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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 Ed O'Connor “Thar she blows, Cap’n.” If that sounds like something...
By Idrees Ali, Patricia Zengerle and Andrea Shalal A large buildup of U.S. naval forces in and around the Southern Caribbean has officials in Caracas and experts in the United States asking: is the move aimed at combating drug cartels, as the Trump administration has...
Although the beginning a new school year is traditionally a time of renewed expectations, Ecuador education experts say that in recent years it is also a reminder of a problem without a solution. The number of students is dropping – and rapidly -- due to declining...
Exposición en Escuela Central - The exhibit, "Búsqueda y Encuentros," will have works by both Eduardo Segovia and Luis Alberto Medina. The show opened last Friday. Segovia is known for his ceramic art, but will show his paintings too. Medina is a painter originally...
Mist drapes the ridgelines of southern Ecuador, then slides into ravines where orchids bead with rain. Between two Andean spines, Podocarpus National Park straddles Loja’s highlands and the Amazonian foothills of Zamora Chinchipe — a living water tower whose rare life...
Latin Americans are the most emotional people on the planet while the world’s least emotional people hail from countries in Eastern Europe, a new survey shows. Bolivia and El Salvador shared top spot with 59% of “yes” responses when respondents were asked whether they...
Following the deaths of four inmates Friday at the Turi prison, Cuenca Mayor Cristian Zamora is asking the government to put the armed forces back in control of the prison. “While the soldiers were assigned there, we had very few incidences of violence,” he said....
Renting in Cuenca is a bit like dating; you have to decide whether you want someone who comes with baggage or someone who expects you to bring all the baggage yourself. Furnished apartments are the quick-and-easy choice. You can walk in with a suitcase, flop down on...
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Mexico and Ecuador next week, the State Department announced on Thursday. The trip comes as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to strengthen efforts against drug cartels and tighten controls on...
By Krysta Fauria At 77 years old, Geoffrey Hinton has a new calling in life. Like a modern-day prophet, the Nobel Prize winner is raising alarms about the dangers of uncontrolled and unregulated artificial intelligence. Frequently dubbed the “Godfather of AI,” Hinton...
By Steve Fink For more than a century, each generation has lived longer than the one before. Parents routinely outlived their parents, and children expected birthdays their grandparents never reached. But new research suggests this remarkable streak of rising...
A new law that imposes additional controls on non-government organizations will be challenged in the Constitutional Court. Opponents of the Law of Foundations, which passed the National Assembly Tuesday by a single vote, claim it violates the rights of civil society...
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 Lorenzo I came to Ecuador in 1977 as a Peace Corps volunteer. I...
By Karla Freeman I wrote Creating Magic in Midlife before I had the life I have now living in Ecuador. I always wanted to live internationally. I worked as a trauma therapist but retired from that profession. I asked myself what can give my life meaning? The answer is...
The growing global demand for quinoa by health food enthusiasts isn't just raising prices for the Andean "super grain" and living standards among Bolivian farmers. Quinoa fever is running up against physical limits. The scramble to grow more is prompting Bolivian...
By Anastasia Austin and Douwe den Held Today, the Rio Blanco mining camp in south-central Ecuador lies in ruins. Shattered china litters the ground not far from a hollowed-out kitchen with no walls left standing. An abandoned mine tunnel — as wide as a house — stands...
Ecuador's Deposit Insurance Corporation (Cosede) will begin issuing payments to CREA cooperative account holders Friday following the conclusion of the liquidation process conducted by the Superintendent of Popular and Solidarity Economy (SEPS). Payments of up to...
By Alex Chepstow-Lusty Many tropical glaciers in the Andes are expected to disappear in the next few decades. Their meltwater sustains millions of people, feeding crops in the dry season, supplying Peru's capital Lima and other big cities, and even boosting the Amazon...
Former presidential candidate and environmental attorney Yaku Pérez has filed a criminal complaint with the Attorney General against Dundee Precious Metals, owner of the Loma Larga mine in Azuay Province. Pérez claims Dundee made “economic and material donations” to a...
As a condition for receiving future loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government has agreed to make a “significant reduction” in tax exemptions, refunds and other benefits that amount to almost 6% of Ecuador’s GDP. Beyond reducing “inefficient...
