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Update on Flu Vaccine: Where can you get one in Cuenca?

Update on Flu Vaccine: Where can you get one in Cuenca?

According to the Ministerio de Salud Publica (Ministry of Public Health) all of Ecuador’s 24 provinces are ready for the flu season, and from now until February 28, 2020, is offering the flu vaccine free of charge to seniors 65 and over, to children, pregnant women,...

Consider the power of a hug

Consider the power of a hug

I grew up in a small town, Tillamook, on the Oregon coast in the 1930's and 40's in an intact family of mother, father and three evenly spaced boys. Aside from the normal disagreements within a growing family there were no major disruptions. We were friendly and...

Bike hard and get a flu shot!

Bike hard and get a flu shot!

Most know me as artist, writer, adventurer, but I love to ride my competition bike. It’s a cross-country bike style called a Specialized Epic Comp. I put 15 miles on it almost every morning riding up into the Andes Mountains. My favorite route is to follow Via...

Ecuador cleared to receive new IMF loan

Ecuador cleared to receive new IMF loan

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday that it will release a half billion dollar loan to Ecuador by December 31. The announcement followed discussions in Washington, D.C. last week with Ecuador’s finance ministry. IMF Director Kristalina Georgieva...

Cuenca expat Susan McBride to receive prestigious Ecuadorian award

Cuenca expat Susan McBride to receive prestigious Ecuadorian award

By Tom Larsen Susan McBride is no stranger to awards. She was the 2018 Cuenca Governor’s Expat Humanitarian Award winner. On December 17, National Immigrant Day, Susan will receive special recognition from the Ecuadorian government in the National Assembly session in...

Damage is minor from Sunday earthquake

Damage is minor from Sunday earthquake

Risk management officials report no major damage from a Sunday morning earthquake north of Quito although two landslides closed roads near Guayllabamba, the epicenter. “We have reports of cracking in some structures in north Quito, Tumbaco and Guayllabamba,” said a...

Caring for the alpaca in Cañar Province

Caring for the alpaca in Cañar Province

Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series on shearing alpaca I posted in January of 2018. I’ll be back in a couple of weeks. Alpaca are shy. The rancher, more so. In order to maintain a degree of privacy for my friend and host who invited me to participate...

Ecuador’s first dinosaur discovered near Loja

Ecuador’s first dinosaur discovered near Loja

A team of paleontologists and geologists from Argentina and Ecuador have found the remains of what is believed to be the first dinosaur discovered in Ecuador. Identified as a Saltasaurus, the dinosaur is believed to have lived 85 million years ago and has been named...

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The Cuenca Dispatch

Week of April 05

Legal storm builds over Ecuador’s moved-up local elections.

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Ecuador issues nationwide mpox alert after first Clade Ib case.

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Big power users switch to self-generation as Ecuador protects household electricity supply.

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