Gringo Kazoo Marching Band to join the Cuenca fun

Goofy is good. Silly is fine. Fun is always appropriate and beneficial. But by combining all three attributes together, one begins to understand the makings… Read More

Weekly Events: August 19 – 25

Cuenca Trivia Night What: Join in for the fun at Cuenca Trivia and test your wits, with emcee and local legendary-liberal-loudmouth Linda Chase! When: Every… Read More

Overjoyed by exuberance of my new home

I was stopped on the street the other day by a chap who did a double-take as he passed. He… Read More

The Chinese could soon dominate Ecuador auto sales

This week’s grand opening of Cuenca’s first Changan auto dealership, the fourth Chinese car and truck dealer to set up… Read More

The use of cell phones is the main reason for car accidents in Ecuador

Seventeen percent of all car accidents in Ecuador in 2018 were the result of cell phone use while driving, the… Read More

Government files Rio Blanco mine appeal in high court

Ecuador’s mining ministry has filed an appeal to a ruling by the Azuay Provincial Court to permanently close the Rio… Read More

El Centro’s Diez de Agosto Market celebrates 65 years

Workers, clients, and authorities are celebrating the 65th birthday of Cuenca’s Diez de Agosto market. Organized by the office of… Read More

Are you normal? What about body temperature and blood pressure?

Have you ever wondered how 98.6° Fahrenheit or 37° Centigrade became “normal” body temperature? In the 1850’s, a German physician… Read More

Cuenca Expat Assist helps those in need

Cuenca is changing before our eyes, becoming more multicultural and more cosmopolitan. In January of this year, I wrote a column for CuencaHighLife drawing attention to the difficulties facing senior expats who, for any number of reasons, find themselves alone — a stranger in a… Read More

Living Forward

“While Michael is taking a break, we are digging into the archives and choosing some of his favorite columns to run again. This one comes from Volume 1, Issue 14… Read More

More than half of elderly Ecuadorians live in poverty

According to the Ecuadorian Economic and Social Inclusion Ministry (MIES), 53 percent of the country’s 1,221,286 older adults live in poverty. “We should promote the Law for the Older Adult… Read More

New tourist routes discover Cuenca

The Cultural Municipal Direction started a project called ‘Nómadas: Rutas Cultures’ (Nomads: cultural routes) to promote the cultural and ancestral richness of Cuenca, creating three new touristic routes. The three… Read More

Ecuador declares state of emergency as number of Venezuelans at the border grows

Ecuador’s foreign ministry declared a state of emergency on the country’s northern border Wednesday as thousands of Venezuelans wait to be processed on the Colombian side. “The flow into the… Read More

Pharmacist explains why there is no U.S.-style opioid crisis in Ecuador

As in most other Latin American countries, you can buy opioids over the counter in drug stores in Cuenca. A 20-count box of two brands of synthetic opioids costs between… Read More