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By Ana Lankes Antonio Orduña has lived in Arizona for 30 years as an undocumented migrant, now working as a gardener. In January, after Donald Trump took office, Orduña wired most of his life savings to Mexico, afraid he might be deported at any moment. As well as the...
By Christian Yao and Te Herenga Waka China’s economic rocket ride appears to be ending – or slowing, at least. Growth has declined from 8.4% in 2021 to 4.5% today, youth unemployment has climbed to 16.9%, and cities are filled with unfinished buildings after the...
Less than a week before the presidential runoff election between President Daniel Noboa and Luisa González, most analysts say the race is too close to call. “It follows the pattern of the past three or four runoffs, with public sentiment being very difficult to read,”...
Cuenca has the best quality of life of all major South American cities, according to international online rating service Numbeo. Quito also ranked high in the 2025 survey of cities with populations of 500,000 or higher, at number 10. Numbeo’s crowdsourced global...
By Shreya Dasgupta Traffic noise isn’t just unpleasant; in the Galápagos Islands, it can also make songbirds aggressive, a recent study has found. Once famed for their undisturbed natural ecosystems, the Galápagos Islands have seen a rise in road infrastructure and...
By Lauran Neergaard A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia over the next seven...
Erik Prince, founder of the controversial security contractor formerly known as Blackwater, joined in law enforcement operations on Saturday in Guayaquil, according to local officials. The operations saw 10 houses raided and 40 people detained, Ecuador’s Interior...
By Melissa Kirsch If you sit close enough to the front of the theater for “A Streetcar Named Desire” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, you can see Paul Mescal spit and sweat as he stalks the stage as Stanley Kowalski, an artist doing his work in real time and space....
I watched quietly as the swollen Paute River carted away dirt, stones, and scoured human debris from our recent historic rainstorm. It is a potent reminder that when absorbed in their enthusiasm, the gods of Fertility and Loss will occasionally flood whole villages...
Intense rainstorms continue to roll across Ecuador, flooding streets, airports and highways. On Thursday and Friday, Guayaquil and Quito experienced heavy rainfall while Cuenca saw localized flooding. On Friday, the National Transit office announced that travel was...
By Andrew Nikiforuk Ray Kurzweil, who is 76, wears the latest in Silicon Valley fashion: a Mickey Mouse watch, colourful suspenders and a righteous belief that humans should be able to live forever. For two decades the inventor, futurist, computer geek and Google...
By Chase Squires Anyone who’s felt stuck in a rut and dealt with a disapproving parent, a distracted spouse, a midlife crisis, and the urge to tear up a Disney store can relate. Sometimes even a comfortable life can feel a little ... overwhelming. Then toss in a...
By Elizabeth Roberts Some people choose expat life for a fat salary and a career boost, some for retirement, some for a sabbatical and a slower pace, and some for an adventure. Whatever their motivation, those who’ve spent time abroad are united by one thing — they've...
By Stephen Vargha It has been said art appreciation is a fundamental skill that enhances our understanding of the world around us, our history, and of ourselves. Art appreciation is the immersion and understanding of paintings, sculptures, architecture, books, poems,...
By Fabiola Sanchez Online recruiting techniques and complicit local authorities have been among the details revealed by the renewed investigation of a ranch in western Mexico where authorities say the Jalisco New Generation Cartel trained its recruits. Lured by fake...
By Becky Sorrensen Does moving abroad really make you happier and healthier? The answer is yes, according to several studies by international expats. The studies also show that the many of those who have lived overseas but returned to their native countries, regretted...
All exports to the U.S. from Ecuador will pay an additional 10% tariff beginning April 5. The 10% charge applies to all Latin American countries except Venezuela and Nicaragua, which will pay 15% and 18%. The worldwide tariffs, which range from 10% to 95% on imports...
By Dee-Ann Durbin Anger over the Trump Administration’s tariffs and rhetoric will likely cause international travel to the U.S. to fall even further than expected this year, an influential travel forecasting company said Tuesday. Tourism Economics said it expects the...
By Joseph Earp As much as I have the general vibe of a luddite (strange hobbies, socially maladjusted, unfathomable fashion choices, etc) I have to hand it to automation: it’s nice that computers have made some boring things in our lives less boring. I side with the...
A powerful thunderstorm accompanied by winds of up to 80 kilometers an hour flooded large areas of Cuenca Tuesday afternoon. The National Meteorology Institute (Inamhi) described the storm as “one of the most intense in recent memory,” and reported that rainfall...
