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The restaurant business is a difficult undertaking no matter how you slice it; the reward a restaurateur seeks is the guest's most expendable dollar. It is only after the rent and utilities are paid, the housekeeper’s wages accounted for, groceries purchased, and all...
Editor's note: This is the first of an eight-part series about the climate and biodiversity crises. John Keeble is a former Guardian and London Evening News journalist. He is part of Cuenca's thriving hiking, cycling and writing communities. You can download free his...
The Ministry of Tourism says it is revising its plan to regulate tourist rentals following complaints from AirBnB, property owners and home exchange programs. Originally set to go into effect in November, the rules would require all properties rented to tourists to be...
What are the most common crimes and misdemeanors in Cuenca? According to the new video surveillance system monitored by Cuenca’s Citizen Security Council (CSC), they are public drunkenness, public love-making and graffiti. The CSC which began operation in July with...
By Christopher Lux Moving your household to another country with only two suitcases per person is no easy task. It becomes even harder when you're moving to a country, like Ecuador, where many good-quality products are significantly more expensive. Of course, you can...
By Mike Weber We live in a world of immediate gratification. So, this short article seeks to give some quick perspective on eating. We will explore some ideas about how to enjoy eating without any real punishment - almost none! I'm not an "expert dietitian"... not me....
National and local police are warning that thieves in Cuenca have introduced new strategies to separate victims from their money. Although they say most of the new tricks do not involve physical assault, the threat of violence always exists during robberies. Three...
Vadim Avdeev, a former Russian military and civilian cybersecurity expert, says that Ecuador’s government was warned of inadequate data security measures long before last week’s hack that exposed the personal information of almost 20 million residents. He also says...
Officials in Cuenca and Manta as well as Ecuador's tourism ministry are in discussions with two airlines about establishing flights between the two cities. Citing a study by the Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro in Manta, they say that current demand justifies one or two...
By a five to two vote, Ecuador’s Constitutional Court rejected a request to allow a public referendum on mining in Azuay Province. The request had been submitted by Azuay Prefect Yaku Pérez who favors banning most mining in the province. In its ruling, the court said...
A proposal to decriminalization abortion in cases of rape or incest was voted down Tuesday night by Ecuador’s National Assembly. The measure fell five votes short of passage as six legislators abstained. During the same session, the Assembly overwhelming approved the...
Martes, 17/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Painting at mercado 10 de Agosto - French artist The Semor <The must be a name and not a "title" like "The" One and Only or the "It" Girl.> is painting a 56 m. sq. mural of La Inmaculada...
Two expat researchers will share their observations on the integration — or the lack thereof — of North Americans into Cuencano culture Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Saladentro Cultural Center on Paseo Tres de Noviembre. In the first of an ongoing series of intercultural...
Colombia will increase protection for political candidates running in October's local and regional elections after the murders of seven aspirants, President Ivan Duque said on Monday. The killings have sparked renewed calls for more to be done to prevent political...
The National Assembly will vote today on key changes to Ecuador’s criminal code, including proposals that would legalize abortion in the case of rape or incest and allow the possession of marijuana for medical purposes. Other changes would give police more arrest and...
By Rick Shenkman Everything was unfolding as it usually does. The academics who gathered in Lisbon this summer for the International Society of Political Psychologists’ annual meeting had been politely listening for four days, nodding along as their peers took to the...
Editor’s note: As published in CuencaHighLife.com on September 2, Ecuador is the world’s top banana exporter, and there are more than 7,000 growers and 2.5 million jobs dependent on a healthy crop. By Steven Savage, Ph.D. As I wrote for Forbes in 2018, we might lose...
Cuenca’s transportation office (EMOV) is sponsoring a series of events this week aimed at getting residents out of their cars and onto bicycles or their feet. “We’re calling our campaign ‘Walking and Pedaling for Security’, putting an emphasis on insuring the safety...
By Cassandra Garrison Andreina Pirrone left Venezuela for Argentina six years ago as her country was spiraling toward the worst humanitarian crisis in its history. She did not know what the future would hold, but she was certain it would be brighter. Pirrone, an...
My recent Amigos Falsos article about the pit and pratfalls of false cognates unleased a landslide of comments and funny examples of more awkward expat Spanglish errors. A person called Wonder Woman reminds us that tercero y trasero are easily confused. The first...
