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By Stephen Vargha Almost everyone knows that Cuenca celebrated the 202nd anniversary of its independence from Spain two weeks ago. November 3rd is also notable for another anniversary: the establishment of the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra was small in its...
By Liam Higgins November 15 marks an anniversary of the bloodiest chapter in modern Ecuadorian history. By the end of the day in 1922, hundreds of protesting workers had died in a hail of gunfire. Three weeks earlier, on October 25, members of a railroad workers'...
Lunes, 14/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Frankenstein, obra multimedia, abrirá festival Artes Vivas de Loja (Frankenstein, multimedia work, will open Artes Vivas de Loja festival) - The VII Live Arts Festival of Loja (Fiavl) will be from 17-27/11 with over 100...
President Guillermo Lasso signed a revised communication law Friday, claiming it protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press from government interference. “This legislation guarantees the free circulation of ideas on the internet and in the media without...
Editor’s note: This is Part 3 of a three-part series, the Five Faces of Freedom. Mastery requires that we enter the realm of paradox. We step beyond the limits of the rational mind. Duality dissolves into a singularity. Remember that my philosophy of Conscious Living...
By Julie Turkewitz, Photos by Federico Rios In the darkness, the little girl called out for her mother, her tiny form lit by the moon. The two had left their home in Venezuela a week before, bound for the United States. To get there, though, they would have to cross a...
Viernes, 11/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Agenda cultural - 12/11 a las 19:00 - Concierto - Music in the barrios at the Parque Iberia. 14/11 a las 10:00 - Exposición - Photo exhibit in the Catedral Vieja. 15/11 a las 17:30 - Film series - Cámara Lúcida in the...
By Melinda Wenner Moyer Garlic and onions are two of my favorite foods — I have been known to eat roasted garlic cloves like candy — so it’s no surprise that I often find myself surreptitiously smelling my breath and wincing. Studies on the prevalence of bad breath...
The second attempt to impeach President Guillermo Lasso by the National Assembly appears doomed. On Wednesday, the leader of the Assembly’s Union of Hope delegation, which had earlier promoted impeachment, admitted there were not enough votes to pursue the matter. In...
By Alex Raulerson In Mexico's booming auto industry, the cars rolling off assembly lines may look identical, but how safe they are depends on where they're headed. Vehicles destined to stay in Mexico or go south to the rest of Latin America, including Ecuador, carry a...
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a 3-part series, Conscious Living. So we ended the first segment of this series with the question: "Is it true?" Is it true that Claus Schwab, World Economic Forum and The Great Reset are representatives of evil? Or is it possible that...
Miércoles, 9/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Regresa el cine de Cámara Lúdica (Playful Camera cinema returns) - The 7th edition of the Cámara Lúdica-Encuentros Cinematográficos returned Wednesday night. The festival will run until el 18/11 with 6 sections. Each...
Several National Assembly members are pushing legislation that would allow police greater use of force in combating crime, including authorization to shoot to kill. “If law enforcement officers have to shoot criminals to protect the public, they have my full support,”...
By Gideon Lasco “Do you eat guinea pig?” I asked Leonardo. We were perusing the menu in a restaurant in Lima, and I wanted to know what my Peruvian friend thought of the practice of eating cuy (the Spanish term for guinea pig used in parts of the Andes mountains)....
Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a three-part series about Conscious Living. It is vital to begin by saying that each of us hears the "call for the master." It is hard-wired into our genetic code. Now it is highly likely that this call is never answered, as our...
Lunes, 7/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. <Actually, you should be resting from all of the activities over the holidays.> Titular - El primer duelo lo gana el Aucas (Aucas wins first match) - The Quito team beat Barcelona 1-0. <Any more details are...
National Assembly President Virgilio Saquicela said Saturday he will begin meetings Monday to address gang violence and rising crime rates. “For most Ecuadorians, insecurity has become their major concern and I will meet with leaders of the various Assembly benches to...
By Stephen Vargha Ecuador has the oldest evidence of chocolate ever being used. And the country – especially Cuenca – has some of the youngest people making quality chocolates. Michael Blake, an archaeologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada,...
By Dr. Donald Smith So how do you reduce or eliminate problems before they happen when it comes to building or home improvement projects, now that you're living in Ecuador. Consider it advice to expats who, on the one hand, seek high quality performance and value...
August is an important month for Ecuadorians. The First Cry of Independence is celebrated on August 10th every year and is a day that signifies freedom for many Ecuadorians. Ecuadorians carry a lot of pride in their nationality and every year more and more foreigners want to become Ecuadorians. When you have a permanent residency visa, you are granted about 90% of the rights of an Ecuadorian citizen. The only thing that is not included is the ability to hold an Ecuadorian passport, the right to vote, and the right to be elected in local elections. In any case, the naturalization process has undergone some changes since February 18, 2022. Here we have included a summary of these changes: The following persons qualify to apply for Ecuadorian citizenship by naturalization: 1. Foreign persons with a permanent residence visa who have domiciled in Ecuador on a regular basis for at least three years, as of the date of entry on the application 2. Persons recognized by the Ecuadorian State as refugees and stateless persons who have remained in the country for at least two years The process and requirements to apply for naturalization in Ecuador for the above mentioned persons are: 1. Regular …Continue reading
