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A couple of years ago, while in the far reaches of Ecuador’s northern coast, I found something out. I had known to never fully trust any map since I was a scout. But I didn’t know the inherent differences in a “lighthouse,” as the term is used along the Atlantic...
Cuenca’s air quality showed strong improvement in 2018 over 2017 and the city’s Transportation Monitoring Network says that the improvement continued through the first half of 2019. The monitoring network, a division of the city transportation department, says that...
Cuenca Mayor Pedro Palacios says there are no alternatives to the deep cuts he proposes in the new municipal budget. “I realize some of the measures are extreme but we have to live within our means and some of the projects proposed by the previous government cannot be...
By Dylan Baddour A tighter squeeze on Venezuela from recent U.S. sanctions will only mean more people pouring into neighbouring Colombia, humanitarian groups warn, even as other South American countries are closing their doors on refugees. Colombia sees hope quickly...
By Jeff Van Pelt I lost my German Shepherd, Klaus, at 11 years from a neurological disorder. Any dog owner knows that is like losing a child and a best friend at the same time. Klaus was my camping and cabin buddy in the mountains of Virginia (USA). The Blue Ridge...
Martes, 13/8/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - An exhibit of 17 large scale illustrations by "Lino" Marcelo Torres is at the Casa de las Posadas until 5/9. Del cuerpo del periodico - Construction Fair - "I Outlet del Constructor"...
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has increased the number of countries whose citizens will need a special visa to enter Ecuador as tourists. The ministry says the move was prompted by an increase in the number of foreigners entering the country, an increase in those...
By R.S. Gompertz Puno, Peru isn’t pretending to be a tourist town. Puno is a hard-scrabble brick and rebar town hunched like a red condor above Lake Titicaca. The town has a provisional, unfinished frontier outpost feel to it. Puno is not the place to visit for art...
Lunes, 12/8/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - La Casa Municipal de las Posadas - This example of domestic colonial architecture was built as a hotel on the road to Naranjal in the late 1800's for commercial travelers from as far away as Peru....
By B.J. Miller As a hospice and palliative medicine physician, my job is to help reduce suffering. At the end of life, that job becomes especially intense when time is short, when machines and data seem to be taking over, and so many intense emotions surround a body...
By Phil Keating Christy Ayers, her husband, Tom, and their two children came to Miami Beach for her 40th birthday. But when they stepped out to this world-famous beach, the celebrating immediately stopped, right on the sand. "We were shocked when we walked onto the...
Dear Readers, It’s been noticeably cool of late, cold enough for the Canadians and Yankees who live here to agree on something, a rarity unto itself. The mornings are often crystal clear. Bracing even. Beautifully woven alpaca shawls of every hue are luxuriously...
By Susan Burke March Imagine having a three-year-old child and suddenly being told you need to become an expert in diabetes management — and your child’s survival depends on your managing their food, testing their blood sugar, and administering insulin injections...
National Court Judge Daniella Camacho has agreed with Ecuador Attorney General Diana Salazar to order pre-trial detention for former president Rafael Correa in a case involving millions of dollars in contributions to the Alianza Pais campaign fund. In her decision,...
Cuenca’s Amaru Zoo is looking for a good home for 17 African lions. The lions, many of whom are in poor health from lack of food and poor living conditions, were part of a private collection of more than 200 wild animals near Cuenca that was recently disbanded. Amaru...
A 175-hectare (430-acre) section of Colombia’s banana crop has been contaminated with the fusarium R4T fungus, the national agricultural institute said on Thursday, as it called for a countrywide effort to increase sanitary controls to contain the malady. The fungus,...
Once a transit point for Venezuelan refugees headed to Peru, Chile, Brazil and Argentina, new statistics show that Ecuador is increasingly becoming a final destination. In January, only six percent of Venezuelans who entered Ecuador at its northern border with...
Jueves,8/8/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Día de la Cultura - Friday, el 9/8 is the the Day of Culture and 17 of the 37 cultural spaces which make up the network, will have special exhibits. The fair will be headquartered in CIDAP. Taller -...
If you’ve had an infection that required you to take antibiotics, you may have suffered diarrhea, a common side effect. After all, antibiotics eliminate the bad bacteria, but also ‘good’ bacteria, which scientists say cause an imbalance that may lead to gastric...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Culture announced Wednesday that most artistic and cultural products and services will no longer be subject to the country’s 12 percent Value Added Tax (VAT). The exemption applies to music, dance, film and theater projects and performances as...
