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The owners of city buses and taxis are mounting an effort to recall Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera, claiming he has ignored campaign promises to support private transportation interests. “We supported him because he said he would stop the tram,” says taxi driver Jorge...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LD/N, CDE Author's note: Please join me and my colleagues at the upcoming First Latin American Congress on Lifestyle and Health (El Congreso Internacional Hábitos de Vida Saludable) to be held at the Mall del Rio Conference Center,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Recorrido (journey) - the theater of the Casa de la Cultura will be the venue for a symbolic journey by a group of activists. At each stop the participants will make music, dance, theater. Tomorrow (at some unspecified time). Música...
(Dubái) – Sin duda la adrenalina es uno de los factores principales para lograr tal hazaña. Volar cerca de un avión de esta envergadura es peligroso para aviones más pequeños ahora imagínese el peligroso que puede ser para una persona la cual tal solo utiliza un...
Apenas han pasado algunos días después de la actualización de Clash of Clans para Halloween y ahora estamos empezando a ver la nueva actualización para noviembre en la que incluye un nuevo héroe y nuevas defensas, pero además tenemos la llegada de un nuevo...
Ecuador’s Finance Minister Fausto Herrera says that “aggressive reductions” in the 2016 national budget demonstrate to the world that the country is squarely facing the economic difficulties that lie ahead. “We understand the risks that we face from lower oil prices...
Author’s note: This is the fourth and final article for the CuencaHighlife series that shares the scientific discoveries of how changes in lifestyle can reverse coronary heart disease and prostate cancer without drugs or surgery. In this article the author provides...
Hola, Todos - Starting today, your periodico will be available as a column on CuencaHighLife. I will continue sending the periodico to my current list for the foreseeable future. There will be the same Sun. through Fri issues and no Sat. issue since El Mercurio...
In the interest of keeping readers informed about events in Cuenca, CuencaHighLife is adding a new daily feature, Jeanne’s Periodico. Jeanne started Periodico two-and-a-half when she realized that many expats were having trouble keeping up with events in Cuenca. “A...
As part of the Cuenca independence celebration, city transportation officials invited the public to ride the new tram and about 500 obliged on Tuesday. The ride was not long or fast, as the train moved up and down a 1.7 kilometer stretch of Av. Las Americas at maximum...
Several political analysts say we will not hear about proposed inheritance and capital gains tax increases for quite awhile, possibly for years. “I think they’re off the table for the foreseeable future,” says Wilson Vasquez, a consultant to international businesses...
American-born photographer Thomas Ives has worked for international news and feature magazines for over 38 years. His photo essays and images have appeared in National Geographic, Time, Geo, Stern, Newsweek, Life, Smithsonian, and many others publications. He...
Are you interested in learning how to improve your health through changes to your lifestyle and diet? Or discovering the keys to reversing diseases traditionally treated only with surgery and medication? Next week’s 1st International Conference on Lifestyle and Health...
By Scott Fugit He began his book, Vagabonding Down the Andes, with a warning to gringo hikers: “Tramping down the Andes is like walking on the ridge of a steep roof, you can slip off one side or the other and slide down to the Pacific or the Amazon.” That was Harry...
Tens of thousands of Cuencanos will gather at city cemeteries today to visit the graves of family members and friends in the annual Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, observance. Most of the visits will be quiet, with family members gathering around graves and...
By Christopher Lux October 31 is the day of the escudo de armas in Ecuador. In Cuenca, it's the start of the independence day celebrations. It's also the time that Christmas trees, lights, and other decorations begin going up. With so many people from other cultures...
Despite his evasiveness on the subject, it has been widely accepted that President Rafael Correa will seek a third full term as Ecuador’s president. That view may be changing. In recent interviews, Correa sounds more and more like man who has had enough of political...
Although Cuenca’s official high temperature on Saturday was 78, it felt much hotter to the thousands who turned out for opening day of the city’s independence holidays. The blazing equatorial sun brought out the Panama hats, umbrellas and water bottles. According to...
Cuenca’s transportation commission has agreed to a taxi fare increase for trips of seven kilometers or more. The decision was based on a 2006 resolution passed by the municipal council. Fares will increase from from 29 cents to 36 cents per kilometer during the day...
By Christopher Lux El Nopal Mexican restaurant sits just off Paucarbamba behind El Vergel, surrounded by houses and a few seafood restaurants. This small family-owned restaurant is serving up traditional Mexican cuisine inspired by the home they left more than a...
