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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...
Jueves, 4/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Exhibición - "Ucuyayas: Esculturas sagradas de los Yachay de Narrío" (Ucuyayas: Sacred sculptures of the Yachay de Narrío) by Riardo Montesinos is showing in the Salón del Pueblo of...
Like many of you, I’ve been advised to take calcium supplements. With health insurance what it is (and was when my employer provided health insurance), every couple of years my company would change coverage, and I’d have to change doctors to stay in “network.” As I...
According to President Lenin Moreno, Jorge Glas’ term as Ecuador vice president ended at midnight Tuesday based on a law that a president or vice president can be replaced if he or she has been absent from the job for 90 days. On Thursday, the president submitted a...
The 30-day campaign for and against seven referendum questions proposed by President Lenin Moreno began officially on Wednesday. Hundreds of Moreno supporters representing the Democracia Sí movement gathered in front of the presidential palace in Quito, waving “Sí”...
When residents near Salinas saw the ocean recede on Wednesday morning, alarms went out on social media that a tsunami was on its way. It is typical, prior to a tsunami, for ocean waters to recede before returning in a tidal wave. “All the fishing boats anchored in...
Miércoles, 3/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Last class - The last class in the Danza Contacto (Contact Dance) workshop in the "Rizoma Plataforma Disidente" in the CCE, will be el sábado a las 14:00. Taller de teatro - There...
By Joshua Partlow To commemorate the new year, a mayoral candidate in a small Mexican town sent a Facebook message Sunday morning asking residents to unite to improve society. “We only need maturity, seriousness, and responsibility to face the challenges that confront...
Traffic came to a standstill Monday and Tuesday north of Quito as snow and ice covered the highway in Papallacta. Mountains in the area that rarely see snow, were covered in drifts as deep as two feet. Near Cuenca, in Biblian, an intense hail storm Tuesday afternoon...
One way or another, Jorge Glas’ tenure as Ecuador’s vice president will end soon. On Tuesday, Glas reached the 90-day anniversary of his absence from official duties. Based on the absence, the law authorizes President Lenin Moreno to submit a list of three vice...
Martes, 2/1/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Exposición - Noé Mayorga is exhibiting Legos sculptures hasta febrero próximo <You should remember this from before vacation.> in a space at the Casa Bienal. <You should...
Friends of Rafael Correa say the ex-president might return to Ecuador to campaign against the February 4 referendum. Among the questions on the ballot, is one that that would prevent him from running again for president. Former foreign minister Ricardo Patiño said...
By Karla S. Arismendi Venezuelans living in the poor sections of Caracas had new beef with the government this year: a shortage of the traditional pork leg for their holiday meals. In the past, the government’s Local Committee for Supply and Production (CLAP) has...
By Sylvan Hardy It came as no surprise when President Lenin Moreno, two weeks ago, referred to former president Rafael Correa as the “opposition.” The two have been firing verbal broadsides at each other since shortly after Moreno replaced Correa in Ecuador’s...
The polling organization Market gives President Lenin Moreno a 76 percent approval rating in a survey conducted in December. The poll also shows that, by a wide margin, Ecuadorians are more optimistic about the country’s future than they were at the start of 2017. In...
