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A prominent rights activist from the southern Chinese province of Guangzhou has been prevented from boarding a Qatar Airways flight from Bangkok to Ecuador, where he had hoped to take his family to claim political asylum in the United States. Liang Songji, who has...
Four leading presidential candidates in the August 20 cross death election offer starkly different approaches to solving Ecuador’s debt crisis. Luisa González (Citizens Revolution) and Yaku Pérez (Democracia Sí, Popular Unity) favor a policy of negotiation and...
Lunes, 17/7/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Vía Molleturo registra otros puntos críticos (Other critical points on the road to Molleturo) - El pasado jueves, the vía Cuenca-Molleturo was opened at km. 49 with 2 lanes and 10 terraces on the 150 m. slope above the road,...
By Loren Cecil The appeal of this diet is clear — you’re encouraged to eat delicious, high fat foods like hard cheese, butter, bacon, steak, and even bun-less burgers in copious amounts. The key is very low carbohydrate intake and high fat consumption, so that your...
The National Electoral Council is warning Ecuador voters to be suspicious of early election poll predictions for the presidency and the National Assembly. “Many of the polling organizations have not been recognized by the CNE and many of them are hired by individual...
By Stephen Vargha Since the peak of the Covid pandemic in Ecuador, the restaurant scene in Cuenca has exploded. It is not only the number of restaurants, but the new types of restaurants. In the last three years, the choices of ethnic foods have increased. This...
By Fernando Gimeno The discovery of an ancient pre-Columbian cemetery in Quito is helping to shed light on human populations that settled in that region around 2,000 years ago. Ceramic vessels and stone-carved decorative objects are among the more than 5,000 pieces...
Although Cuenca Mayor Cristian Zamora and Azuay Province Prefect Juan Cristóbal Lloret are backing different presidential candidates, both say their political positions are similar. Lloret supports the candidate of his Citizens Revolution party, Luisa Gonzales, while...
In May, Ecuador concluded the largest debt-for-conservation swap in history with the goal of protecting the unique ecosystem of the Galapagos Islands, demonstrating, according to Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique, that the Andean nation is “as rich as any rich country...
By Garry Vatcher A cardboard sign hangs in the community, “Our houses are gone, we need help.” No one comes to read their sign or to help. Indigenous and black communities have been neglected for a long time, resulting in almost 70% poverty in these Esmeraldas...
By Dani Blum A poolside margarita, a frosty beer at a Memorial Day barbecue — summer, you could argue, is made for a cold drink on a hot day. But why does a daytime buzz feel different from after-dinner drinks? And is there any way to ward off the evening hangover?...
By Mariana Martinez Barba Four towering light beams flicker on Robert Banderas as he clutches a microphone. He adjusts his red, yellow and blue sports jersey, preparing to slip into his alter ego. By day, the 52-year-old is a welder. At night, Banderas transforms into...
Although experts say the El Niño weather phenomenon is still developing, its early affects are being felt on Ecuador’s coast. Yesterday, the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (Inamhi) said that unseasonal rains, heavy at times, will continue for at least...
Brain size typically declines with age, but the severity and prevalence of that decline may be related to lower activity levels, higher food consumption, and other evolutionary changes in lifestyle that are common in industrialized societies. An NIA-funded study of...
On the spring of 1974, at the tender age of 21, I had my first encounter with "the light." This encounter came in the form of a Voice which informed me with great authority that I was to radically change the course of my young life. My willingness to follow this...
Former Ecuador Air Force Commander General Jorge Gabela was murdered in December 2010 for his opposition to the government’s purchase of seven Indian-made helicopters. This is one of the conclusions of a report delivered Tuesday by Argentinian forensics expert Roberto...
The National Electoral Council voted Wednesday to allow the cross death election campaign for the presidency and National Assembly to begin on Thursday. Previously, the start date was August 9 but CNE President Diana Atamaint believed that did not allow sufficient...
Private memorial services were held Tuesday in at least three Cuenca churches on the 40th anniversary of the most deadly air disaster in Ecuador’s history. On the morning of July 11, 1983, all 119 passengers and crew on a Tame Air flight from Quito to Cuenca died when...
Nearly a sixth of the inmates in Ecuador’s prisons have not been sentenced, a national census showed on Monday, as President Guillermo Lasso urged the judicial system to be speedier to help ease the burden on overcrowded jails. Lasso, who will leave office later this...
The controversy over two condominium projects on Paseo Tres de Noviembre, adjacent the Rio Tomebamba, could have been avoided, experts say, if the city had developed a comprehensive historic district management plan. Located in the Barranco district, between the...
