Martin Smetáček, managing partner of Czech Brewery Pivovar C.Ltda., says choosing Ecuador to build a Czech brewing made good business sense. “There’s very little competition here and we don’t expect any to show up,” he says, explaining that the difficulty of doing business in the country will keep competitors out. Smetáček is one of seven […]
Jueves, 27/7/2016 Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Thursday agenda event – Meeting – There was a meeting this morning in the Casa de Chaguarchimbana with the neighbors and “frentistas” (people with homes and/or businesses fronting the street) (ista – your suffix for the day – like taxi –> taxista or bar –>barista) of calle […]
Representatives from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) took a tour of Cuenca’s tanvía project Tuesday and are considering providing financial support. One of UNOPS’s objectives is to identify infrastructure projects in developing countries that benefit the local population and might be replicated in other communities. “They were very interested in what we […]
By John Keeble Cuenca’s expat community, perhaps the world’s first to be built primarily by the Internet, has come of age — it has grown and changed from a few hundred adventurer-expats in the pre-boom years to a large population enjoying a retired lifestyle of good public amenities, a strong support network, and a growing […]
Miércoles, 26/7/2016 Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Upcoming and ongoing agenda events – Ciclo de Cine – The film series sponsored by the Cine Club Catarsis will close with “Irreversible,” Thurs. a las 19:00 in the Mjuseo Pumapungo. Free. Danza – The Universidad Nacional de Educación (UNAE) will present “El Otro Violín” (The Other […]
Twenty-one years ago today, more than half of all Ecuadorians were in front of their televisions cheering on Cuenca’s Jefferson Perez when he crossed the finish line in Atlanta, winning the 20-kilometer Olympic race walk. His Olympic gold medal is the only one ever won by an Ecuadorian athlete. In 2012, in his final competition, […]
President Lenin Moreno has ordered a review of taxes he says are hurting Ecuador’s construction and real estate industries. During his weekly address to the nation on Monday, Moreno said that a 2016 law aimed at controlling land speculation was having unintended consequences, depressing construction employment and real estate sales. Last week, National Assembly President […]
Editor’s note: This is the first of an eight-part series by writer / photographer Brian Buckner about hiking in the Cuenca area. The series covers urban hiking, rural hiking, hiking in the Cajas Mountains, people you meet along the trail, transportation options, what to wear, what to carry, and concludes with the author’s answer to […]
