Hotel el Dorado Turns a Cuenca Heritage Mansion Into a Top Restaurant
Hotel El Dorado transformed a Cuenca heritage mansion into Fogo Steakhouse, a top restaurant, with a US$120,000 investment and US$2...
July 25, 2026Topic
Ecuador
IOM: Return of Hondurans Jumps 40% While Migrant Transit Plunges 74%
IOM data: returns of Hondurans rose 40% in the first half of 2026 while irregular migrant transit through the country...
July 24, 2026
Ecuador Assembles Its First Local Military Patrol Vehicle as US Naval Ties Deepen
Ecuador assembled its first domestically built military patrol vehicle and commissioned a US-donated coast-guard boat, deepening naval cooperation with Washington.
July 20, 2026
Chilean Cinema Rises with Venice Film Festival Short Pick
Alba Gaviraghi’s first fiction short Una Fortaleza enters Venice’s Orizzonti Corti as Chilean cinema rises, with her feature Hijas Únicas...
July 19, 2026
Salgado Revival Reaches Vienna as Youth Orchestra Picks Talent
Ecuador’s Salgado revival hit Vienna, Rome and Barcelona in January. Now Medellín youths join a 78-player Ibero-American orchestra in Colombia,...
July 19, 2026
Ecuador’s Fuel Prices Fall for the First Time Under a New Formula
Ecuador fuel prices fell about five cents a gallon from July 12, the first cut under a new formula meant...
July 13, 2026
Cocoa Prices Are Rising Again. Ecuador Has Less Left to Sell
Ecuador cocoa exports earned $668m from January to April, down 59% on a year earlier, as prices hit an eight-month...
July 10, 2026
New World Cup Rule Sends Off Two Latin American Players for Covering Their Mouths
Both players sent off under FIFA new covering the mouth rule at the 2026 World Cup are from Latin America,...
July 2, 2026
The World Cup Broke Its Attendance Record With Half-Empty Hotels
3,605,357 fans attended before the group stage ended — surpassing 1994's record with 48 matches still to play. See what's...
June 27, 2026