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By Liam Higgins For both expats and tourists, Ecuador provides an adventure in colorful and often exotic cuisine, some of which is older than the Incas. Here are a few of the traditional foods of Ecuador and the entire Andean region of South America. In Cuenca, if...
By Chris Dalby Intelligence reports have revealed that troops within Ecuador's navy have been regularly caught collaborating with leading criminal gangs, further exacerbating the country's spiraling security crisis. In the latest event connecting Ecuador's navy to...
The government said Thursday it is increasing efforts to combat illegal mining, including using military troops to search for and destroy unauthorized operations. Secretary of State Security Diego Ordóñez said the mines are causing extensive environmental damage and...
It’s 6:04 AM. I’ve been up reading the wonderful anthology of travel essays: Unforgettable Journeys: Great writers on great places,” wherein I discovered two bookmarks, one a photographic print of an abstract image I had created ten years ago that I like less now than...
By Darren Org In the world of artificial intelligence, the idea of “singularity” looms large. This slippery concept describes the moment AI exceeds beyond human control and rapidly transforms society. The tricky thing about AI singularity (and why it borrows...
Miércoles, 25/1/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Seguridad, el eje del conversatorio (Security, the focus of the discussion) - l4 mayoral candidates were called by the Cámara de Industrias, Producción y Empleo (CIPEM) for a conversation. They were Cristian Zamora, Paúl...
By Chris Hedges There is very little to recommend my old gym, other than the low monthly fee, where I worked out nearly every day from 2007 until the pandemic shut it down. The locker rooms were grimy with moldering carpets. There were brown rings around the basins...
By Sam Meredith Argentina and Brazil, the two largest economies in South America, are in early talks to create a common currency, as part of a coordinated bid to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar. The ultimate goal, according to those familiar with the discussions,...
Ecuador is “on the path to economic recovery,” President Guillermo Lasso said Tuesday night in his weekly television commentary. “Unemployment is at the lowest level in years and the rate of full-time employment is very close to pre-pandemic status,” he said. In...
Calling the problem “far worse” than the political protests and violence in Peru and Brazil, Paraguay President Mario Abdo Benitez is demanding that Latin American leaders address the crisis of Venezuelan refugees. “We seem to have forgotten this massive diaspora of...
By Tristan Bove Even fine dining’s highest-profile restaurateurs admit that their industry’s business model is broken and needs an injection of creativity. Hit hard by the pandemic, restaurants have had to re-create themselves over the past few years by accepting...
Lunes, 23/1/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del domingo, 22/1 1 article): De arcilla y creatividad (Of clay and creativity) - Navigating the dreams of Edward Segovia is to take a long journey of years of dreaming and doing. The galleries of the CIDAP...
By Rosemary Rein Since our first article appeared in CuencaHighLife about (FAAN) Familia Amor Animal Foundation in October, the expat community of Ecuador has demonstrated not only their love of animals but their generosity. For 8 years, FAAN has served as a sanctuary...
In a poll measuring attitudes toward key political figures and government institutions, Ecuadorians have an almost two-to-one preference for El Salvador’s right-wing, tough-on-crime President Nayib Bukele over Ecuadorian leaders. Bukele’s attraction? He has thrown...
By Lauren Jackson President Pedro Castillo borrowed from history when he attempted a coup in Peru. Thirty years ago, another president asserted authoritarian control. But this time, there was a critical difference: As president, Castillo had no support for his coup....
Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part story about Wilson Suquitana – Paute’s favorite facilitator. Part one: Loss It was a very special December morning for the Suquitana family of Paute, Azuay Province -- a perfect day for welcoming Wilson, the third of...
Since Christmas, Waorani indigenous people have blockaded an oil field in the Amazonian village of Dicaro to force state-owned Petroecuador to honor the agreements that authorized crude production in Yasuni National Park. With a population of roughly 300, Dicaro is...
Viernes, 20/1/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del jueves, 19/1/2023 (4 articles): Convocatoria abierta para financir obras (Open call for financing works) - Starting el 23/1, the Ministerio de Cultura y Patrimonio will take proposals for a...
By Gideon Lasco “Do you eat guinea pig?” I asked Leonardo. We were perusing the menu in a restaurant in Lima, and I wanted to know what my Peruvian friend thought of the practice of eating cuy (the Spanish term for guinea pig used in parts of the Andes mountains)....
As the February mid-term election approaches, more candidates are being accused of connections will crime organizations. On Wednesday, the Anti-Corruption Parliamentary Front handed over the names of an unknown number of candidates it says have received support from...
