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Depositors in an illegal banking operation shut down over the weekend in Cuenca and Santa Isabel may have a long wait to recoup their money. And there may not be much money to recoup, officials warn. According to Azuay Province prosecutor Adrian Rojas, MTCoin, or...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Exposición - "Divergente" will be at the Galería Yuyay (Luis Moscoso y Manuel Egnacio Ochoa) until 15/7. The show is of work by students in the 7th cycle of visual arts. Book launch - "Situación...
By Sara Shahriari Panama hats have made the leap from the heads of Hollywood icons and intrepid jungle explorers to the fashionable masses of Europe and the United States. Models are wearing them on catwalks and teenagers are sporting them at clubs. Since 2014, a...
President Lenin Moreno has pardoned six indigenous activists who were jailed for their participation in a 2015 anti-mining protest. Moreno said he had concluded that the arrests of the six men were not justified and that they were exercising their constitutional right...
The Creo-SUMA legislative block says it has collected more than the 46 votes necessary to bring impeachment charges against Vice President Jorge Glas in the National Assembly. Assemblyman Roberto Gómez, Creo-SUMA legislative leader, says he is continuing discussions...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Domingo cultural - Sunday cultural event in the Museo de la Ciudad was a short film, "El robo de las ases" (The robbery of the aces). Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Exposición - An exhibit of about 100...
Rafael Correa should have seen it coming. All he had to do, in fact, was listen to what his soon-to-be successor was saying on the campaign trail. As it was, Correa seemed blind-sided almost from the moment Lenin Moreno took office. Correa’s hospital convalescence...
Hundreds of Cuenca investors, including some North American expats, may be victims of an illegal banking operation shut down over the weekend. Police began making arrests Friday and seized office equipment and vehicles Saturday belonging to MTCoin Banco del Futura...
Traveling more than 15,000 miles around the world, thousands of humpback whales are making their way from the South American coast to the ice caps of Antarctica for their bi-annual migration. As the season turns from spring to summer, the gentle giants of the deep...
By Robert Bradley I have been living in Cuenca for nearly four months. Here is a snapshot of what I have encountered, so if you are new in town or planning on joining us, these are four things I feel you can reasonably expect. 1. Expect that you will be engulfed by...
Odebrecht says it is a changed company that wants to be a world leader in fighting corruption. The Brazilian construction firm is offering its "most sincere apologies” to dozens of countries in Latin America and Africa where it bribed government officials to win...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Book presentation - "Breve Historia de la Supervisión Educativa de la provincia del Auay, Requiéscat in pace" (Brief History of Educational Supervision of the province of Auay, Rest in Peace) by Mauro Bravo Bravo...
By Miriam Drake As a professional artist, my career started with crayons and napkins and evolved into oil painting classes when I was 12. Our small Saturday morning studio group painted still-lifes and live models. I was the youngest in the class, and with the least...
Ecuadorians are the world’s most emotional people, according to Gallup’s 2017 Global Emotions Report. The same study ranks them sixth for having the most positive experiences. In its second annual emotions survey, Gallup interviewed residents in 140 countries and...
Hola, Todos - I think I need to clarify the purpose of this column. I go through the El Mercurio newspaper and translate articles about things to go to or things to do <since retired ex-pats seem to need as much entertainment as the average 5 year old> as well...
When you go on vacation, do you leave your “diet” at home? When you hear the word “diet” do you automatically think, “weight loss”? Words matter, and how you interpret diet can definitely make a difference in how you manage your weight, and ultimately, your health....
Former President Rafael Correa has filed a criminal complaint against journalist Martín Pallares for an April article posted on the 4Pelagatos website. In the article, Pallares mocked Correa’s defense of former minister of electricity Alecksey Mosquera who was...
Ecuador’s National Assembly in Quito turned into a shouting match Wednesday morning when Jorge Glas appeared to discuss the Odebrecht scandal. The Assembly was meeting in special session as the Supervisory Commission as part of its investigation of the growing bribery...
(Author's note: I wrote this story and took the photograph sixteen months ago after being in Ecuador for only a few weeks.) Seventy feet below where I live in Cuenca is a school. In the morning, the children come very early, about 6:30. They attend in three shifts,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Premier - "Ciudad Esmog" (Smog City) premiers tonight at 20:30 in the teatro Pumapungo. Cost: $8.00. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Exposición - An exhibit of work by Hernán Illescas will open tomorrow at...
