Ecuador Ramps Up Power Blackouts as Drought Saps Hydroelectric Plants
Ecuador doubles business blackouts to 48 hours a week as drought and El Niño strain hydro plants. What travell...
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Cuenca packs its October holiday weekend with coffee festivals, techno and cheaper hotel VAT
Coffee and cacao festival, Rotofest at 20, new rooftop rules and an 8% tourist VAT for Cuenca's October holida...
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Cuenca travellers: water cuts in Baños, new air passenger rights, and faster buses
Water rationing near Cuenca, new passenger compensation rules in Ecuador's aviation law, and cheaper buseta bu...
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Unseasonal flooding closes the Cuenca–Guayaquil highway and hits farm communities in Ecuador's Azuay province
Six hours of heavy rain flooded western Azuay Province, Ecuador, closing the Cuenca–Guayaquil highway and dest...
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When Quito Thought the Martians Had Landed: The Deadly 1949 War of the Worlds Broadcast
The 1949 Radio Quito War of the Worlds broadcast fooled all of Quito — and ended in a deadly fire. The alien h...
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Floods and drought at once? Cuenca's El Niño paradox, explained
Cuenca, Ecuador braces for El Niño with floods in Chaucha and Molleturo and drought in the city — how Andean g...
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Weekend rain gave Ecuador's Mazar reservoir a breather — but the drought story isn't over
Weekend rain briefly lifted Ecuador's Mazar reservoir, but CELEC says water levels will fall again as the dam...
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Cuenca's rivers: from medieval mill races to Ecuador's mega-dams
How medieval monastery water wheels explain Ecuador's Paute hydro complex, the proposed Cardenillo dam, and wh...
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Economists warn Ecuador will be hit hardest in Latin America as a strong El Niño builds
Goldman Sachs and ECLAC forecast Ecuador will take Latin America's biggest El Niño hit, with coastal flooding...
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Loja, Ecuador: The Andean City Where Retirees Get Culture, Coffee and Low Costs
Loja, Ecuador pairs low living costs with symphonies, festivals and 200+ cafés. Why this southern Andes city i...
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Nine standout Galapagos cruises compared: luxury yachts, solo-friendly catamarans, kids' programmes and budget...
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Ecuador's Port of Manta Kicks Off a Busy 2026-27 Cruise Season
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