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A former assistant secretary to Rafael Correa said Wednesday that the “Solidarity Fund” being investigated as part of the Bribes 2012-2016 case was fully funded by Alianza Pais members and included personal contributions from the former president. Françoise Villalba...
Lunes, 12/10/2019 Hola, Todos - I have an extremely busy week next week, so I'm apologizing in advance if I miss some days. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Teatro - Teatrum Danza, a group of 8 students, is premiering "La condición misma de la existencia" (The...
Author's Note: As I update this column (which originally ran on March 15, 2018) I'm even more concerned about e-cigarettes than I was a year and a half ago. CBS News reported last week that about 20 percent of U.S. kids are vaping, some as young as 8th grade; A study...
Miércoles, 11/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Concierto and tribute - "La Voz de la Tierra: Tributo a Mercedes Sosa" will be el 19 & 20/9 a las 20:00 in the treatro of the Casa de la Cultura on Luis Cordero and will feature the chorus of...
Several months ago I took a trip from Ecuador, where I’m in my fourth year of residence, back to the USA. I visited family, watched my first grandchild enter the world and caught up with friends. We were enjoying visiting in my old stomping grounds of the Deep South....
By Cristian Lipovan A journey to Chernobyl in photos. As if torn apart from a forbidden land, a place that once flourished and lived peacefully now seems like an eerie ghost town. The Chernobyl catastrophe in 1986 shook not only Chernobyl, but Pripyat as well, its...
Ecuador Attorney General Diana Salazar has asked national court judge Daniella Camacho to set a trial date for former president Rafael Correa and 25 others in the so-called “Sobornos “2012-2016” (Bribes 2012-2016) case. The discovery phase of the government's...
Martes, 10/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Cultural support - The minister of Cultura y Patrimonio, Juan Fernando Velasco, came to Cuenca to announce government financial support for the Bienal, CIDAP, and the CCE. The first work is theater...
Editor’s note: Michelle’s Foods of The Americas series on squash continues with Part III, a history of mythology associated with squash, and how pumpkin, originating in the Americas, is today internationally loved and adorned. To read Part I, click here, and to read...
By Monica Machicao and Daniel Ramos In the tropical Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, a wealthy farming hub on the edge on the Amazon rainforest, President Evo Morales gathered with ranchers late last month to celebrate a maiden shipment of beef to China. An elaborate...
Lunes, 9/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - II Festival de Culturas Urbanas - This festival organized by the Alianza Frances will be from 12-26/9. It will include art and foto exhibits, a breaking jam, a funk fiesta, a graffiti performance,...
By Tom Larsen After three years in Cuenca, Irmgard (Irma) Lafrentz recently returned to her home, friends and family in California’s Silicon Valley. Irma left behind quite a legacy of giving in her short time here, but the final chapter has not yet been written. Irma...
By Jonathan Franzen “There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “but, unfortunately, it is not for us.” This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a writer whose characters strive for ostensibly reachable goals and, tragically or amusingly, never manage to get any closer...
Susan's note: I admit it, I'm a National Public Radio fan. I take an hour-long walk in the morning and listen to podcasts of NPR shows I've missed. Yesterday I listened to an interview with Dr. Jen Gunter, a Canadian-American obstetrician-gynecologist, a specialist in...
Guillermo Lasso, who narrowly lost to Lenin Moreno in the 2017 presidential election, announced Friday that he will be a candidate in the February 2021 election. Lasso, a centrist-conservative, was also defeated by former president Rafael Correa in 2013. The...
The Colombian Ombudsman’s office is demanding that Ecuador and Peru relax requirements for the entry of Venezuelans into the two countries. On August 26, Ecuador began requiring passports and visas for Venezuelan citizens to enter the country, effectively blocking...
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro should spend his country’s money on food, not on missiles, Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Thursday, amid renewed verbal sparring between the neighboring countries. Maduro late on Tuesday ordered the armed forces to be on...
I’ve been touring the countryside photographing villages in the agricultural region that supplies our mercados. It is a wonderful adventure that reminds me that time need not be so accelerated, and that, at least here, moving at a speed dictated by farm animals is all...
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname signed a pact Friday, setting up a disaster response network and satellite monitoring to protect the Amazon jungle. At a summit in Colombia, they also agreed to work on reforestation. The meeting was the...
By Margaret Winter Maritsa Ochoa, 69 years old, arrived penniless in Cuenca on August 22 after a three-week odyssey from Venezuela through the mountains. She is nearly blind and too disabled by osteoporosis and diabetes to walk. She traveled to Ecuador in a decrepit...
Week of August 23
Ecuador’s economy grew 2% during the first half of 2026 compared with the same period a year earlier, according to new Banco Central del Ecuador data.
Cuenca gets a prime view of next week’s deep partial lunar eclipse.
Ecuador’s economy grows 2% in the first half of 2026.
