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French-Brazilian journalist Manuela Picq arrived in Quito Monday night more than two years after she had been deported by the government of former president Rafael Correa. Arriving from the U.S., where she is professor at the University of Amherst (Massachusetts),...
Lunes, 15/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Periodicos in the week starting on Wed. might be spotty due to houseguests. Pagina cultural - Ongoing activity - MMAM - El Museo de Arte Moderno de Cuenca <ACAY - if you can't translate that for yourself, you haven't been living here...
An 81-year-old U.S. tourist was found Sunday afternoon on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos following an 18-hour search. The man had made a cell phone call to the island’s emergency 911 center on Saturday afternoon to say that he was lost. According to rescue...
Pope Francis arrives in Chile today amid the threat of protests of sexual abuse of children by Catholic priests. Nearly 70 Chilean priests, deacons, religious bothers and a nun have been accused of sexually abusing children in Chile since 2000, according to the...
The population of the Cuenca metropolitan area passed the 600,000 mark in 2017 and urban planners say the city faces “big city” challenges that should be addressed soon. In a press release last week, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) put the...
Sometimes we forget how important our old friends are to us. We take the relationships for granted and over time it just seems that we expect their friendship, as if it's owed to us. But it's not. Recently, Codie and I got to enjoy a wonderful evening with two old...
By Bo Chaumers I like dogs. Old dogs, young dogs, red dogs, yellow dogs, tired dogs, scrappy dogs, bored dogs, silly dogs. But I hate assaultive behavior in a dog; I won’t tolerate it (sorry Larry McMurtry). I would much prefer to give a dog a treat, or a pat on the...
Domingo, 14/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Agenda non-event - El Salón del Pueblo is a space at Sucre y Benigno Malo that belongs to the Casa de Cultura and is dedicated to cultural activities such as art, painting, sculpture, etc. Articles about - Charly...
By Robert Bradley Alpaca are shy. The rancher, even more so. In order to maintain a degree of privacy for my friend and host who invited me to participate in alpaca shearing, I am using a pseudonym for him. I will call him Arthur Black. Arthur Black arrived in Ecuador...
Former president Rafael Correa is in Cuenca this weekend to campaign against President Lenin Moreno’s public referendum questions. On Saturday, Correa held a series of meetings with representatives of opponents of seven referendum questions and ended the day with a...
Story and Photos by Bartley D’Alfonso If you were to ask me who one of my real-life heroes is, without hesitation I would name naturalist and preservationist John Muir (1838 - 1914), founder of the Sierra Club in 1892. Yep, I’m one of those nature loving tree-huggers...
Viernes, 12/1/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - CCE Deadline - El próximo lunes a las 16:30 is when proposals for getting published by the CCE are due in sealed envelopes. There will be 12 publications between Marzo, 2018 hasta marzo, 2019....
By Susan Burke March To hear the raw foodies tell it, you’re missing out on “pure” nutrition by cooking foods. They’ll tell you that raw is the way to go, and of course, like all fads, there’s a small amount of insight or truth in something otherwise false or...
The U.S. State Department includes Ecuador on a short list of the safest countries in Latin America. The State Department issues safety ratings for all countries for the benefit of U.S. tourists. Under a new safety rating system introduced this month, Ecuador,...
By Miriam Drake, M.Ed., N.C.C. When my husband and I moved to Cuenca in 2011, our plan was to create a new, fun, life adventure together. Medical emergencies, incapacitation, and end of life never even entered our minds. In other words, we were completely unprepared...
Jueves, 11/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Book Club - The first meeting of the "Club de Lectura Feminista: en Perspectiva Lila" (Feminist Reading Club: in Lilac Perspective) will be el sábado in the Pálier Café-Libro. One...
Carlos Pérez, leader of the Ecuarunari indigenous movement, has filed a request with the attorney general’s office to prevent former president Rafael Correa from leaving the country. Correa is currently in Ecuador leading the “no” campaign against President Lenin...
Cuenca can add another prize to its growing list of tourism acalades. On Tuesday, the international travel website TripAdvisor recognized the city as one of the 10 best emerging destinations in South America. Other cities on the list include Curitiba, Brazil, La Paz,...
Miércoles, 10/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Exposición - An exhibit of contemporary art by Erick Garciá Gómez from San Cristóbal de las Casa, Chiapas, México will open el viernes a las 19:00 in the Casa Azul Galería Café....
“Gringo Midnight.” The phrase caught me off guard and I cut a glance at Tony, wondering where he’d scored his latest descriptive term. “Yeah, that’s 9:30 p.m. here in Cuenca,” he announced. I got a pretty good laugh from his humor as it struck close to home for both...
