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Last week, my column detailed the impressive increase in life expectancy around the globe. As reported in the National Institute on Aging, “The dramatic increase in average life expectancy during the 20th century ranks as one of society’s greatest achievements....
By Christopher Lux It’s been a year since so many people on Ecuador's coast lost so much — family members, friends, and neighbors. There was also the loss of housing, stores, hotels, and work places. Structural losses in the community of Rio Canoa, just inland from...
Less than two months before he takes office, President-elect Lenin Moreno and his advisors are focusing on how to cover the costs of the new government. In particular, they grapple with how to make good on promises that candidate Moreno during the campaign. Moreno...
Black Tongue lives a pretty good ways from here. I met him in Wyoming this past February. As you can see, we are already on a first name basis and quite familiar with one another. That's why he's letting me hang out with him so close and on his turf. He's a young...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Grupo francés - The French group "Voilaaa" which fuses party disco with Africana will be at the República Sur (Pres. Córdova 5-55) today at 20:00. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Revista - The 98th edition...
Although the government claims that Ecuador’s national debt is $27.3% of GDP (gross national product), its own figures show that it is actually 40.2%. According to Ministry of Finance information, the country’s debt stood at $40.47 billion at the end of March....
Panamanian immigration authorities are tightening some rules and instituting new ones to control access to the country by foreigners. The measures are intended to control what the Servicio Nacional de Migracion (SNM) says are abuses by foreigners who do not have legal...
By Susan Burke March Your smile may be the most important part of a first impression, and it’s said you never have a second chance to make a good first one. As I walked into the office of GC Specialized Dentistry I thought, this is the definition of a great first...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Choral concerts - In honor of Cuenca's Founding and Azogues' cantonization, the Rondalla Cañari from Azogues and the Coro Unificado de Cuenca will sing on miércoles at 20:00 in the teatro Casa de la...
Ecuador’s Electoral Court (TCE) has rejected a petition by presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso and his Creo party for nullification of the April 2 runoff election. According to the official vote count, Lasso lost to Lenin Moreno of Alianza País by a 51.16% to...
By David Fagerlie Recently, I attended a presentation about the work of a nonprofit organization that was held after hours at a local restaurant. I paid a fee to attend that was much greater than the value of the dessert and a beverage provided; the balance supported...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Header event - Feria CreArt "Para Mama" will be on 12 & 13/5 from 8-20:00 in the Terraza of Todos Santos. There will be exhibitors showing art, design and gastronomy. Articles about - Día de los Museos - The 25 members of the Azuay...
Although President Rafael Correa told Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera that he was “dreaming” two years ago when Cabrera approached Correa for funding for a 50-kilometer freeway around Cuenca, Cabrera hasn’t given up on the idea. Estimates put the cost of the project...
Ecuador’s government has fined seven newspapers and television stations for not publishing a story it claims was of public interest. The fines, backed by President Rafael Correa, may never be collected, however. Lenin Moreno, who succeeds Correa in May, says he...
La Línea Aérea Cuencana, or Cuenca Airlines (LAC), has not flown in or out of Cuenca for four years but it could return to provide Cuenca-to-Guayaquil service. A committee of municipal council members are in discussions with LAC about returning to Mariscal La Mar...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Header event - Book Fair - There was a book fair Sun. at the Museo Casas de los Tratados de Girón. Articles about - Flower show - A flower show opened Sun. in the museo Pumapungo that included a woman who uses paja toquilla (straw) to...
By José Miguel Vivanco and Tamara Taraciuk Broner Tens of thousands of Venezuelans who have reached a breaking point over the country's humanitarian and political crisis poured into the streets all over the country on Wednesday. They demanded that the government let...
Text and photos by John Keeble Rubi Valeria Vera Cusme has been living in a tent – a frame with recycled advertising banners stretched over it – for nearly a year. But now she is moving into a small, two-storey wood-frame house being built for her on her parent’s...
Test and photos by John Keeble Erik Wenz, a former firefighter paramedic from Sacramento whose first-responder rescues included 9/11, was showing the young Proyecto Saman volunteers how to use a power saw – his kind of building work but very different from the tough...
Text and photos by John Keeble Lindsay Burton, owner of San Sebas café in Cuenca, is still paying off the debt she incurred when she burned out the engine of her car getting supplies to people around Canoa – and she is still deeply involved in the disaster relief work...
