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“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...
Representatives of Metro Tenerife, the company selected to manage day-to-day operations of Cuenca’s new tram system, met Tuesday and Wednesday with Mayor Marcelo Cabrera and city tram project staff. Andrés Muñoz de Dios, Iñaqui Díaz and Teresa Benet of Metro Tenerife...
Ecuador is considering kicking Julian Assange out of its embassy in London. The South American country is looking for a third country to mediate in the case of WikiLeaks founder Assange, who has sought refuge in Knightsbridge embassy for more than five years. Foreign...
Martes, 2/8/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Tribute - A tribute to journalism was held Tues. in the Unidad Académica de Ciencias Sociales de la U. Católica. Las Jornadas Libertarias (The Libertarian Days) - This collective started in 2016...
Ecuador comptroller Pablo Celi announced Monday that he has appointed a citizen oversight committee to examine Ecuador’s public debt from 2012 to 2017. Among those who may be called to provide information is former president Rafael Correa. According to Celi, the...
The small businesses and artisans who have suffered financial losses due to construction of Cuenca’s tram system are eligible for compensation of up to $38,000. The funding was included in the Law for Economic Reactivation passed last week by the National Assembly....
Lunes, 8/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Tribute - The students in the 3d cycle in Comunicación Social at the U. Católica will have a program in honor of Azuayan journalists mañana a las 19:30 in the Auditorio de la Unidad...
Text and photos by Angie Gray I make my way through the city of Loja, overwhelmed by its profound vivacity. The sound of drilling and hammering pierces the air around me, accompanied by the constant hum of traffic. I finally reach my destination, Gran Aki, a large...
Concerning the controversial visit of Michelle Bachelet to Cuba, and hours after her meeting with Raúl Castro, President-elect Sebastián Piñera said on Monday that if he were in the position of the head of state he would meet with representatives of the opposition to...
Following a week of official campaigning, supporters of President Lenin Moreno say they are on the way to a resounding “Sí” victory in the February 4 referendum election. "We feel very good about our position and believe we will have an overwhelming triumph in...
By Karla Betania Sánchez Arismendi Three large highway construction projects, including the Cuenca-Azogues autopista, will be finished in 2018 according to the Ministry of Transportation and Public Works (MTOP). Completion of the projects is expected in February, MTOP...
Well, a new year is upon us and with it comes a new chance for all of us to be better people than we were in 2017. New Year's resolutions. We all have them, we all break some and we all achieve some. Some of them we make over every year. I'm going to go out on a limb...
Domingo, 7/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event OSC - The Symphony played at 11:00 in the teatro Pumapungo. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Taller - A workshop on Lectura Dramática (Dramatic reading) at the AtrapaSueños Centro Cultural will...
There were no sacred cows at Saturday night's Day of the Innocents masquerade parade on Av. Huayna Capac. Tens-of-thousands crowded the sidewalks on the eastern limit of the historic district to watch the annual costume parade that is always heavy on the satire....
By Robert Bradley I have long held that serendipity and Cuenca are well-traveled companions. So, it was no surprise to me as I walked through Parque Calderon on Monday morning, to run into an acquaintance just as I was thinking about stopping for cafe con leche. She...
The National Assembly voted Saturday to appoint María Alejandra Vicuña vice president, replacing Jorge Glas who is serving a six-year prison term for corruption. Vicuña is currently interim vice president and was President Lenin Moreno’s top choice for the permanent...
Venezuela’s officials have announced the launch of a national cryptocurrency called Petro as a solution to fix the current economic state. The cryptocurrency will be backed by Venezuela’s oil, gas, gold, and diamond reserves and the officials plan to overcome the...
Former President Rafael Correa returned to Ecuador early Friday morning to lead the opposition to President Lenin Moreno’s popular referendum. Correa arrived in Guayaquil shortly after midnight and told supporters at the airport that he “come home to fight the...
Viernes, 5/1/2018 Hello everyone - Cultural Page - Upcoming agenda events - Concierto - There will be a jazz vocal and word music concert by Urpi Barco on el próximo jueves, 11/1 a las 20:00 in the auditorio del Centro Ecuatoriano Norteamericano Abraham Lincoln. Cost:...
By Karla Betania Sánchez Arismendi If you need to get to Quito and Guayaquil in hurry and prefer not to fly on the scheduled commercial airlines, you now have an option. The director of the Cuenca airport corporation, Carlos Jacome, has announced that private...
