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Every year, on the fourth Thursday of November, USAmericans celebrate the feast of Thanksgringo by cramming a giant bird into their stoves and sharing a tense meal with annoying relatives. […]
Long-time Cuenca expat Jennifer Martin, 64, died Tuesday afternoon after she collapsed on an Av. Ordoñez Lasso sidewalk. Emergency responders were unable to resuscitate her and listed heart failure as […]
Ecuador’s Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) pledged its support to the national strike in Colombia that began Thursday. “We stand with our brothers and sisters of Colombia and are gratified […]
Jueves, 21/11/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exposición – There is an exhibit of paintings of children at play in the Salón del Pueblo of […]
Dairy milk sales are down, but sales of plant “milk alternatives” are growing. There’s an ongoing fight in the U.S. for the right to call plant-based milk substitutes ‘milk’ with […]
By Jason Daley Archaeologists excavating a site in Salango, Ecuador, have discovered evidence of a burial ritual that might even make Indiana Jones shiver. As the researchers report in the […]
Having failed in his first attempt, President Lenin Moreno hopes the revised, shortened version of the Economic Reform Law will be a winner with the National Assembly. The new legislation […]
Miércoles, 20/11/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Bienal – The Casa de la Bienal (Bolívar 13-89) plans to exhibit the winners of past Bienals – […]
By Robert Bradley One of the joys of reviewing local cafes is noticing how they influence my understanding of Cuenca. I am always intrigued when visiting a visually creative space […]
Colombia’s government has announced plans to close its borders, part of a string of measures to contain mass strikes and protests planned this week amid sweeping unrest in South America. […]
The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that it will continue working with Ecuador to advance economic reforms after the country’s National Assembly rejected a bill proposed by President Lenin […]
President Lenin Moreno’s office said Tuesday that there are no plans to call for early elections following Sunday’s rejection of the government’s economic reform law in the National Assembly. “The […]
I am very encouraged by the number and intensity of the various uprisings and demonstrations going on around the world. The poor, the dispossessed, the mistreated, the left out, are […]
Martes, 19/11/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Opera contest – The last phase of the “Ecuador Opera Competition” will be el martes, 26 de noviembre […]
Editor’s note: CuencaHighLife recently sat down with Jim Gala, founder and director of Cuenca’s Jazz Society Cafe and the Jazz Society of Ecuador and asked him about his decision to […]
Prosecutors in Sweden have dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange in 2010. Assange, who denies the accusation, has avoided extradition to Sweden for […]
The government announced Tuesday it is ending a bilateral health cooperation agreement with Cuba. The agreement, in effect for a decade, has brought hundreds of medical specialists to Ecuador to […]
Lunes, 18/11/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – From 15/11/2019 – 4o Festival Internacional de Cine de Cámara Lúcida will run until 22/22 and show 140 […]
I was down at my quebrada (mountain stream) working to rebuild a stone wall that recent rains had washed away. I could have been annoyed that hundreds of hours of […]
























