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Recently, a reader asked me to peel back the latest nutrition advice on eggs. In particular, he requested some clarity on conflicting advice for people with diabetes. Let’s get crackin’! Dietary Cholesterol vs. Blood Cholesterol Following years of research and input...
The search engine Google paid tribute to Ecuador’s first declaration of independence, August 10, 1809, by posting an Ecuadorian image on its home page worldwide. The art, composed of Ecuador’s national colors, shows a toucan in the foreground of a coastal scene....
By Ray Horsley Greetings CuencaHighLife readers from two new arrivals. My name is Ray Horsley and my wife is Celeste. I've enjoyed reading CuencaHighLife for much of our last year in St. Petersburg, Florida. Now that we've moved to Cuenca it would be a thrill to...
Ecuador’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (CNA) has filed a law suit against former president Rafael Correa International Criminal Court in the Hague. The legal action accuses Correa of "crimes against humanity." Chairman of the commission Jorge Rodríguez said the...
The director of Ecuador’s Central Bank predicts that a rejuvenated version of the country’s digital money system will go live in 2018. Following a meeting Monday with private banking and government officials, Verónica Artola, said she believes issues involved in...
Why is Ecuador’s tourism industry languishing while neighboring Peru and Colombia attract growing numbers of local and international travelers? The Quito-based Provincial Chambers of Tourism (Fenacaptur) has released the results of a study that place much of the blame...
Miércoles, 9/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Wednesday's agenda event - Día de la Cultura - The Museo Pumapungo will present community micro-businesses from Morona Santiago and Cotopaxi. <If you paid the slightest attention to your Lonely Planet guide, you...
President Lenin Moreno plans to call a “consulta popular,” or national referendum, that could make at least two major changes to the Ecuadorian constitution, sources say. The first would reconsider a constitutional amendment that allows the indefinite re-election of...
Cuenca’s bus owners are criticizing the municipal government for not acting to increase fares on the city’s public bus system. The Chamber of Transport, which represents private bus owners, said service will get worse if a substantial hike is not enacted quickly. The...
President Lenin Moreno has ordered a 10% reduction in salaries for 7,242 government workers, the sale of a presidential jet and hundreds of other assets owned by the government. “The current economic situation requires the government implement strong austerity...
Martes, 8/8/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Short films - A selection of nationally and internationally known short films from Azuay will be shown hoy, a las 20:00 in the CCE. Free. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Planes de Lakomuna...
The final numbers or in from Monday’s running of the bulls at the Pamplonada festival in Píllaro. More than 12,000 tourists showed up to witness 25 injuries, most of them minor. “It was a fantastic day for Píllaro,” proclaimed Patricio Sarabia, mayor of the small town...
The first phase of Parque La Libertad will open to the public at the end of the year, according to the Cuenca planning department. “This will be the most impressive and most emblematic park in Cuenca when it’s completed,” says Mayor Marcelo Cabrera. “It will provide...
Lunes, 7/8/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Monday's agenda events - Biblioteca "Manuel Muñoz Cueva" - The library at the CCE is celebrating 70 years with a conference with historian Diego Arteaga and the presentation of "Estaciones" (Seasons), a book of poetry by...
By Gregory Wilpert Venezuela is heading towards an increasingly dangerous situation, in which open civil war could become a real possibility. So far over 100 people have been killed as a result of street protests, most of these deaths are the fault of the protesters...
Editor’s note: This is the fifth of an eight-part series by writer / photographer Brian Buckner about hiking in the Cuenca area. To read the earlier installments, see the links at the bottom of the article. By Brian Buckner Transportation, as identified here, refers...
It was billed as an effort to reconcile differences between President Lenin Moreno, Vice President Jorge Glas, and former president Rafael Correa. Instead, a Monday morning meeting at Alianza País (AP) headquarters in Quito between Glas and party members turned into a...
Until a year ago, U.S. citizens made up the largest group of applicants for permanent residency in the Cuenca area. Today, they are outnumbered almost two to one by Venezuelans, a situation repeated in other immigration offices around the country. “There has actually...
Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute (IG) reported Sunday that lava flows were visible on the flanks of the Reventador volcano and that an “intensification process is underway.” Although the volcano poses no immediate threat to populated areas, IG said a major eruption...
Domingo, 6/8/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Finished agenda event - Colonia vacacional - The Galería Yuyay closed its summer camp with an exhibit of paintings done by the children who attended. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Book launch - A book of poetry,...
