Simon Bolivar. The parade is the traditional beginning of the four-day Cuenca independence holiday,...
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court has approved the trade agreement signed in May between Ecuador and China. The court requested that the new National Assembly review and okay the deal as one of its first official acts. Under rules of President Guillermo Lasso's cross...
By John Olson Azuay Community Theater, Cuenca’s English-language theater company, introduces a number of firsts for its 2023-24 season, opening on November 8. For the first time, the company will present a season of six plays – all in their new El Centro home at...
