by Jonathan | May 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
It took the Ecuadorian bananas more than two decades to land in the Brazilian market. The fruit arrived on Friday, May 18 of this year, to the port of Santos, where the Tropical Fruit Exporter company had shipped 1,144 boxes of 43 pounds under the brand SELVATICA....
by Jonathan | May 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Cuenca’s Old Cathedral (Santa Ana de los Ríos de Cuenca) was the scene Tuesday night, May 15, of the inaugural Governor’s Expat Humanitarian Award event. Susan Bride receiving the Expat Humanitarian Award from Azuay Governor Xavier Enderica Salgado Tuesday night. The...
by Jonathan | May 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Canadian subsidiary of U.S.-based oil giant Chevron Corp. cannot be held liable for a US$9.5-billion award a court in Ecuador ordered against the parent company in favour of Ecuadorian villagers, Ontario’s top court ruled on Wednesday. Even though the Court of...
by Robert Bradley | May 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
I have been enchanted with Cuenca since the day I arrived. I’ve also been writing about Cuenca since my earliest days. These articles, originally printed in CuencaHighLife, are the story of my first year. My reading habits are pretty broad. I enjoy the derring-do of...
by Michael Soares | May 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve wondered for a long time when I would stop reading all the news every day. It just seems that each day, more and more crap gets printed online that is either just depressing (e.g., human rights abuses world-wide), repeated (e.g., anything to do with the Stormy...