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University of Cuenca student Pablo Israel Correa has been sentenced to four months in prison for inciting violence and destruction of public property. According to prosecutors, during the October 16 anti-government strike Correa installed a steel cable between two...
The government announced Friday that it has ended talks with Ecuador’s largest labor union after the union announced plans for an October 30 protest in Quito. In the same announcement, the government said it was continuing its work with Ecuador’s indigenous movement...
The National Institute of Meteorology (Inamhi) reports that the overnight snowfall in the Cajas National Park was one of the heaviest on record. The snow measured 12 centimeters at some locations along the Cuenca – Naranjal highway and as much as 60 centimeters in the...
The revival of the popular U.S. carrier Eastern Air Lines could be just weeks away, as its modern reincarnation, Eastern Airlines, has announced the start of flights on December 5. The airline is planning to begin twice-weekly service using a Boeing 767-300ER between...
The Ecuador tourism industry is asking the government for extra promotion of the national holidays at the beginning of November. The Day of the Dead and Cuenca’s independence holidays fall on the weekend this year, on November 2 and 3, but Friday November 1 and Monday...
Indigenous leaders say they are not opposed to eliminating some gasoline and diesel subsidies so long as they don’t affect the poorest Ecuadorians. “We agree that there should be a reduction in the subsidy but it should apply to those who can afford to pay more,” says...
Jueves, 17/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - El Mercurio Anniversary show - The newspaper will be 95 on 22/10 and there will be a celebratory show el viernes, 18/10 a las 20:00 in the teatro Pumapungo. The invitation will serve as your...
Ecuador’s ECU911 emergency response system suffered extensive damage to its technical equipment during the anti-government protests from October 3 to 13. According to Juan Zapata, ECU911 director, 80 cameras were destroyed nationwide during the period. In addition to...
Miércoles, 16/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Revista - El Observador magazine, ed. 113, is now in circulation. The theme is the fires in the Amazonia, environmental havoc, and effects on the people who live in the Amazon. Del cuerpo del...
National Assemblyman Fabricio Villamar is asking the attorney general’s office to investigate Azuay Prefect Yaku Pérez for the crime of rebellion which is punishable for up to 10 years in prison. Villamar, a member of the conservative Ahora Movement, says Pérez...
By C.N.V. and L.E.S. On October 2, Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno announced an economic decree that brought the country to a social and economic crisis. In March of this year, Moreno reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that required him...
The Ecuador Ombudsman's Office reported Monday that eight people lost their lives during the 12-day national strike and 1,340 required medical assistance for injuries. It also reports that 1,192 were arrested during the protests. On Tuesday, Interior Minister María...
Regional LP gas distributor AustroGas says it could be several more days before its contractors can resume their normal home delivery routes. On Monday, following the agreement of the government and indigenous groups to end the 12-day national strike, AustroGas...
Martes, 15/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Breast cancer campaign - SOLCA is mounting a campaign to bring free medical attention to women. It will be mañana, el jueves, y el viernes from 10:00 in the Mall del Rió parking lot. SOLCA has a...
The barricades around Parque Calderon were pushed aside early Monday morning and, for the first time in almost two weeks pedestrian and vehicular traffic moved freely around the park. “We are once again resuming our normal lives,” Cuenca Mayor Pedro Palacios said in a...
The government says it knows who is responsible for the violence that resulted in several deaths and hundreds of injuries during last weekend's indigenous protests in Quito: They are the followers of former president Rafael Correa. On Monday, National Police made four...
Lunes, 14/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Festival de Artesanías - The Inauguration of the XVII edition of CIDAP's Festival of American Crafts will be el 31/10 with the opening of the Mexican pavillion. Mexico is this year's featured...
By Susan Burke March The Journal of Wild Mushrooming is a fascinating resource for all things mushrooms. They say there are 10,000 described species in North American alone, but that may represent only a third to a fifth of what’s really out there! In percentages, 50%...
When Ned Meisner moved Cuenca in March 2019 he had already made several exploratory trips to learn about Ecuador and the role that Rotary International was playing in the country. After working with Rotary for over 10 years worldwide, he saw Ecuador as a place where a...
By Charlotte Mitchell Walk into any tourist shop in Bolivia and alongside postcards of colonial cathedrals and mist over the moonlit desert, you will see him. Evo Morales, with his shock of black hair and brightly embroidered jackets and ponchos, has ruled the...
