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Miércoles, 9/12/2020 Hola, Todos - For those of you who were upset that you weren't warned that an issue contained an Un-April Fools article, here's your notice. There will be one or more Un-April Fools articles before the end of the year. If you know which article it...
By Jason Beaubien Latin America is facing a pandemic of malnutrition. Hunger and obesity are rising side by side in the region. The working poor who can't afford a nutritious diet are suffering at times from a lack of food and at others from an overabundance of...
Ecuador’s crowded presidential field is finally complete for the February 7 national election. On Tuesday morning, the National Electoral Council (CNE) approved the candidacy of Andrés Arauz of the Correista Unión por la Esperanza. Then, just past midnight Wednesday,...
By Stephen Vargha There are more firsts coming for the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra as they will present a ballet that most in the city have never seen. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the symphony and Cuenca dancers will perform George Balanchine’s “Apollon Musagète”...
Martes, 8/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Bazar navideño para reactivar la economía (Christmas bazaar to reactivate the economy) - There will be a Christmas Bazaar in the patios of CIDAP (paseo Tres de Noviembre next to the stairs from...
By Diego Ore In April 2019, Mexican police arrested suspected human trafficker Ignacio Santoyo in a plush area of the Caribbean resort of Playa del Carmen after linking him to a prostitution racket extending across Latin America. Yet it was not the 2,000 women Santoyo...
Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Se aleja expectativa por mineria (Expectation for mining receding) - The possibility of mining becoming the main source of income for the country and generating investments of at least 4%of the GDP was...
By Eileen Brill-Wagner Colorful expression is one thing, but it's important to know what different colors symbolize in other cultures. When I think of the role that colors play in different cultures, I am reminded of an incident that occurred several years ago when I...
Argentina has passed a new tax on its wealthiest people to pay for medical supplies and relief measures amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Senators passed the one-off levy, dubbed the "millionaire's tax", by 42 votes to 26 on Friday. Those with assets worth more...
Victims of sexual abuse by prominent Cuenca priests say they are “cautiously optimistic” that an investigation by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will produce justice they have been denied in Ecuador’s legal system. “Dozens of victims have come forward...
By Suzanne McGee As more Americans move to destinations farther flung than Florida and Arizona, they may find unexpected trouble in paradise. Two months ago, in the midst of a miserable, rainy east coast winter, my editor, at the end of her rope, gave in and bought a...
Union for Hope presidential candidate Andrés Arauz is denouncing the continued delay by the National Electoral Council (CNE) to certify his candidacy as a plot by President Lenin Moreno to keep him off the February 2021 ballot. “This is an outrageous attempt by Moreno...
Editor’s note: Pandemic Profiles is an ongoing series that looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of Cuencanos and Cuenca expats. By Robert Bradley It is easy to understand why Raymond and Marissa Huntley, proprietors of Osaka Ramen on Coronel...
By Almudena Calatrava Just nine months ago, a line would form each day outside Buenos Aires’ bustling Cafe Tortoni, people trying to get in to drink a cortado coffee in the Argentine Belle Epoque halls once frequented by writers and artists such as Jorge Luis Borges,...
In the first major revision of Ecuador’s immigration law in six years, the National Assembly has voted for changes that will make it easier to deport foreigners who break the law and who violate visa rules. The Assembly passed the first draft of the Law of Human...
Jueves, 3/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición resume los "hitos" de misión geodésica francesa (Exhibit summarizes the "milestones" of French geodesic mission) - The exhibit at the Planetario uses objects, drawings, documents and...
International air arrivals and departures are up sharply at the airports in Quito and Guayaquil and officials say they expect the trend to continue. At Quito’s Mariscal Sucre Airport, the number of arriving passengers has increased from 7,473 to 32,477 from June to...
Miércoles, 2/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Alcaldes protestan por recorte presupuestario (Mayors protest budget cut) - Mayors marched in Quito. 4 including Raúl Delgado, president of the Asociación de Municipalidades del Ecuador...
Purging my mind of the week's events, I prepared for travel as the weak, late-afternoon light ushered in the day’s end. The cool grass, greened by spring rains, invited me to rest my head among the verdant blades. The wind laid down, almost flat, stilling itself, it...
By Stephen Vargha After a successful return to the stage last month, the Cuenca Symphony is moving forward with ambitious plans to present more concerts for the residents of Cuenca. Maestro Michael Meissner is excited to present Antonio Vivaldi’s Baroque opera, "Il...
