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Cuenca is Ecuador’s fastest growing city and home to the second largest number of foreign residents, a new study shows. The study, conducted by the University of Azuay, the National Office of Census and Statistics and three other organizations reports the city’s...
A field guide for people who just want to pay and get on with lunch. In Cuenca, garbage collection used to be one of those civic services that functioned so smoothly you barely noticed it. The truck came with little green men running behind. The bags on the racks...
If you've experienced the "sticker shock" of a $5,000+ quote for a single dental implant , your next question is obvious: "What is a cheaper alternative?" Yes, there are two primary alternatives to implants that are cheaper upfront. But it's critical to understand the...
By Veronica Pesantes and Charmaine Picard Marking its 40th anniversary, the 17th Bienal de Cuenca, titled The Game, opened on 24 October. Its inauguration coincided with the Art Basel Paris fair on the other side of the Atlantic, but the biennial offers a timely...
“We need an investigation of the Progen contract in Ecuador, not in the United States,” National Assemblyman Alfredo Serrano said Tuesday. His demand followed President Daniel Noboa’s announcement that the government is suing the U.S.-based company for failure to...
Deputy Minister of Energy Javier Subía resigned Tuesday, a week after announcing that the Loma Linda gold mine project was “still alive” and could be resumed in the future. In accepting the resignation, Minister of Energy Inés Manzano's said Subía’s departure is part...
By Anahad O’Connor As you get older, your body will invariably begin to shed muscle. This age-related decline in muscle mass starts at about age 30 and accelerates after you turn 60. It can cause a loss of strength, endurance and mobility. Severe muscle loss in older...
For US, Canadian, and European expats, one of Ecuador's most attractive, stabilizing, and profoundly comforting features has nothing to do with snow-capped mountains or 16th-century cathedrals. It has everything to do with the cash in your wallet. Since the year 2000,...
By Will Douglas Heaven Some disillusionment was inevitable. When OpenAI released a free web app called ChatGPT in late 2022, it changed the course of an entire industry — and several world economies. Millions of people started talking to their computers, and their...
Fifteen prisoners were found dead Saturday and Sunday at Guayaquil’s Litoral Prison and government officials say they are unsure of the causes. Officials said the bodies were recovered in seven of the prison’s 12 pavilions and that autopsies are underway. Long-known...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del lunes, 15/12) 10 lugares para conocer Azuay (10 places to visit in Azuay) - Cuenca's eastern cantons of Gualaceo, Paute, Sígsig, El Pan, Chordeleg, Guachapala & Sevilla de Oro let you sail in the Andes, discover crafts, learn the...
Dear Charlie, My significant other and I are coming to Cuenca for two months and would relish any advice on finding a reasonable place to stay with easy access to el centro. We only have semi-worthless Canadian dollars. Yours sincerely, Pierre Trudeau. Pierre, mon...
If you are missing a single tooth, your dentist will almost certainly present you with two main options: a traditional dental bridge or a dental implant. The choice is not always easy. In the US, a bridge is often slightly cheaper and faster, while an implant is a...
Jose Antonio Kast won Chile’s presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to take the country to its sharpest rightward shift since the end of dictatorship in 1990. Kast secured 58.30% of the vote in a runoff with leftist...
Energy Minister Inés Manzano said Friday there will be no power blackouts through early 2026. “Our hydroelectric facilities are fully operational due to the heavy rainfall throughout the year and we foresee no problem next year,” she said. At a press conference,...
In the early months, Cuenca feels like a backdrop. Beautiful buildings. Mountain light. Cafes that feel new each time you sit down. Life feels like a long vacation with errands mixed in. After six months, the city steps off the stage and into your daily life. You stop...
By Ashwin Rodrigues America’s most popular drug, by a wide margin, is caffeine. A 2025 survey published in Food and Toxicology found that almost 70 percent of Americans consumed at least one caffeinated drink per day. But caffeine isn’t just a cup of joe anymore. It’s...
By Katie Surma Over a quarter century in the Ecuadorian Amazon, oil giant Texaco (now Chevron) perpetrated an ecological disaster: It dumped 3.2 million gallons of toxic waste, spilled 17 million gallons of crude oil and flared nearly 50 million cubic feet of methane...
By Carrington Walker and Rory Gannon A Gloucestershire man has revealed how he managed to survive nearly a decade in Ecuador's most dangerous prisons, witnessing fellow inmates being murdered "in every way imaginable." Pieter Tritton, who was raised in Stroud, became...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del martes, 9/12) Coro Santa Catalina dará recital navideño (Santa Catalina chorus to perform Christmas recital) - The Santa Catalina chorus will perform the "No sé niño hermoso" concert el miércoles, 17/12 a las 20:00 in the Teatro Casa de la...
