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Although the World Trade Organization (WTO) says it understands why Ecuador imposed import tariffs of as much as 45% in January, it signaled that it is concerned about the affect the higher fees have on consumers and international trade. On Tuesday, the WTO ordered...
Even as they struggle to control the rapidly spreading Chikungunya virus, Ecuadorian health agencies are on alert for another mosquito-borne virus. The African Zika virus, which shows similar symptoms as Chikungunya and dengue, is reported to be spreading in coastal...
By Austin Mackell Earlier this month, Ecuador’s National Assembly, having decriminalised personal drug use in 2013, passed modifications to the drug laws, slamming “micro-traffickers” with harsher sentences. Critics fear this could cause possible confusion between...
By Susan Burke March, MSEd, RDN, LDN, CDE There’s a little blue pill for boys, and a pink one for girls. Both are marketed to adults suffering from sexual dysfunction, but they work in completely different ways. Men can choose from a variety of drugs to treat...
A raíz de las recientes lluvias, el departamento de bomberos voluntarios de Cuenca han estado casi tan ocupados sacando perros mojados de los ríos de la ciudad, como en la extinción de incendios. El departamento dice que ha rescatado a nueve perros en las últimas dos...
Author’s note: This is the second of four articles about how lifestyle changes can reverse heart disease and cancer without drugs or surgery. In the first article, the author described his meeting with Dean Ornish, MD, who had conducted a pilot study that provided the...
Although it will only travel at five kilometers an hour for a distance of less than two kilometers, Cuenca’s Tranvía de los Cuatro Rios officially takes to the tracks for a two-hour test this morning. The single unit will move from the train yard at Unidad Nacional...
Anyone who has found themselves at the mercy of bureaucrats can appreciate this video. Although our first thought is of the paperwork process required for expatriation, the message applies to many situations in which a citizen is pitted against a public service...
¿Podría ser otro hablador? O simplemente alguien bien parado en Quito? El presidente Rafael Correa ha desafiado a un miembro de un partido político de la oposición a una pelea a puñetazos en la televisión nacional. Poco después de que se emitió el desafío, el...
Following recent rains, Cuenca’s volunteer fire department has been almost as busy pulling wet dogs from the city’s rivers as putting out fires. The department says it has rescued nine dogs within the past two weeks in the Tomebamba and Yanuncay Rivers. The most...
As labor strikes in the fast-food industry have reignited the U.S. debate over raising minimum wages, another battle over wages has been raging south of the border. Over the past several weeks, Mexico has seen a rising wave of pressure to increase its minimum wage,...
The celebration of Cuenca’s 195th anniversary of independence from Spain begins next week and officials are expecting 100,000 tourists, filling hotel rooms to capacity. Although November 2 is the official national holiday, activities begin by Thursday, October. 29 and...
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...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera says he understands the concerns of business owners in the historic district and has agreed to delay new tram construction work until January. The owners had complained that the work would disrupt Christmas sales which they depend on for a...
Could it be another Rumble in Jungle? Or just a Kick-Ass in Quito? President Rafael Correa has challenged a member of an opposition political party to a fistfight on national television. Shortly after the challenge was issued, the opponent, National Assemblyman Andrés...
By Christopher Lux In 1975, Piedad Segarra and her husband Luis Figueroa turned the first floor of their house into a pernil, or pork, sandwich shop. Located on the east end of Juan Jaramillo, this is no ordinary sandwich shop. Sanduches de Doña Piedad opened with no...
Por Liam Higgins Gualaceo está a 36 km (22 millas) de Cuenca, un viaje en autobús tarda 45 minutos y cuesta menos de un dólar. Conocido como "El Jardín del Azuay", Gualaceo tiene una población de poco menos de 50.000 habitantes. Su centro de información turística está...
Cuenca transportation officials meet today with business owners who are asking that the tram construction schedule be changed for the holiday season. The business owners claim that construction will severely limit their holiday sales and put some of them out of...
Mario Ruiz, director of Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute, cautions that the day-to-day activity at the Cotopaxi volcano is not an indicator of the strength of the eventual eruption. “We are not ruling out anything, even a catastrophic eruption on the level of the 1877...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera has angrily rejected a threat made by bus owners to shut down municipal bus service if fares are not increased within 30 days. The owners are demanding an increase to 42 cents from the current fare of 25 cents, which was established 13...
