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Author’s note: Welcome to ‘The Executive Lunch in Ecuador: A Closer Look at Almuerzo Culture’ where we dive into what makes Ecuadorian Almuerzo special — especially for those in their golden years living in or around Cuenca. If you’re an expat or a senior, retiree, or...
SUMA party president Guillermo Celi is accusing the Daniel Noboa presidential campaign of “dirty tricks” for attempting to disqualify Jan Topic, the party’s candidate. “The Electoral Council (CNE) has unanimously rejected the claims against our candidate and now...
Ecuador’s former director of Army Intelligence Mario Pazmiño says President Daniel Noboa’s claim that there are 2,000 hectares of coca production near the Colombian border was “hasty and lacked solid evidence.” In a Tuesday video, Noboa said the armed forces were in...
By Allie Yang We often think of smoking and drinking when it comes to addiction — but there’s another compulsion affecting as many as 14 percent of adults and even 12 percent of kids: food addiction. Indulgent dishes enticing us with fat and sugar can feel impossible...
By Jackie Laughlin Ecuador: Home of the bucket-list-worthy Galapagos islands, a volcanic archipelago visited by nearly 200,000 tourists per year, where Charles Darwin famously collected his data to form his theory of evolution. That’s Ecuador, right? Not exactly. The...
President Daniel Noboa announced Tuesday that he is eliminating the electricity subsidy for mining companies. On his X account, the president said: “It is incongruous and unfair to offer a subsidy to mining companies since subsidies should go only to those who need...
Martes, 15/10/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Listo VII Festival de Cine Cámara Lúcida (VII Camera Lucida Film Festival is ready) - The VII Festival Internacional de Cine Cámera Lúcida will be in Cuenca from el 16-31/10 with 25 previously unscreened works from...
By Audrey Garric There’s alarming news on the climate front: land carbon sinks, made up of forests and soils, fell massively in 2023. They captured very little CO2, due to the effects of gigantic fires and long, repeated droughts. If such a decline were to continue,...
Former Bolivian president Evo Morales is threatening to "bring the country to a standstill" if the prosecutor's office complies with an arrest warrant against him to testify in a case of human trafficking and statutory rape. "We will mobilize and shut down the...
Energy Minister Inés Manzano said Monday that blackout hours will be reduced in the coming weeks and months and could end before the end of the year. “Some good things are happening that will alleviate the crisis,” she said Monday in an interview on Teleamazonas. “We...
President Daniel Noboa announced Monday that the armed forces are conducting military operations to destroy recently discovered coca plantations. He did not say where the plantations are located but a television news report last week said they are near the Colombian...
The regime of Nicolas Maduro continued its suppression of dissenters in Venezuela stemming from the events of the country’s presidential election over two months ago. At least 40 people, most of whom were journalists and human rights activists, had their passports...
By Chris Deziel A home standby generator is an essential home appliance in the Santa Cruz mountains where I live because power outages occur so frequently. They happen in the winter, of course, when high winds blow off the Pacific and down trees and power lines, but...
Domingo, 13/10/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - Feriado, apagones y grandes pérdidas en el área turística (Holiday, power outages and heavy losses in the tourist area) - The power outages impeded the flow of resources hoped for during the 3-day holiday. The expected flow...
By Hicks Wogan When you choose a hobby, do you consider whether it’s not only fun, but also good for you? If not, science has you covered: In recent years, countless studies have shown that a wide range of hobbies offer physical and mental health benefits to...
The Energy Ministry has extended electric blackouts to the week of October 14, citing the low water level at the Mazar reservoir in eastern Azuay province. The three hydroelectric plants powered by the reservoir went out of service on Thursday Energy Minister Inés...
By Jacob Zimba Tindor Sikunyongana is trying to run a welding business which these days means buying a diesel generator with costly fuel he can't always afford. Like everyone in Zambia, Sikunyongana is facing a daily struggle to find and afford electricity during a...
In her first press conference, new Energy Minister Inés Manzano said that heavy rain in northeastern Ecuador have allowed to the Coca Coda Sinclar hydroelectric plant to generate more than 1,000 megawatts of energy. “This is the highest production in more than a year...
In press conferences Friday and Saturday, police and prosecutors explained how an armored truck carrying millions of dollars in cash escaped a gang ambush on the Cuenca-to-Guayaquil highway Wednesday morning. According to the Cuenca National Police command, the truck...
Editor's note: Baltazar Ushca, sometimes referred to as the "iceman of Chimborazo," died Friday, October 11, following an accident on his farm near Guana. He gained worldwide fame for his daily climbs to the heights of Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo to harvest glacial ice...
