The reserve was founded in 1999 to protect the habitat of the Orcés Parakeet (Pyrrhura orcesi), an endangered bird that inhabits the foothill cloud forest in southwestern Ecuador. Buenaventura has an inventory of more than 300 species of birds; several of them are endemic and highly threatened. Visiting the Buenaventura Reserve means tuning your ear to distinguish the […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

In Ecuador, life expectancy has risen from 49.2 years in 1950 to 77.9 years in 2022, according to a study by ECLAC, which shows life projections for Ecuadorians. Ecuador has third highest life expectancy in South America, according to a study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), published in November […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

Between January and October 2022, there was also a reduction in traffic accidents. One call changed everything. Paola Simbaña clearly remembers the night of September 24, 2019, when she received the news that her 20-year-old brother Juan Carlos had died in a traffic accident. Due to excessive speed, the interprovincial bus that was taking him […]

The upcoming renewal of the Pachakutik board of directors revived the controversies, in what appears to be a new power struggle within the party. It appears that the divisions between Pachakutik and Conaie might be impossible to overcome. One year after the first splits, the two ends of the indigenous movement face one of their […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

My wife and I own a paradise in an area called the Yunguilla Valley in the Azuay Province in Ecuador. It’s a place where simply giving water and nutrients to plants makes them thrive. And over the last six years, Codie—with the help of a local worker— has turned our land into a lush forest […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.