Voters in the Girón canton, south of Cuenca, have voted overwhelmingly to ban mining. The results of the public referendum has immediate consequences for the proposed Loma Larga gold and silver mine project and its Canadian owners, INV Metals. The vote is also certain to spark a nationwide debate on the government’s plan to expand […]
If you plan your time around what’s happening in Cuenca’s creative community, then this column is for you. Published every Monday, “What’s Happening Under the Domes” highlights the exhibits, concerts, workshops and other not-to-be-missed artistic events scheduled for the coming week. We cannot guarantee a complete listing, but we’ll try our best to keep you informed. This […]
“We are stunned and we are amazed.” That was the assessment of Sunday’s election results by Voice of the Tomebamba radio commentator Jorge Gonzalez as he read the day’s vote totals. “The winners came out of nowhere.” The winners he was referring to are political newcomers Pedro Palacios and Yaku Pérez, who were elected mayor […]
Sábado, 23/3/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Books of the week – El secreto del migrante by Gonzalo Eduardo Vaquero, published by the CCE. Los capos del comercio by John Cajas-Guijarro, published by FLACSO – Ecuador. Tilogía Bandolera by Eliécer Cárdenas, published by the CCE. Semana de Bélgica (Belgium Week) […]
Perhaps I did not understand the remark correctly. The man said, “We are moving away from Cuenca because the weather is getting old.” And, perhaps he is right. I left my place the other morning after returning once for a hat, and a second time for an umbrella. This ritual is becoming so common as […]
Intense rain and dense fog are expected to continue in the inter-Andean valley through early next week, according to the National Institute of Meteorology (Inamhi). There will be a gradual improvement over the next week to 10 days, the institute says. The rains, which have triggered landslides and flooding, will also continue in the coastal […]
By Jonathan Nack Though President Moreno will not be on the ballot in Sunday’s elections, nor will any seats in the National Assembly be contested, the President’s party, Alianza PAIS (“AP”), has a lot to lose. It, along with allied parties, currently holds the majority of the prefectures, mayor’s offices, and local council seats in […]
I wasn’t going to write a column this week because I wrote about our friend Michel Blanchard and I didn’t think I had anything else to say after the sadness of writing that. But one of the things that bothered me the most about his death, aside from him being gone, is that we was […]
Jueves, 21/3/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Del cuerpo del periodico – Tourism in Nabón – Nabón turned a major landslide that blocked the Curiquingue and Tiohuayco creeks into a tourist opportunity when a large lake was formed. The community of Chunazana offers half hour rides around the lake in small boats for $1.50. The […]
By Lesley Wroughton and Roberta Rampton The United States on Thursday threatened to pull out of the annual meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in China next week if Beijing refuses to allow a representative of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido to attend. The Washington-based IADB, the biggest lender to Latin America, voted last week […]
