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By Garry Vatcher To me, Esmeraldas is one of the most fascinating parts of Ecuador. Its natural beauty, pristine beaches and amazing people makes it special. Last year, I spent several weeks exploring this part of Ecuador. What disappointed me was the extreme poverty...
Ecuador is preparing to hold early general elections after president Guillermo Lasso dissolved the opposition-dominated National Assembly last month and called emergency elections under a so-called "cross death" decree. Under the decree, both the Assembly and the...
By Catalina Oquendo The Darién jungle, which separates Colombia from Panama, is the epicenter of one of the world’s biggest humanitarian crises. Thousands of migrants attempt to cross this dense patch of jungle every day, risking their lives in doing so. So far in...
Ecuador’s Chamber of Fisheries reports a 9% drop in fishing exports in 2023, most of it due to increasing water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean while small fishermen say their catches are down almost 30%. Experts say the numbers will continue to drop. “This is a...
When you visit the tiendas, mercados, and supermercados of Cuenca for the first time you’ll find a number of fruits that are familiar to North Americans and, for the most part, people all over the world. On the other hand, you'll discover fruit you've never seen...
In 1971, while poking around the Galapagos island of Pinta in search of mollusks, Hungarian zoologist József Vágvölgyi instead discovered a 60-year-old tortoise — the only one remaining, with his food supply having been devastated by ravaging feral goats introduced a...
Miércoles, 14/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Música, baile y rituales para 3 días de fiestas por Inti Raymi (Music, dance and rituals for 3 days of Inti Raymi fiestas) - The Ministerio de Cultura with the Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural (INPC) is...
By Brooke Steinberg Here’s to heart health — and a much-deserved moment to unwind. A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology revealed that light to moderate alcohol consumption can lead to a long-term reduction in the brain’s stress...
By Albinson Linares When Ariel Maceo Tellez walks the streets of Jaimanitas, west of Havana, Cuba, he says it feels like they are full of "ghosts" — most of his friends are gone, having fled the island to escape the economic hardships and repression. “Among the Cuban...
Protesters demanding a end to mining in Ecuador, marched in 10 provincial capitals on Tuesday. The marches, sponsored by the National Anti-Mining Front and several indigenous organizations, including the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie). “We insist...
By Aoife Walsh Four children have been found alive after surviving a plane crash and spending weeks fending for themselves in Colombia's Amazon jungle. Colombia's president said the rescue of the siblings, aged 13, nine, four and one, was "a joy for the whole...
By Joshua Collins Title 42, the Trump-era migration policy enacted during the COVID epidemic that resulted in more than 2 million expulsions, will finally be allowed to expire by the Center For Disease Control (CDC) on May 11. Despite promising to end the program on...
Lunes, 12/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 10/6 (1 article): Estancia Buganey, un entorno privilegiado (Estancia Buganey, a privileged setting) - The Estancia Buganey, an hour from Cuenca on the vía a Soldados, offers a country getaway...
By Stephen Vargha It started out as personalized hostess gifts. “I would come to someone’s house and they would ask me where I got them,” said Bernie Hemingway. “I told them that I made it.” Prior to moving to Cuenca in April 2014, Hemingway used to can at his home in...
By Inés Santaeulalia Former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa has the soul of a newspaper editor. In this interview, he responds to many of the questions by saying that they are false, poorly formulated, helping to spread lies and that the journalist is misinformed....
Former National Assemblywoman Luisa González accepted the Citizens Revolution presidential nomination Saturday after former vice president Jorge Glas declined it. The Correismo presidential candidate in the 2021 election, Andrés Arauz, will be the party’s...
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) will hold marches throughout the country on Tuesday to protest government mining policies it says are unconstitutional. The marches are being organized in conjunction with the filing of a lawsuit at the...
Diego arrived at the bus station nearly an hour before the scheduled 5 a.m. departure. He was too nervous to sleep. His entire family joined him, but only as far as the floodlit parking lot, and only long enough to offer words of encouragement to sustain him. He alone...
By Sylvan Hardy Cuenca's expatriate community is changing before our eyes, growing in size and becoming more multicultural. That’s the assessment of University of Edinburgh researcher Calvin Evans, currently in town conducting interviews. “The changes are happening...
Viernes, 9/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Cultura - De El Mercurio del jueves - 8/6 (3 articles): Calles peatonales por la fiesta del Corpus Cristi (Pedestrian streets for the Corpus Christi festival) - During the Corpus festivities until el 15/6, streets bounding Parque...
