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The end of the world is not its destruction, but its translation into heaven. -- ACIM. To the caterpillar, the butterfly represents the end of the world. -- Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now How do we make “sense” of this paradox? To some, the recent election in the USA...
Jueves, 14/11/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Inauguran el "Gran Piazza" en Machala (Opening of the “Gran Piazza” in Machala) - <This article is for all of you serious shoppers.> The Centro Comercial "Gran Piazza" on av. 25 de junio opened its doors today...
Three armed forces helicopters shuttled between local lakes and wildfires Thursday, dropping water from Bambi buckets on fires in the mountains near Cuenca. The fires have created smokey conditions in Cuenca and surrounding communities since early in the week. As a...
By Frances Hogg Lochow When she walked through the doors of her high school in Cuenca for the last time, Rocío Illescas knew that the world that opened before her was not big enough. Though she loved children, the life of a housewife did not appeal to her, nor did the...
As a traveler in the “developing world” one is reminded almost daily of poverty. The tired face of hunger, the plight of refugees and the limited prospects for the disabled are impossible to ignore or wish away. Ironically, one can observe similar misery in the...
Stringent security measures went into effect Wednesday in Cuenca as presidents and vice presidents from Latin American countries as well as the president of Portugal and King Felipe VI of Spain arrived for the 29th Ibero-American Summit. Although the summit is notable...
By Isabel Debre and Franklin Brinceno On the edge of Peru’s coastal desert, a remote fishing town where a third of all residents have no running water is being transformed into a huge deep-water port to cash in on the inexorable rise of Chinese interest in...
I have always had a fascination with being a pioneer, exploring a relatively wild frontier. This was much of my instinct about leaving North America, forging a life in the Andean highlands of Ecuador. Never being a city person, but also never being a country person,...
Martes, 12/11/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Controversia por Vicepresidencia (Controversy over Vice-Presidency) - See article in today's (martes) CHL for story. Cuenca - <Now here's the story to scare the dickens out of you> Si no llueve esta semana...
The United Workers' Front (FUT) is planning anti-government protests Wednesday and Thursday in Cuenca, coinciding with the Ibero-American Summit. Calling it a ‘counter summit,’ FUT President José Villavicencio said the mobilization is intended to make world leaders...
Claiming the disqualification of his presidential candidacy bears a “strong resemblance” to the suspension of Vice President Veronica Abad, Jan Topic says he plans to appeal Sunday’s ruling by Contentious Electoral Tribunal. “The decision overturned the approval of my...
Lunes, 11/11/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del viernes, 8/11 (1 article): Epicentro Cultural impulsa el arte desde la academia (Epicentro Cultural promotes art from academia) - The U. of Cuenca announced the Primer Festival of its Epicentro Cultural,...
Legal experts say the Ministry of Labor’s decision to suspend Vice President Verónica Abad for 150 days is unconstitutional. The suspension, announced Saturday, would prevent Abad from assuming presidential duties, as prescribed by law, from President Daniel Noboa...
I consider those of us expats who have been living in Ecuador for a number of years and have integrated well with the local culture to be the lucky ones. Especially in the campo, where I live, the locals are a wealth of important knowledge. Our village, named Jadan,...
By Stephen Vargha It is a global problem: Graffiti. In a 2017 technical paper, Valspar, a U.S. manufacturer of paint and coatings, said graffiti is a global problem. In the United States, it was a $13 to $15 billion per year mess. This was prior to the Covid pandemic....
A day after the Energy Minister Inés Manzano announced blackout hours would increase from six to eight hours a day beginning Sunday, the Ministry of Energy and Mines issued a statement Saturday morning that blackouts would be 12 hours on Saturday and Sunday. On Sunday...
Bolivia’s constitutional court has barred former President Evo Morales from running again for elected office, preventing him from contesting next year’s presidential election. The ruling, made public on Friday, also reaffirms a 2023 court order that a president cannot...
Two months before the official beginning of the election campaign, legal experts say President Daniel Noboa is almost out of options for preventing Vice President Verónica Abad from assuming presidential duties during the campaign. Under the constitution, a president...
Energy Minister Inés Manzano announced Friday morning that power blackouts will increase to eight hours a day on Sunday, up from the current six hours. "Unfortunately, drought conditions affecting our hydroelectric generation do not allow us to maintain the six-hour...
By Helen Rosner Twenty-seven years ago, Texas Monthly, the venerable “national magazine of Texas,” published a ranking of the state’s fifty best barbecue joints. The magazine had named the state’s best barbecue before, but the Top Fifty was an extraordinary feat of...
