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We retired abroad to Cuenca, Ecuador, once the US got too expensive. We still love the expat hot spot 14 years later.
After the Great Recession, we retired early to a walkable city in one of the cheapest countries to …
Edd Staton,Cynthia Staton
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A boomer who couldn't afford retirement in the US moved to Ecuador and said she's living an 'upscale life on a modest budget'
Gretchen and her husband Robert moved to Ecuador to afford retirement and said healthcare and housi…
Noah Sheidlower
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A Texas boomer couple who retired to an expat hot spot in Ecuador explains how it helps them save money
Karl and Brenda are loving their retirement life in Ecuador, and have even been able to grow their …
Juliana Kaplan
Gunmen storm live TV show as Ecuador erupts in violence
Gunmen stormed a live TV show in Ecuador and demanded an end to the crackdown on gangs that began w…
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Julian Assange spent 5 years in a 2x3 meter cell, isolated 23 hours a day before his release on bail, WikiLeaks says
Julian Assange was detained for over 5 years in a 2x3 cell, with only an hour outside a day, accord…
Thibault Spirlet
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The thousands of Chinese migrants headed to the US-Mexico border just lost their key entry point to America
Thousands of Chinese migrants trekked last year to the US border after arriving in Ecuador, which i…
Matthew Loh
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Ukraine was a magnet for foreign fighters. After 2 bruising years, many are disillusioned or dead.
Foreign volunteers have been fighting in Ukraine since February 2022. Since then, many have returne…
Cameron Manley
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I moved to Ecuador because the US was too expensive. I'd love to move back to Montana and be near my grandkids but I can't afford it.
Lonita Jensen, a retired nurse, said she moved to Cuenca, Ecuador, because she couldn't afford to …
Kelsey Vlamis
Ecuador could make history by banning oil drilling in the Amazon
Ecuador voters decide on August 20 whether drilling will continue in an oil-rich area of the Amazon…
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J. R. R. Tolkien now shares his name with a mystical stream frog found in Ecuador — a country in the literal middle of the earth
The legacy of J. R. R. Tolkien, the author behind "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings," is bein…
Hannah Getahun
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Argentina should avoid dollarization as it can trap the country in Ecuador-like economic morass, one economist says
"Some in Argentina romanticize Ecuador's dollarization. Reality is different," IIF's chief economis…
Zahra Tayeb
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Ecuadorian authorities search for survivors of landslide that wounded 32 people and killed at least 11
First responders, government officials, and hospitals are on standby to render aid to any survivors.
Morgan Keith
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I'm an American spending Thanksgiving as a combat nurse under fire on the frontline in Ukraine
Rebekah Maciorowski, from Denver, said the Ukrainian soldiers she helps are like "her family," and …
Rebecca Rommen
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Fleets of fishing ships are going 'dark' in the South Atlantic, and China is the leading culprit
Hundreds of fishing vessels from foreign countries, China chief among them, have been trawling wate…
Christopher Woody
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A famous, photogenic rock formation in the Galapagos has collapsed
The arch was located just one mile off from Darwin Island, the uninhabited piece of land named afte…
Connor Perrett
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Study finds shrunken head prop used in 1970s John Huston film is actually a real human head
Researchers spent years performing tests to authenticate the tsantsa so the object can be returned …
Erin Snodgrass
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Ecuador declares new state of emergency and curfew
Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno has declared a new 30-day state of emergency nationwide and two w…
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Putin is so paranoid that he has armed divers swimming around his private beach looking for assassins, an ex-security officer says
Russian President Vladimir Putin is worried that he will be killed, an ex-security officer who defe…
Natalie Musumeci
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Hat weaving has kept one Ecuadorian village in business for 150 years, but the tradition is now at risk of dying out
The number of hat weavers in the Ecuadorian village of Puzhio has dropped from 124 to just 25 in th…
Dylan Barth,Cristina Muñoz
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Ecuador fans chanted 'We want beer' at the opening match of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Qatar World Cup organizers announced a U-turn on the sale of beer at stadiums just two days before …