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Ecuador’s Mining Ministry is accusing anti-mining protesters of disrupting negotiations for a large-scale gold and silver mine in Azuay Province. The ministry claims a small group of activists is preventing the ministry and officials from Dundee Precious Metals from...
By George Ellison Recent autopsies revealed that there may be a sneaky way that microplastics are entering our brains — via our sense of smell, through our noses A team of researchers from Germany and Brazil analyzed autopsies from 25 adults and found that 21 of them...
A Constitutional Court panel has unanimously dismissed a legal challenge to President Daniel Noboa for non-compliance with Article 93 of the constitution which requires candidates for reelection to take a leave of absence during election campaigns. In its Saturday...
Domingo,12/1/2025 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Muestra en el MMAM (Exhibit at the MMAM) - The Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno (MMAM) in collaboration with the U. of Cuenca opened the exhibit, "Heterotopia 3," in which 31 young Cuencan artists are showing their work in...
By Jeronimo Giorgi We have overcome darker times before”, were the closing words of former Costa Rican president Luis Guillermo Solís on October 4, addressing the decline of the democratic state in Latin America. For the eighth consecutive year, more countries...
The headline above is borrowed from a notice posted on a bookstore window in San Anselmo, California. More than a few news programs in the media recently sparkled with airbrushed images of despicable political louts facing serious legal trouble, followed by celebrity...
The Constitutional Court will consider a suit challenging President Daniel Noboa’s temporary transfer of presidential power to Cynthia Gellibert but rejected another case which questioned Noboa’s replacement of Vice President Verónica Abad with Gellibert. The three...
Cuenca not only has the best drinking water in Ecuador, it also has the cleanest rivers. A report on water quality by government biologists and hydrologists, credits the the sewage pollution plant in Ucubamba with drastically improving river quality levels. Until the...
Editor’s note: This is the fourth of a four-part series about professionally guided psychedelic therapy sessions that Cuenca expat C.P James and his wife participated in at a retreat in the nearby Yunguilla Valley. To read part one, click here; part two, click here;...
Jueves, 9/1/2025 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Sinfónica en Pumapungo (Symphony at Pumapungo) - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca will start its 2025 season with the "Adagios Famosos" concert conducted by Augusto Carrión Rodas el viernes, 10/1 a las 20:00 in the Teatro...
By John Surico Almost every night, after he helps put his kid to bed, Joshua Blanton drives across his hometown of Ashland, Kentucky, to look at a roundabout. Five were installed along one of its main commercial stretches this year, replacing five stoplights and...
By Michael Rios and Stefano Pozzebon Venezuela is set to inaugurate a head of state on Friday – but there are still two men claiming to be the nation’s rightful president. Incumbent Nicolás Maduro is scheduled to attend a swearing-in ceremony on January 10 to begin...
Weather forecasters are predicting more rain into the weekend but say a drying trend could begin by Sunday. “We advise residents to take preventive measures for heavy to moderate rain in the next three to four days,” ETAPA meteorologist Lenin Alvarez warned Wednesday....
By Stephen Vargha One may be surprised to learn that three greenhorns from the United States are producing some of the best coffee in Ecuador as well as having a secluded and beautiful getaway. “People would be shocked to realize how little thought we put into it...
By Kelly Benthall When I was in my 40s, if you had told me I'd be writing this from Mauritius after months of traveling across Europe, I would have laughed. Back then, I had a more traditional view of retirement: I would work until 65, leave a nest egg for my kids,...
Editor’s note: This is the third of a four-part series about professionally guided psychedelic therapy sessions that Cuenca expat C.P James and his wife participated in at a retreat in the nearby Yunguilla Valley. To read part one, click here; part two, click here....
Martes, 7/1/2025 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Mateo, un artista emergente que 'trasciende las barreras' (Mateo, an emerging artist who 'transcends barriers') - Mateo López is a 24-year-old artist about to graduate in Visual Arts from the U. of Cuenca. His work is part...
Cynthia Gellibert, appointed vice president last week by President Daniel Noboa, will assume presidential duties from Thursday through Sunday while Noboa campaigns for reelection. In the presidential decree announcing Gellibert’s temporary appointment, Noboa said he...
Editor’s note: This is the second of a four-part series about professionally guided psychedelic therapy sessions that Cuenca expat C.P James and his wife participated in at a retreat in the nearby Yunguilla Valley. To read part one, click here. The articles are...
By Alex Nabaum The words “retirement community” summon up images of easy chairs, overcooked food and endless daytime TV. Latitude Margaritaville, a community being built near Hilton Head Island in South Carolina, quickly disabuses these. “There was a toga party this...
