by Jonathan | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Ecuador’s Social Security system (IESS) is facing a financial crisis, according to new board of directors president Paúl Granda, who says a reevaluation of the rates that members and employers contribute to the system is underway. IESS, which has 4.4 million members,...
by Jonathan | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Following meetings with representatives of public transportation and freight shipping businesses, the government announced Monday that the subsidy for diesel fuel will remain in force. In December, President Lenin Moreno’s office announced that the subsidy would be...
by Jonathan | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Throughout Cuenca this week, agents from Empresa de Movilidad, Tránsito y Transporte (EMOV) have been passing out information packets detailing the latest additions to the photo-radar systems that are popping up throughout Cuenca. The title of this education campaign...
by Michael Soares | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Last week’s column started quite a bit of discourse in the comments section of CuencaHighLife.com. I responded to some of those comments, something that I don’t usually do anymore. More often than not I don’t respond to anything that is said about me, I just let the...
by Karla Betania Sanchez Arismendi | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
According to the Tourism Guides Corporation, the integration between traditional tourist destinations and the renewed interest in gastronomic offerings of local destinations is a trend that dominated in the last months of last year and will remain during 2019....