Attorney for Coopera members arrested during Thursday protest
Gustavo Quito, attorney for members of the financial cooperative Coopera, was arrested Thursday in Cuenca at the parents’ home of Alianza País executive secretary Doris Soliz. Quito says he and Coopera...
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Happier Dogs in Cuenca: Free spay and neuter clinics, and lots of volunteers,...
By Scott Fugit We stepped through the open concrete entry into a dimly lit crowded room. Small groups of people surrounded stainless-steel tables while standing in fur and bandages. Others held...
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Chevron lashes out at film about Ecuador oil pollution; film includes Pablo...
The U..S oil giant Chevron has attacked the British makers of a short art-house documentary film about oil pollution in the Ecuadorean Amazon featuring the actor Julie Christie reading a Pablo Neruda...
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Alcoholism at Cuenca’s Feria Libre market is major concern for police and...
Last Thursday, two drunk men were injured after falling. A drunk woman had injuries to the face, the result she said, of a physical assault by people she knows and drinks with. The three were cared...
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Cuenca’s Citizen Guards are getting English language lessons
Thirty Citizen Guards are attending English classes at the University of Cuenca for the purpose of improving communication with tourists and foreign residents. Two graduate students in the university’s...
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Neighbors’ complaints of excess noise lead to closure of historic district bars
Police shut down four bars on Saturday night for a variety of violations, including excessive noise. The bars are on President Cordova between Hermano Miguel and Mariano Cueva. Police closing bars in...
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Agriculture officials close unsanitary, unlicensed slaughterhouse in Cuenca
A slaughterhouse located on the back property of a house on Avenida Loja and Isabel La Católica was shut down last Thursday by Agencia Ecuatoriana de Aseguramiento de la Calidad del Agro who were...
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Cuenca’s fourth Supermaxi on Don Bosco features motorized shopping carts and...
A new Supermaxi opened in the southwest part of Cuenca on Friday. Located on Don Bosco at Miguel de Cervantes, it is the fourth in the city. The official opening took place with balloons, music and...
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‘Extinct’ stubfoot toad comes back to life; rediscovered southeast of Cuenca
By Jennifer S. Holland To biologists’ delight, the extinct Azuay stubfoot toad has just leapt back to life in Ecuador. Three independent teams of scientists were involved in the rediscovery of a small...
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Ecuadorian – expat non-profit organization Ecuador Cares hosts fundraising...
Without working plumbing, clean water, adequate food, or funding, Yunguilla Orphanage was on the brink of closure last year. When a group of Ecuadorians and expats heard about the orphanage in dire...
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Anti-government march leads to confrontation as protesters of constitutional...
Protesters opposed to constitutional amendments, including one that would allow President Rafael Correa to seek another term, clashed with police Wednesday night at the Parque Calderon glorieta....
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Cuenca continues to attract expatriates who combine their North American and...
By Nancy Trejos It’s Sunday afternoon, and multiple flat-screen TVs are broadcasting football at Inca Lounge and Bistro in this quaint town 8,200 feet above sea level in Ecuador. Cuenca’s iconic...
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Azuay Province government provides ‘symbolic gesture’ in support of gay marriage
Azuay Province’s government has voted unanimously voted in favor of a ‘symbolic gesture’ for gay marriage on March 4. Various heads of towns and cities in the province came together and agreed on a...
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Welcome to Gringolandia: Thousands of foreigners are lured to Cuenca for its...
By Nathan Gill Susan Lamy and her husband, Jean Pierre, owned a successful interior-design business in Westport, Conn., but they still worried about how they would make ends meet in retirement. “Just...
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