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Local and federal officials have agreed to work with a community group to reduce crime in Cuenca but some are disputing the claim that major crime is on the rise in the city. “Combating crime is always a worthy cause and we are happy to assist in this mission,” says...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pledged $35 million Saturday to support Ecuador’s aid programs for Venezuelan and Colombian refugees. Meeting in Guayaquil with President Lenin Moreno, Pompeo also said the U.S. would provide assistance to combat drug trafficking...
CuencaHighLife editor David Morrill recently sent me a copy of a story he read in the Quito newspaper El Comercio. He said it was quite a sad story yet newsworthy and asked if I would rewrite it in English for our readers. I read the story twice but I heard a...
Although the oldest Generation Xers are only 58, the Gen X population is hot on the heels of the baby boomer generation exiting North America seeking a better life abroad. The Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Gen Ys, and Millennia’s are familiar terms that reflect popular...
By Alex Vasquez and Ben Bartenstein If Venezuelan politics weren’t convoluted enough, they just got a bit more complicated this week. The opposition-aligned Progressive Advance party hired Ari Ben-Menashe, a Montreal-based lobbyist, to “pursue Henri Falcon’s election...
Viernes, 19/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Teatro - To commemorate its 10th anniversary, the Teatro Brujo will stage "ARS Erótika" in the El Prohibido Centro Cultural este 18, 19, y 20/7. Exposición - Painter Silvia Pantuso's show...
The U.S. Department of State reissued a travel advisory cautioning against travel to Peru on July 18. Certain areas in the South American country have increased risk, according to the State Department. The advisory was similar to the one issued for Colombia in June....
By Sylvan Hardy When Ronny Bustamante and Vera Boonyatarp heard that Cuenca’s Thai Connection restaurant was for sale, the timing couldn’t have been better. “We were living in Quito at the time and were ready to make a change in our lives,” says Ronny. “We had been...
By Caitlin Johnstone CNN has published an unbelievably brazen and dishonest smear piece on Julian Assange, easily the most egregious article of its kind since the notoriously bogus Assange-Manafort report by The Guardian last year. It contains none of the “exclusive”...
By Julia Rux Ecuador has so many distinct regions — the Andes with volcanoes, the Amazon/Oriente, the Coast, and the Galapagos — that many expats never get a chance to thoroughly explore. I was intrigued by a new model for travel called Wanderbus that offers the...
Jueves,18/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Festival de Cine La Orquidea - This film festival will not take place in noviembre of this year, but has been postponed until 21 marzo, 2020 on the Día del Agua. <Isn't that also Pawkar Raymi?>...
Does going “gluten-free” mean you’ll automatically lose weight, shrink your “wheat belly” or prevent Alzheimer’s disease? Or as Jimmy Kimmel demonstrated quite hilariously, are you someone who has stopped eating gluten because someone in your Yoga class told you to?...
Thousands of taxi drivers filled the streets of Quito, Cuenca and Guayaquil Wednesday morning demanding that the government make good on its promise of a gasoline subsidy. The drivers are also demanding a crack-down on internet-based taxi services such as Uber and...
By Maria Cervantes Sweden is turning its gaze towards Peru and other South American countries for lithium tie-ups amid a global race to lock in supply of the “white gold” metal that is key for the batteries that power electric vehicles. A senior trade official from...
Miércoles, 17/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Planetario - The planetarium will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon mission with a photo exhibit which will run until 31/7. Other activities include a conference, "Misión Apolo 11" el...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will visit four Latin American countries this week, with a focus on Venezuela's crisis, the surge of migrants at the U.S. southern border, and more security cooperation, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Pompeo will travel to...
Former president Rafael Correa acknowledged Tuesday that Julian Assange interfered in the 2016 U.S. presidential election and probably helped elect President Donald Trump. Correa denied, however, that Ecuador’s government was an accomplice in the election meddling and...
Beauty pageants in Ecuador may soon go the way of the horse and buggy and bib and tucker. Calling pageants “archaic and discriminatory,” the chairwoman of the board that has traditionally staged the Queen of Quito contest, announced Tuesday that there would be no...
By Jill Cornfield Retirement may mean different things to different people, but most agree on one thing. It should be stress-free. However, lack of stress usually comes from years of planning and decades of saving — which not everyone can do. The average savings...
According to some Alianza Pais (AP) members, the political party that has held Ecuador’s presidency for 12 years, needs to redefine its purpose. “The party desperately needs a new direction if it is to be a force in the next election and beyond,” says Ximena Peña, a...
