Cuenca, Ecuador News

Cuenca, Ecuador continues to be a hot spot for retirees. The pluses that are touted are many, although it is the low cost of living that is by far the most loudly touted benefit in just about any article you will find about this retirement haven.

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Rather than try to see as much of Ecuador as we could, we opted for a long term stay in Cuenca, a city that was a good deal smaller than the capital city of Quito to the north and quieter than the more largely populated city of Guayaquil on the Pacific coast.

InternationalLiving.com is seeking a single person and friend or a couple to spend a month seeing what retirement living is like in Cuenca, Ecuador.

China has banned kindergartens in a northern province from offering palm-reading tests that the schools had claimed could predict toddlers' intelligence level and potential.

Interested in adventure and exploring new places? An international magazine is looking for volunteers to spend a month in Cuenca, Ecuador to test its potential as a retirement destination.

Lee Harrison and Julie Lowrey enjoyed long and successful careers in the nuclear power industry in New York.

THE double-decker tour buses leaving the centre of Cuenca, Ecuador's third city, rarely carry even ten passengers.

The source, at least in San Diego and sunny climes around the world, is the Greenpacha Panama hat company, and the person responsible for Greenpacha is Florencia Gomez Gerbi, a cheerfully serious 33-year-old Argentine San Diegan.

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa addresses the crowd during a rally to celebrate his fifth anniversary of heading the administration at Alejandro Serrano stadium in Cuenca, Ecuador January 15, 2012.