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A bridge in downtown Loja was partially destroyed Monday night as heavy rains continue throughout the country. Near Cuenca, crews are working around the clock to clear landslides on the Cuenca-to-Guayaquil highway while Transportation Ministry engineers are...
By Christopher W.T. Miller, MD Why can’t anything ever just stay still? A patient posed this question during a therapy session, reflecting on how, as we age, many things can get thrown into disarray — home life, social relations, job security and health. It can be...
Expat trends researcher Ronald Barlow says Cuenca remains a top destination for foreigners in South America despite news of violence in other parts of Ecuador. Participating in a panel discussion about “lifestyle migration” at University College London on March 5,...
Hundreds marched through Cuenca’s historic district Saturday, marking the 50th anniversary of International Women’s Day and the beginning of the city’s “March 8 Movement.” Following the march, some of the pioneers of the equal rights movement talked about their...
Editor’s note: This the third in a series of three articles covering the most important things you want to know about collecting your U.S. Social Security while living in Ecuador. Please note: Representatives from the Social Security Administration will be in Cuenca...
Panama on Saturday released dozens of migrants who were held for weeks in a remote camp after they were deported from the U.S. They were given 30 days to leave the Central American nation. The deportees, largely from Asian countries, were part of a deal struck between...
President Daniel Noboa has granted preemptive pardons to police and soldiers responding to an armed attack that killed at least 22 in Guayaquil on Thursday. “We must act decisively and without fear of reprisal,” Noboa wrote in a post on X on Friday morning. “I will...
By Rob Wough With record-breaking temperatures being recorded seemingly every month, experts are now warning large areas of the Earth could become completely inhospitable to humans due to the scorching heat. January was the world's warmest on record, despite a shift...
The following message is from the United States Embassy in Quito. Message for U.S. Citizens Living in Ecuador: U.S. Social Security information sesions: Federal Benefits Services Visit to Ecuador, March 10 to 13, 2025 Location: Quito and Cuenca The U.S. Mission in...
I recently had the pleasure of renewing my conversation with one of Cuenca’s most remarkable small business owners, Peter Strzga, owner and operator of Peter’s Delicatessen (a collaborative effort with Lenny Charnoff of Cuenca Salmon.) I was so impressed following my...
Although the government announced earlier in the week it had has signed an agreement to allow oil production in the Sacha reserve, the deal will be cancelled unless Chinese-led coalition Sinopetrol delivers an advance payment of $1.5 billion. On Thursday, President...
By Lucy Small Ecuador wasn’t always on the global surfing map, with neighbors like Peru claiming the spotlight when it comes to South American surfing, but women like Dominic “Mimi” Barona have brought it to the foreground, dominating the Latin American competition...
By Rachel Fairbank Experts had long believed that exercise could help protect against developing dementia. However, though they had observed a general pattern of reduced risk, studies on the subject had been small — and often conflicting — with little consensus on the...
President Daniel Noboa extended this week the state of emergency for 30 more days in seven provinces and two municipalities, including Quito, to curb insecurity and maintain public order. The measure restricts the rights of the inviolability of domicile and transit in...
By Dac Collins Forrest Galante has bad luck with hippos. He was nearly killed twice by the animals while growing up as a kid in Zimbabwe. So it’s fair to say Galante was treading cautiously this winter as he explored a dense jungle island in the middle of Colombia’s...
By David Culver and Barbara Arvanitidis The convoy moves fast — half a dozen unmarked pickups and SUVs, plates ripped off, weaving and speeding through traffic. The vehicles cross into bus lanes and straddle road dividers, but the other drivers barely react as they...
Fourteen people have died as a result of floods and landslides, the Risk Management Office (SNGR) said Tuesday. With the exception of three family members who died Saturday in a landslide near Loja, all the victims lived in the coastal and littoral regions. SNGR...
By Alexandra Valencia Ecuador's Energy Ministry awarded an onshore oil contract to a consortium led by China's state-owned producer Sinopec on Monday, in an effort to increase oil output from the country's Sacha block. The block is Ecuador's most productive, located...
By Alice Callahan You’ve probably heard these two bits of nutrition advice: Eat more plants, and cut back on ultraprocessed foods. So where does that leave fake-meat burgers, sausages, nuggets and other products sold by companies like Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods?...
The National Court of Justice on Monday sentenced former Assemblyman Pablo Muentes, a judge and the former president of the Guayas Province Courts office to 13 years in prison. The three were convicted of an elaborate scheme that involved bribing judges for favorable...
