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President Rafael Correa's decision to default on foreign bond payments has set off a debate over the consequences as well as speculation that other Latin American countries will follow Ecuador's lead. In his Friday decision, Correa vowed to...
Cuenca tourism officials are urging local hotels, hostals and businesses to do a better of job of accommodating the city’s growing number of tourists. The current independence celebration has left late-arriving travelers with limited lodging options and the...
Icaro Airlines has suspended its Quito to Cuenca service. The airline first claimed that the suspension would be temporary, the result of Sept. 22 accident at the Quito airport that took one of its aircraft out of service. The airline has since...
Enforcement of Ecuador’s new traffic law begins in earnest this week as police across the country receive explanations of the new regulations … and new ticket books. Ecuador Department of Transportation officials said that full enforcement of the law...
Aerogal, one of Ecuador's three national airlines, announced Oct. 12 that it will begin international service between Quito, Guayaquil and Miami, Dec. 7. The Cuenca-based airline, began the service last year but suspended operations within days due to...
Through Tuesday, Oct. 14. Check El Tiempo, El Murcurio and the iTurs office for complete information. Photography exhibition: Peruvian artist Adriko Canales Date: Until Oct. 17 Place: Paul Cézanne Gallery, Alliance Française...
President Rafael Correa fulfilled a campaign promise he made two years ago to change the constitution as Ecuadorian voters overwhelmingly approved the new charter. The 444-article document received 65% of the votes in a campaign highlighted by strong...
Life just became a little more complicated for foreign tourists who want to remain in Ecuador beyond the 90 days granted by their passport entry stamp. A memo from the country’s ministry of foreign relations to local immigration offices on Monday, Sept. 22,...
A Cuenca language school is looking for two or three English teachers for the start of new classes next week. The school, located in the historic district, has both English and Spanish students, and uses an approach incorporating substantive subjects into language...
According to Douglas Griffiths, U.S. Consul General to Ecuador, cooperation between the U.S. and Ecuador is stronger than it has been in years. In an hour-long meeting with U.S. citizens living in Cuenca, Thursday, Sept. 25, Griffiths said that despite political...
Cuenca transportation officials reported no problems with the reopening of the city's airport Monday, saying that all systems appeared to be functioning normally. Formal approval of the runway resurfacing project was given on...
By Tim Vickery It looked a long shot a year ago after the team's disastrous start to the current campaign: losing at home to Venezuela followed by crushing defeats at Brazil and Paraguay, after which coach Luis Fernando Suárez stepped down. Almost a year...
Despite rumors to the contrary, the laws and major policies of the Ecuadorian immigration office relating to foreigners have not changed, according to an immigration expert. "Rules and interpretations change day to day and from one director to the next, but this...
Police estimate that more than 20,000 gathered in Parque Calderon, Friday, Aug. 29, to honor Cuenca native son and Olympic hero Jefferson Perez. The celebration featured live music, dancing, food, reverly and an evening fireworks display. Perez won the silver medal...
By Ron Gordon This morning, early, I walked to the village of Vilcabamba. To sit quietly, in the town square at early morning is to move into a Garcia Marquez novel. The village, so sleepy on its surface, is vibrating with energy. The skies seem ready to...
Like other major art centers, Cuenca has always depended on outsiders to enrich its heritage. One recent contributor, Liza Gafitanu Wheeler, caught the town's attention in February with a presentation of mosaic glass art at the...
By A.O. Scott Reviewing a biography of Jorge Luis Borges in The New York Times Book Review a few years back, David Foster Wallace attacked the standard biographical procedure of mining the lives of writers for clues to their work, and vice versa. Borges’s...
It would be a stretch to say to that Carolina Bookstore is rising from the ashes of the former ABC Bookstore. It is more the case of being a victim of the ´trickle-down effect´ that forced the relocation and prompted the renaming of the store following a July 4 fire...
One of the best sources for travel tips, especially for discovering off-the-beaten-path jewels, are travel blogs. The following is an entry posted earlier this year in Nancy and Chuck Watson’s blog. The Watsons have homes in Cuenca and in Washington state,...
by Calvin Trillin, September 5, 2005 I try not to let a decade pass without renewing my assault on Spanish, which I keep hearing described as an easy language to learn. In the nineties, in preparation for a trip to northern Spain, I bought myself a...
