“We will have to work elsewhere,” he said. Pumasunta said that power outages have halted production and storage, causing much of his product to melt. A cutout of a popsicle adorns a shelf next to a ...

Pumasunta said that power outages have halted production and storage, causing much of his product to melt. Before outages intensified in September, Polar Bear was producing 60,000 popsicles per ...

SALCEDO, Ecuador (AP) — Ice-cream production in Salcedo, a quaint town in Ecuador’s central highlands, began in the mid-20th century, born from the ingenuity of Franciscan nuns. Locals say the ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Ice cream manufacturers in Ecuador are struggling to survive as the nation suffers with sustained power cuts ...