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Domingo, 12/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Encuentro Nacional de Cultura Funeraria (National Meeting of Funeral Culture) - This conference will be el jueves 23/1 y viernes 24/1 a las 9 -17:00 at the Museo Pumapungo and the Cementerio...
Dear Mother Earth, North America is missing 3.4 billion birds. 3.4 billion birds disappeared and no one noticed the sparrows, blackbirds, wrens, and swallows that didn’t make it, who were never born, who stopped flying or singing or making their ingenious, fragile...
By Jeffrey D. Pugh, Luis F. Jiménez, and Bettina Latuff As a result of its decades-long international conflict, Colombia produced more than seven million displaced persons, a large portion of whom turned south, making Ecuador the largest recipient of refugees and...
Representatives from the U.S. Consulate in Guayaquil will be in Cuenca Wednesday, January 29 to provide passport renewal and notary services. Hours of service will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the the Abraham Lincoln Cultural Center on Presidente Borrero at Honorato...
The campaign to eliminate graffiti from Cuenca's historic district is off to an impressive start and organizers and volunteers gathered Thursday at the Inca Bar and Lounge to celebrate early accomplishments and to learn what comes next. In addition to 70 Keep Cuenca...
We have devalued the word “awesome” to mean something between good and great. If a perfect pizza or clever Netflix series is now “awesome,” witnessing tens of thousands of Canadian monarch butterflies fluttering among the pines of the Mexican state of Michoacán is...
Twenty years ago this week, Ecuador abandoned its national currency, the sucre, and switched to the U.S. dollar. The change resulted from an economic crisis that saw the collapse of dozens of banks, high unemployment and an inflation rate approaching 100 percent. “We...
Four members of the National Assembly have left Ecuador for Mexico where they have been granted political asylum. The Foreign Ministry confirmed Thursday that the group, aligned with the Citizen Revolution and supporters of former president Rafael Correa, left the...
Jueves, 9/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - 13 artists from the Academia de Arte Alvarado have an exhibition at the Virgen de Bronce. The artists visited churches and painted what they were inspired by. Del cuerpo del periodico -...
I’m not going to write about what were the top food trends in 2019 since they’re mostly irrelevant to me. [All the “top” lists include imitation meat, like the Impossible Burger. Why would I want to eat imitation anything? There’s plenty of real food around, why would...
Following the resignation Tuesday of Ambassador to the United States Francisco Carrión, the National Assembly’s Committee on Sovereignty is demanding information about U.S. air surveillance of Ecuadorian territory. Committee members say they are in the dark about any...
By Robert Bradley Modena, on the south side of the Po Valley in northern Italy, is known for producing the world’s first balsamic vinegar and parmesan cheese. It also boasts having Italy's most acclaimed restaurant, Osteria Francescana, which holds three stars in the...
Miércoles, 8/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - A collective art exhibit opened hoy a las 20:00 in the sala Cézanne in the Alianza Francesa. Book presentation - Natalia García will present her novel, "Nuestra Piel Muerta"...
The prefect of Azuay province, Yaku Perez, filed a request Tuesday with the Constitutional Court calling for a referendum on banning mining for metals within the province. Azuay Province includes Cuenca, the country's third largest city with a population of 650,000....
Ecuador ambassador to the U.S. Francisco Carrión submitted his resignation Tuesday, saying he disagreed with the government’s decision to allow U.S. surveillance flights without a signed agreement. “These flights have been conducted over Ecuadorian territory since...
Martes, 7/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades- No hay nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Noche de comparsas llena de ironía y sátira (Night of troupes full of irony and satire) - See Tuesday's CHL article for more info. The article in El Mercurio highlighted several of the...
There was another chaotic scene at Venezuela's National Assembly on Tuesday, with opposition leader Juan Guaidó gaining access to the legislative building after a tense stand-off with police. National Guards in riot gear had formed a cordon around the building, but...
Groups representing Ecuador’s indigenous population are at odds on several key issues including the National Assembly’s recently passed tax law and the organization of new protests. The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie), which represents hundreds of...
An estimated 30,000 turned out Monday night for Cuenca’s annual Day of the Innocents masquerade parade on Av. Huayna Cápac. Thirty entries competed for prizes to be awarded today by the Cuenca Amistad Club and the Unión de Periodistas del Azuay. Among the parade...
Lunes, 6/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Conciertos - The OSC will perform its first concerts of the year el viernes, 10/1 a las 20:00 and el domingo 12/1 a las 11:00 in the Catedral Vieja with a program including Strauss, Dulcamara, Mozart...
