by Jonathan | Oct 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Is that an oxymoron? “Great airport coffee?” No oxymorons at the Republica del Cacao stand at the airport in Cuenca. We discovered Republica del Cacao originally in 2013 in Quito, where they have a small coffee shop a few blocks away from our hotel. There I had the...
by Jonathan | Oct 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Four years ago “The Skeptical Cardiologist” wrote the (in his extremely humble and biased opinion) definitive post on aspirin and cardiovascular disease. Entitled “Should I take aspirin to prevent stroke or heart attack,” it pointed out that although Dr. Oz had...
by Jonathan | Oct 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
The United Nations Council on Human Rights approved a resolution Friday asking the government of Venezuela to accept international humanitarian aid. Ecuador was among the nations supporting the measure which urged Venezuela to recognize the “the suffering of its...
by Jonathan | Oct 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Occasionally, I see a question posted on an Internet forum from an expat-wannabe inquiring about quiet places to live in Cuenca. If I were ever inclined to answer, it would be an emphatic: Don’t come to Cuenca! . . . or anywhere else in Latin America, for that matter,...
by Jonathan | Oct 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Two Cuenca appliance manufacturers are hiring hundreds of new employees to meet the demand for gas cooking ranges. The demand is the result of the elimination of a 100 percent special consumption tax (ICE) on gas ranges ordered in 2014 by the government of former...
