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President Lenin Moreno arrived in Italy Monday on the first leg of a three-nation European visit to promote investment in Ecuador. On Tuesday, he meets with Italian President Sergio Mattarella while meetings are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday with French...
Ecuador’s agricultural ministry has ordered measures to protect the country’s banana industry from the so-called “Panama Disease” fungus that has ravaged the crop in other countries. The ministry has dispatched more than 100 agents to banana-growing regions in the...
Lunes, 8/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Cine - 18 short films in this festival will be shown from hoy to 10/7 a las 19:00 in the Universidad de las Artes <Oops, 77777I think it's in Guayaquil.>. Danza - There will be a dance...
As it has for almost a decade, Venezuela’s murder rate leads all South American countries. In fact, its rate of more than 81 homicides per 100,000 residents is the highest in the world, far ahead of El Salvador’s 51 and Honduras’ 40. Trailing Venezuela in South...
By Nicole Spector Move over seven wonders of the world! We’re obsessed with the five Blue Zones, the mysterious regions where people statistically live the longest. These five locales, Sardinia, Italy; the islands of Okinawa, Japan; the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica;...
Talks between the Venezuelan opposition and the government of President Nicolas Maduro to resolve the country's political crisis will resume this week in Barbados but the countries most affected by the millions of Venezuelans leaving home have low expectations for the...
Ecuador will join the market-friendly regional trade bloc the Pacific Alliance next year, the president of Peru said on Saturday, in the latest sign of the South American country’s rightward shift under President Lenin Moreno. The Pacific Alliance was formed by Peru,...
Viernes, 6/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Festival de Cine La Orquídea Cuenca - <This is a confusing article, so be warned I might be 180 degrees off.> The ex-prefect of Azuay, Paúl Carrasco, resigned from his office to run for mayor...
“My grandfather brought this back from Bolivia in 1924. He was stationed down there, working for a mining company when he was young. He always spoke of South America with great fondness as being a very special place; ‘It is not the United States at all,’ he would...
A frequent complaint of Cuenca tourists and expats is that they can’t find the tea they were accustomed to back home. Although Ecuadorians have a long tradition as tea drinkers, most of the local brews come from native plants of the Andes and surrounding lowlands....
By Silvia Marchetti Half a century ago, the picturesque Sicilian town of Poggioreale was hit by an earthquake that caused most of its citizens to flee for good, even though many buildings remained standing. About 350 citizens died in the magnitude 6.1 quake while...
Amid the worst economic meltdown in Venezuela's history — a crisis that has forced thousands of businesses to shut their doors — one unlikely product is flying off the shelves: the equivalent of Venezuelan tequila. Called cocuy, the alcoholic beverage was first...
Works by one of the 20th century’s iconic artists, the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí, will go on public display Friday, July 12 at the Pumapungo Museum. Pumapungo's director of contemporary art, Juliana Vega, said the exhibition, the first major display of Dalí’s...
Jueves, 4/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Museo de Las Conceptas y la Alianza Francesa - The two organizations have joined to organize "Memorias de Francia en las Conceptas" which will have 5 events including exhibits, a conference, museum...
A reader wrote to ask, "Is white rice bad for you?" She was talking about weight management. But let's talk nutrition too. The world is getting rounder, and I don't mean the geographical sphere we call planet Earth, I mean the inhabitants. As reported by the World...
Cuenca’s new city government says it is stunned by the extent of illegal activity in the city’s public markets. According to markets director Marcelo Álvarez, there are “mafias” operating inside the facilities, especially at El Arenal, commonly known as Feria Libre,...
Cuenca social service officials say they are maxed out in terms of handling the continuing flow of Venezuelan refugees into the city. Municipal councilman Iván Abril, who chairs the Immigration Committee of the Cantonal Council, says that a growing number of refugees...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a second installment of over $2.5 billion to Ecuador for economic development. The agency said that the country has 10 and a half years to pay off the debt. The interest rate is 3.2 percent. The Ministry of Economy...
Before dawn Tuesday, 1,300 Ecuadorian army troops escorted hundreds of police officers to a massive illegal gold mine in Imbabura Province in Ecuador’s northern Andes. In all, government officials said 2,500 federal personnel were involved in the operation ordered by...
By Pam Belluck Can certain medications increase your risk of dementia? A new study suggests that people who take a class of common medicines called anticholinergic drugs for several years may be more likely to develop dementia as they age. This is not a new hypothesis...
Week of October 25
Ecuador heads into a four-day November holiday built around Cuenca’s Independence Day.
El Niño’s early rains have already affected more than 30,000 people across Ecuador.
Exporters press Constitutional Court to move three major trade agreements forward
