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Energy Minister Inés Manzano said Sunday that news reports that electric blackouts have returned are not true. “This is alarmist and irresponsible journalism, and I am asking the public to ignore it,” she said, referring to articles in the Diario Expreso and El...
By Claire McQue With the eyes of Colombia upon him, a blonde-haired four-year-old called Alejandro Uribe darted towards the altar in Bogotá’s cathedral and planted a white rose on the coffin before him. Inside lay the body of his dead father, Miguel Uribe. The...
This article is part of “Facelift Ecuador: Share Your Positive Story!“, an initiative to publish positive articles from CuencaHighLife readers. If you would like to submit your story, click here. By Anya Spielberg I discovered Ecuador for the first time January 8, of...
President Daniel Noboa has made a good start in reducing fuel subsidies, according to experts, but his biggest challenges lie ahead. “He has accomplished more than any president in the last 20 years by reducing subsidies for gasoline,” says Freddy García, Chief...
Bolivia is headed to a presidential run-off election between a center-right politician and a right-wing candidate after voters on Sunday rejected another term of the Movement for Socialism, which has governed the country for nearly two decades. According to...
By Annika Hom What if you could stay sharp in old age? We may be closer to understanding how some people over 80 became what’s known as “superagers”—meaning they have the cognitive function of someone decades younger. In a new paper published in the...
The Federation of Indigenous and Peasant Organizations of Azuay (FOA) announced Wednesday that it will begin an indefinite strike September 23 to oppose development of the Loma Larga gold mine. The federation said it will be supported by the National Confederation of...
Alistan tres festivales de cometas - As a goodbye to school vacation, Cuenca will hold 3 kite festivals on the last Sundays of August. The EBS Gestores Culturales organization will hold the first event, "Tiempo de Cometas Verano 2025" in the Parque El Paraíso on...
It’s one of those mild Cuenca afternoons when the rain has decided to wait politely in the wings. I mount the back seat of a Hyundai Creta, one of those compact SUVs that tries to look muscular, but still has the heart and soul of a weak and feeble hatchback. My...
AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICES IN THE CITY OF CUENCA August 28 and 29, 2025 The U.S. Consulate General in Guayaquil is pleased to announce that representatives from the Consulate will provide notarial, passport and CRBA services in Cuenca on August 28 and 29, 2025....
By a wide margin, Ecuadorians do not support President Daniel Noboa in his attack on the Constitutional Court. According to a survey conducted on four social media platforms, 63% of respondents described the president’s Tuesday protest march on the court as...
Cuenca and Quito have the largest populations of U.S. expats, according to a study by Vistazo magazine and website and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Other cities with “significant concentrations” of American foreign residents include Cotacachi, Loja, Manta,...
By Jeff Van Pelt Rowan Beckett sat in the same seat every morning — the wobbly plastic chair in front of Panadería San José, the one with the crack in the backrest. He didn’t come for the coffee (burnt, watery) or the bread (too sweet, no crust worth a damn). He came...
By Jonathan Mason When the Jeffrey Epstein case exploded into the headlines, it shocked the world: a billionaire with an alleged network of powerful friends, accused of systematically exploiting underage girls for years. The public was rightly outraged. But as someone...
In his Tuesday visit to Cuenca, President Daniel Noboa predicted a new technology center in the Ricaurte parish would become a high-tech magnet for research and development, attracting national and international firms. Called a “technological free trade zone,”...
Grief doesn’t wait for the right time. It doesn’t care if you’ve just started over in a new country, finally found your rhythm, or settled into the life you worked hard to create. It arrives uninvited - through a late-night message, an unexpected call, or a silence...
This article is part of “Facelift Ecuador: Share Your Positive Story!“, an initiative to publish positive articles from CuencaHighLife readers. If you would like to submit your story, click here. By Caramel Topping A face lift, medically known as a rhytidectomy, is a...
The Pan American highway south of Cuenca reopened Tuesday night following a day-long closure by protesters of the proposed Loma Larga gold mine. Residents near the mine’s location in Kimsacocha were joined by leaders of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities...
The Constitutional Court on Tuesday issued a statement warning of government “actions that compromise its institutional security." Specifically, the judges complained that government workers had removed a perimeter fence outside the court building and posted soldiers...
Gentrificación, Cuenca tiene los 'sintomas' - For many, this can be an incomprehensible word of minor importance. However, Cuenca is feeling this phenomena and should start talking about it seriously. What it is, is a process in which certain neighborhoods, usually...
