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By Alexis Serrano Carmona Puerto Buenavista Island is home to a small village of crab catchers and fishers in the middle of the waters of the Gulf of Guayaquil in Ecuador. There are only 30 families, 140 people, and their homes, built very close to each other, form a...
Cuenca needs more taxis. That’s the assessment of the city’s mobility office based on a growing number of passenger complaints. “We simply do not have a large enough taxi fleet to handle demand, especially during peak hours and during rainy weather,” says Pablo...
Editor’s note: This is the fourth of a four-part series about Married at First Sight, the international reality television show. The show originated in Denmark in 2013 and now has franchises in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. The first part was My...
By Santiago Rosero On the road to Tabacundo, a landscape dominated by parched mountains begins to fill up with greenhouses. This town of around 21,000 inhabitants and known as the “rose capital of the world” is located in the Pedro Moncayo canton, in the province of...
By Nicole Ruf (with Lydia Lovell) On the drive from Quito to the coast, somewhere where the mountains start turning into hills, right before the road starts to smell like salt, you’ll find people waving a fan of mixed CDs at your window. The CDs come in plastic...
For the expat who has weighed the options and decided on the speed, quality, and flexibility of the private system, the next step is choosing a provider. This is a critical choice, as your plan will be your partner in navigating your health in a new country. The...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del domingo, 23/11) "Danza Butoh de los Andes" (Butoh Dance of the Andes) - Susana Reyes will present her work, "Danza Butoh de los Andes" on el martes, 25 & miércoles el3 26/11 a las 19:30 in the Sala Alfonso Carrasco. The work is a stage...
According to a report released by a former army intelligence chief, criminal organizations have established micro-states in Ecuador. Colonel Mario Pazmiño, regional director of Latin American Security College, describes the micro-states as criminal sanctuaries where...
If you sit with newcomers at a café near Parque Calderón, you can almost hear the expectations they carried when they first arrived. Some imagined peaceful days where everything feels slower and lighter. Others pictured a neat, organized city where life runs smoothly....
By Francesco Agnellini The line between human and machine authorship is blurring, particularly as it's become increasingly difficult to tell whether something was written by a person or AI. Now, in what may seem like a tipping point, the digital marketing firm...
The All-on-4 dental implant system is a revolutionary, life-changing procedure. It offers a permanent, fixed solution for people who have lost all or most of their teeth. But like any major medical procedure, it is not without risks or potential "negatives." Before...
Following its November 16 referendum defeat, the government said Monday it is ready to talk. “We understand it is time to open dialog with all segments of society,” said newly appointed Government Minister Nataly Morillo. “It is time to listen to what the people have...
By Michael Mehmet In June 1967, the world’s first “automated teller machine” or “ATM” was unveiled at a branch of Barclays Bank in north London in a grand ceremony. That very first system looked a bit different to the one we know and use today. But almost six decades...
Editor’s note: This is the third of a four-part series about Married at First Sight, the international reality television show. The show originated in Denmark in 2013 and now has franchises in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. The first part was My...
By Richard Sima You might think spending time on your smartphone or computer is bad for your brain. Indeed, “brain rot” — the slang term for a mental decline caused by mindlessly consuming social media or digital dreck — was Oxford Dictionary’s 2024 Word of the Year....
Once you've decided to move, the health insurance question becomes paramount. This is especially true as Ecuador has laws mandating that residents carry some form of coverage. For most expats, the choice boils down to two main paths: the public IESS buy-in or a...
The Trump administration’s drone strikes against boats allegedly bringing illicit drugs to the US come amid an explosion in the amount of cocaine being produced in Colombia and Peru. But there is a new – and lethal – factor that is turbo-charging production –...
If President Daniel Noboa lost his political mojo in last week’s referendum defeat, leaders of the Correista movement, which should have benefited from the outcome, are suddenly at each other’s throats. Noboa, who had gone silent following the November 16 defeat,...
Toronto-based mining company Dundee Precious Metals (DPM) is once again under fire for its environmental track record and relationship with local communities in Ecuador. Yesterday, 106 organizations and 48 university professors, lawyers, Indigenous leaders, and human...
Bored? - (De El Mercurio del sábado, 22/11) Muestra fotográfica en Museo de Paja Toquilla (Photo exhibit at the Museo de Paja Toquilla) - The Museo de la Paja Toquilla y el Sombrero is showing a photo exhibit, "La fiesta religiosa en la comunidad campesina" (The...
