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Aunque los cuatro ríos de Cuenca son lo que impresionaron a los colonizadores españoles en el siglo 16 cuando nombraron formalmente la ciudad "Santa Ana de los Cuatros Ríos de Cuenca", la tribu indígena Cañari la identificó de una manera diferente: "Guapondelig" o...
Editor's note: George Lassiter is a retired geology professor and researcher who conducted field studies of Ecuador’s volcanoes in the 1990s. Last month, he wrote on article on the volcanic history of Cotopaxi, click here, and had commented earlier in an article about...
Some property owners along Ecuador’s coast say they are watching beaches disappear before their eyes. Many of them are asking the government for help but are receiving little sympathy. “When I bought my place five years ago, there was at least 50 meters of beach in...
The independent press watchdog organization, Fundamedios, will not be closed after all. Ecuador’s communications secretariat said two weeks ago that Fundamedios had violated its charter as a non-profit organization by engaging in partisan politics and began the...
In a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, Ecuador President Rafael Correa criticized the world’s wealthy nations for spending too much time worrying about the politics of developing countries and not enough looking at their own development...
If the alert level at the Cotopaxi volcano is raised to orange, Ecuador’s Ministry of Culture is prepared to protect as much of the country’s history in the area as possible. On Saturday, Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute said that magma continued to rise within the...
The Mitad del Mundo Tattoo Convention in Quito featured 440 Ecuadorian and international artists Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 25, 26 & 27. The convention was held at the Best Western Grand Plaza Hotel, Shyris at Nacionales Unidades, opposite Quicentro....
Even though it was just for a day, Cuencanos got a real-life glimpse of what a pedestrian-friendly El Centro will look like on Friday. Early Friday morning, a group of architects, university students and city workers laid down grass on one lane of Presidente Borrero...
The European Union’s International Trade Committee (INTA) has approved Ecuador’s a trade agreement with the EU. The agreement now goes to the full EU parliament where it is also expected to be approved. The agreement, expected to go into force next year, means that EU...
A new Canadian law that allows the government to revoke citizenship from those who commit crimes, is drawing complaints from civil liberties and human rights groups. Similar laws are en force in several eastern European and Asian countries and are being considered in...
This 22-minute documentary video tells the story of an indigenous village in southeastern Ecuador near the Peruvian border, where the hallucinogenic drink ayahuasca plays a central role in the lives of residents. Concocted from several Amazonian plants, ayahuasca is...
By Susan Burke March, MS, RDN, LDN, CDE Before starting to work with a new client, whether it is for weight loss, or to help manage a health condition such as high blood pressure or diabetes, I ask them to complete a fairly comprehensive medical and lifestyle (diet...
One of the largest airports in Ecuador has reduced most of its operations due to the growing threat of the nearby Cotopaxi volcano. Officially called the Cotopaxi International Airport, the facility near Latacunga opened three years ago with the expectation that it...
By Viktoria Vidali When we journey beyond our countries of birth to foreign lands, we place ourselves in different cultures among people who speak a language we don’t fully understand. In the process we learn many things: what amenities we need to be comfortable; what...
Bolivia’s new consumer rights minister is proposing that salt shakers be banned in the country’s restaurants. He says that one in three Bolivians suffer from hypertension, which has been linked to high levels of salt consumption. Minister Guillermo Mendoza says he...
Por Jonathan Mogrovejo Es imposible negar que la tecnología hiciera del mundo un lugar más pequeño. También es difícil no darse cuenta de que algo de esta tecnología, como los teléfonos móviles y las redes sociales, están haciendo a las personas menos sociables. Todos...
Sin trabajo de plomería, agua potable, alimentación adecuada, o la financiación, el orfanato de Yunguilla estaba al borde del cierre el año pasado. Cuando un grupo de ecuatorianos y extranjeros se enteraron del orfanato en extrema necesidad, se unieron para ayudar a...
Por Walter Panko Yo había planeado utilizar la Parte 2 de mi serie "Las cosas son diferentes en Ecuador", para hablar de algunas de las cosas que, como expatriado recién llegado a Cuenca, me toman más tiempo del esperado para adaptarme. Pero cuanto más pensaba en...
By David Morrill Although Thomas Ives built a solid reputation as a photo journalist for such magazines as National Geographic, Newsweek, Time, Life, Forbes, and the Smithsonian, his real interests often diverged from those of the corporate news industry. From an...
By Jonathan Mogrovejo It’s impossible to deny that technology has made the world a smaller place. It’s also hard not to notice that some of that technology, like cell phones and social media, are making people less social. We have all seen the young couples walking...
