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By Jeremiah Reardon My wife, Belinda, and I ran an errand on a recent Saturday afternoon to purchase plywood in one of Cuenca’s supply shops. She was excited about her latest tiled mirror commission for friends. I do the carpentry including the wire support. We...
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador closed out 2019 with a parting shot at his predecessors, saying imprisoned drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera had had the same power as the country's president. In a video message from the southern city of...
Jueves, 2/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Painting recovered - The painting by Ariel Dawi which was stolen from the Salón del Pueblo of the CCE el martes, was recovered ayer. Someone who was sold the painting returned it when they found out...
I woke up on November 13 and, as I lay in bed before getting up, I realized that something was different. I felt alert and very alive but I had had the feeling many times before over the past three years and those feelings quickly reverted to the plodding normality...
By Taylor Borden In the U.S., unprecedented numbers of seniors are pushing past the once typical retirement age of 65 and working until about 72. Simultaneously, millennials are hustling to amass income-generating assets and living off rice and beans to retire early....
Did you make a resolution this year to lose weight? If so, you're not alone. Many people resolve to lose weight, exercise more, and get healthy, but really, how important is your weight? How will your doctor assess your weight? Does your doctor use BMI? Most people...
Recently released from pre-trial detention, Pichincha Prefect Paola Pabón said Thursday morning that the Citizens Revolution will mount a strong showing in the 2021 national election. "We will honor the ideals of our leader, Rafael Correa, and work to recover the...
Foreign residents who want to vote in the 2021 national election will be required to register in person with the National Electoral Council (CNE). The registration requirement is a change from the 2009 rule that automatically registered foreigners to vote after they...
By Live Science staff The last decade ushered in some truly revolutionary advances in science, from the discovery of the Higgs boson to the use of CRISPR for Sci-Fi esque gene editing. But what are some of the biggest breakthroughs still to come? Live Science asked...
Miércoles, 1/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Otras cosas - Titular - El 2020 será un año de desafíos (2020 will be a year of challenges) - 3 key challenges for the 2020's will be in the areas of the economy and social issues, the environment, and politics. Tree...
I connect easily with most animals. I set them at ease with body language and various sounds I make with my mouth. Sometimes, I can win over an aggressive dog, sometimes not. I don’t press encounters with animals that exhibit possibly dangerous behaviors. A large...
Martes, 31/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Feliz Año Nuevo! Actividades - Nada, nada, nada. <Besides jumping over burning dummies stuffed with fireworks or sawdust (which are illegal to sell) and insuring you won't have any more kids.> Otras cosas - Titular - Alegría para...
I'm celebrating my third New Year's in Ecuador. This was my first on the beach, though. The other two were in Cuenca and my experiences there seem like a kid's birthday party compared the coastal festivities. The first year we went to El Centro. We ate dinner, bought...
By Robert Bradley It was not the first time I heard the story. He said, “I was whooping it up with the boys at the Inca Lounge the other night and felt great! But, the next morning I felt as if my head was raked through a combine, and only the chaff was left. Ya’...
By David Wallace-Wells For once, the climate news might be better than you thought. It’s certainly better than I’ve thought. You may not have noticed it, amid the flood of bad news about the “Emissions Gap” and the collapse of the COP25 climate conference in Madrid,...
Lunes, 30/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Street singer - Darwin Sánchez visits Cuenca from Manabí every 5 months to sing Julio Jaramillo songs on Sucre y Benigno Malo. Seasonal products - Also on Sucre y Benigno Malo, 28 members of the...
According to UNICEF, poor vaccination coverage and large pockets of unvaccinated children have resulted in devastating measles outbreaks in many parts of the world – including in countries that had high coverage rates or had previously eliminated the disease. In some...
Although the National Assembly mandated a new tax on plastic bags for 2020, it will be at least 90 days before the tax is collected at grocery stores, markets and tiendas. In the meantime, Ecuador’s Internal Revenue Service (SRI) must resolve such questions as whether...
The fun just keeps on a-comin’! Last Tuesday, Cuenca celebrated Pase del Niño Viajero, one in a series of Pases celebrating the birth of Jesus that will continue until Carnival. The first of the festivals began on the first Sunday of Advent. The second was the big...
The National Institute of Meteorology (Inamhi) is warning residents of the inter-mountain valley to protect themselves from high levels of ultraviolet radiation. The agency reported that UV levels considered "high" and "extremely high" were recorded in Quito, Loja and...
