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Martes, 27/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - CCE - The CCE presented its annual report Tuesday in the Sala de Conciertos. <That must have been a thrilling event.> Upcoming agenda events - Theater - "Del Budismo al casos...del caos al...
Bus service on most interprovincial bus routes was expect to resume today but transport companies say it could be several days before all routes are serviced. The companies say the strike was limited to 24 hours and that some progress had been made in negotiations...
By Liam Higgins Ecuador’s attorney general Carlos Baca says that the president of the National Assembly and a former national comptroller living in exile in Miami are out to get him. On Monday, he released an audio tape of a telephone conversation that appears to...
The bodies of two men were recovered Monday morning at the José Joaquín de Olmedo airport after an airport employee reported seeing objects falling from a Latam jet during takeoff. Law enforcement officials say the men, believed to be Peruvian, fell from the...
Lunes, 26/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Past agenda event - Viernes Cultural Salesiano - The Cultural Friday night at the UPS (Universidad Politécnica Salesiana) featured Profecía and Apocalipsis and was a success. Articles about - CCE - To comply with the...
By Philip Goff In the past 40 or so years, a strange fact about our Universe gradually made itself known to scientists: the laws of physics, and the initial conditions of our Universe, are fine-tuned for the possibility of life. It turns out that, for life to be...
By Karla Betania Sánchez Arismendi Approximately 200 Muslims, most of them from Pakistan, get together to pray every Friday in a mosque at Calle Larga and Benigno Malo in Cuenca. “We want to show that our culture is not what some people think. Our religion promotes...
By Liam Higgins With the results of the popular referendum in the books, Ecuador’s political parties are turning their attention the 2019 provincial, municipal and parochial elections. The elections take on added importance due to the number of mayors and provincial...
Domingo, 25/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Artistic presentations - There will be a presentation of arts based on the body, movement, and music <Why does this sound like pole dancing? Or do I just have a dirty mind?>...
I was 12 and on my first "date" with my next-door neighbor. Her name was Cindy Oksanen and she was 13. We were at the drive-in, in the back seat of her dad's station wagon. He was in the front seat. So, obviously having my arm around her was about as brave as I...
Ecuador says the country's latest efforts to negotiate the departure of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from its London embassy have failed. Foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said the UK was unwilling to take part in talks about his release. A UK Foreign...
By Sylvan Hardy Had it not been for a handful of 1829 battlefield decisions, Cuenca could well have been a Peruvian city today. Historians say the outcome of the Battle of Portete de Tarqui could have gone either way. On Friday and Saturday, Ecuador's victory at...
Text and Photos by Bartley D’Alfonso It was an outdoor concert of classical music depicting the battle sounds of war, commemorating a historic battle between the forces of Gran Colombia, which included Ecuador, and Perú, 189 years ago on February 27, 1829. The concert...
A week after launching one cryptocurrency, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has announced a second. PetroGold, which Maduro says will be backed by gold, will join the Petro, which is allegedly backed by oil. In a televised speech, Maduro said PetroGold is coming...
The driver of the battery operated bus currently undergoing trials in Cuenca says its performance proves that it can operate efficiently on city streets. “It’s comfortable and smooth and very, very quiet,” reports Alberto Abad, who has driven municipal buses for 38...
Viernes, 23/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Libro - "El Enigma: Pretextos," research by Napoleón Saltos was presented Friday in the Sala de Conciertos de la Casa de la Cultura. Upcoming agenda events - Muestra de Cine Latinoamericano -...
The Cuenca arts scene is getting more cosmopolitan with each passing year. An excellent example of this is last year’s hiring of Michael Meissner as director and conductor of the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra. Recently, I had the privilege of visiting with the maestro at...
By Elijah Charbonneau So, I thought that now while I take a day off from work and travel here in Bali, it would be a perfect time to catch up on sharing some tips and experiences gained on my recent travels in South America, including this — my Cuenca, Ecuador digital...
Jueves, 22/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - Exhibit - The Alvarado academy of art is showing "Introspecciones" in the galería de la Alcaldía (Bolívar y Borrero). Free. Articles about - Cursos y talleres - Art classes and workshops are...
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