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By Stephen Vargha Asian food has had a slower journey to public acceptance in Cuenca than in the United States. It was introduced to the U.S. in the mid-1800s when Chinese laborers from Canton began working for the railroad. At that time, the food was consumed...
By Lidio Valdez and Cirilo Vivanco One early January morning in the mid-1980s after a daylong journey from Ayacucho (formerly “Guamanga”), I (Lidio) found myself being guided across a small rope bridge hanging across the Pampas River. This was my first experience on...
The Manabí Provincial Court has declared null and void the habeas corpus protection granted to former vice president Jorge Glas and Daniel Salcedo. The habeas corpus was issued August 6 by Judge Banny Rubén Molina of the Portoviejo Penitentiary Guarantees Unit based...
By Kenny Stancil Big Pharma and its rich government allies have tried to attribute low inoculation rates in poor countries to vaccine hesitancy, but a new transnational survey published Friday documents how low-income nations have been forsaken during the global...
By the Taylor and Francis Group People with an obsessive urge to constantly check the news are more likely to suffer from stress, anxiety, as well as physical ill health, finds a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Health Communication. During the last...
By Andrea Kluth The U.S. Supreme Court has lately polarized Americans with controversial verdicts on abortion, guns, climate change and more. Another case on its docket, by contrast, will get intense scrutiny mainly from millions of Americans living abroad. Alexandru...
The National Police have arrested three active-duty officers in connection to a murder and robbery in Cuenca’s historic district. According to regional Police Commander Edison Padilla, the victim, Vinicio Bautista Mejía, 52, was found stabbed to death Thursday morning...
In the first visit to Ecuador by a Spanish president in 20 years, Pedro Sánchez said he would push for the elimination of the Schengen area (European Union) visa requirement for Ecuadorian citizens, calling it “unfair” given the fact it does not apply to Peruvians and...
By Michael Stott and Lucinda Elliott Uruguay sells itself to investors as the Switzerland of Latin America. Many business people hail it as a beacon of sound government in a region beset by corruption and turmoil. Indian mining tycoon Pramod Agarwal describes that...
A survey conducted by the National Census Service shows that a third of Ecuador prisoners, or 11,000 of 32,000, identify with one of the gangs operating inside the prisons. Gang warfare in prisons has killed more than 400 since 2020 and seriously injured another 150....
By Evelyn Blackwell Sadhguru, the yoga master turned social media celebrity with over 8.6 million Instagram followers, says his philosophy is to always feel “blissed out” — adding that adopting this mindset might change your feelings about needing a luxurious...
By Lee Harrison I’ve spoken with lots of potential expats who are trying to choose between Cuenca, Ecuador, and Medellín, Colombia, even though these two cities are actually very different in key ways. But, as I’ve lived in both places (and both are among my favorites...
The government says that the number of Covid-19 cases continues a three-week downward trend, dropping dramatically in the week ending August 21. At the same time, it says that cases of monkeypox increased from 20 to 35 in the last seven days. “The Covid pandemic is,...
In a reversal of his earlier position, President Guillermo Lasso has partially vetoed the Communication Law passed in July by the National Assembly. Earlier, he said he would apply a total veto to the law which would have prevented it from being reconsidered for at...
Two-thirds of Europe is under some sort of drought warning, in what is likely the worst such event in 500 years. The latest report from the Global Drought Observatory says 47% of the continent is in "warning" conditions, meaning soil has dried up. Another 17% is on...
By Riley MacKenzie The female condor was brought out again, and her legs were bandaged and lashed to the back of a black bull. The bull set off bucking across the ring, the startled condor flapping her wings and pecking at the bull’s back. The bull, racing...
By Sylvan Hardy They’re coming in from all over the world. That’s what Australian Kendall Barnes says about other recent arrivals to Cuenca. “I’ve met people from Belgium, Israel, China, Russia, Argentina, Portugal, the U.S. and England since I moved here last year,”...
By Madeline Holcombe Accepting your body as it is and stopping all the dieting may sound great, but would doing so hurt your health? Advertisements, pop culture and even doctors can talk about health and weight as if they are one and the same: smaller bodies are...
By David Leonhardt In October of last year, my colleague Kevin Roose wrote a column titled, “Facebook Is Weaker Than We Knew.” His hook was a series of stories in The Wall Street Journal, based on internal company documents, which revealed the company’s failure to...
A series of earthquakes centered off the coast of Manabí Province has kept coastal residents on edge since late last week. Sunday’s 5.4 and 4.9 magnitude quakes, felt strongly in Manta, Bahía de Caraquez, Jama and Portoviejo, were the most intense so far, causing...
