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Three thrones grace my palatial apartment, each with its own operating procedures and temperamental flaws. One of them is turned off most of the time and only fired up for special ceremonial occasions or visitors. In Spanish they are called inodoros, though the word...
By Rae Witte You might not think much about your shoes when running errands—dropping the kids off, picking up groceries, swinging by the pharmacy. But the footwear you choose for these everyday moments could be shaping your health more than you realize. Ill-fitting...
By Liam Hess The first thing I noticed when I woke up on my first morning in Quito was a physical sensation: a slight dizziness, a shortness of breath, a sense of fatigue after returning from a long (and very jet-lagged) morning walk around the city’s La Carolina...
Three National Police officers were released by an indigenous court Thursday night after apologizing to former Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) president Leonidas Iza. The officers, identified as Carlos Uvidia, Bryan Díaz and Kevin Guamán, admitted...
By Micheal Fox On a Saturday morning in mid-July, hundreds of students sat in an outdoor amphitheater in Quito, Ecuador. In the center, flowers, fruits and vegetables were laid out on the ground — an offering to Pachamama, commonly translated as “Mother Earth,” from...
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 STeve Wenzel Greetings CuencaHighLife, My name is STeve, a Canadian...
By Eric Schmidt and Selina Xu Building a machine more intelligent than ourselves. It’s a centuries-old theme, inspiring equal amounts of awe and dread, from the agents in “The Matrix” to the operating system in “Her.” To many in Silicon Valley, this compelling...
The government on Tuesday sent a letter to the Constitutional Court ordering it to vacate its Quito headquarters. On Wednesday, it sent court president Jhoel Escudero another letter advising him to ignore the previous order. Critics are calling the turn of events an...
By Ricardo Pérez Indigenous nations from Ecuador and Peru have issued a strong rejection of a recently announced agreement between state-owned oil companies Petroperú and Petroecuador to connect Ecuador’s southern Amazon oil blocks to the Norperuvian Pipeline. Leaders...
When I first came to Cuenca, I made the mistake of asking people what the summers were like. The puzzled looks I got were almost as sharp as when I once asked a taxi driver if he’d ever considered raising his fares. “Summer?” they said, as if I’d asked what they...
By Pam Belluck Sometimes the pain felt like lightning bolts. Or snakes biting. Or needles. “Just imagine the worst burn you’ve ever had, all over your body, never going away,” said Ed Mowery, 55, describing his life with chronic pain. “I would wake up in the middle of...
Local and national tourism officials say non-stop flights between Cuenca and Manta could begin by the end of the year. On Monday, airport and tourism directors in the two cities signed a letter of intent with the national Tourism Directorate to begin the authorization...
Propuestas nutritivas y saludables - There is a new trend for restaurants to offer fresh, sustainable food to diners who think about what they eat and its effect on the planet. Vive Green has locations in the food courts at the Mall del Río and the Millenium Plaza....
By Bryan Harris Much of Brazil is in the midst of its coolest winter in years but few in the tourism industry are complaining. From Florianópolis in the country’s south to the windswept beaches of Pipa and Jericoacoara in the northeast, Brazil’s seaside resorts have...
By Naomi S. Baron AI arrived as both kids and adults were already spending less time reading books than they did in the not-so-distant past. As a linguist, I study how technology influences the ways people read, write and think. This includes the impact of artificial...
Four men have been charged with masterminding the assassination of former presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. On Monday, the Attorney General's office ordered Ronny Aleaga, Xavier Jordán, José Serrano and Daniel Salcedo to appear at a court arraignment at a...
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...
