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By Margaret Winter Something joyful is happening at the Dolores J. Torres public school on Calle Luis Cordero at Juan Jaramillo: a student band has been created for kids who have had virtually no hope until now of getting a musical education. The school launched the...
Domingo, 5/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Sunday) agenda events - Workshop - The hopefuls for the "Taller de actuación para cámara" (Performing for a camera workshop ) have been selected. The workshop is part of the VI Orquídea Film Festival School...
By Louis Bourgeois I mentioned in my last column that the energy body was the bridge between the timeless realm, or eternity, and the space-time world. Living with this awakened consciousness is what I call walking with one foot in eternity. Our relationship with time...
In a meeting with Cuenca officials Friday, President Lenin Moreno backed up his ministers of finance and public works in guaranteeing the cash flow to complete the tranvía. In addition, he said the government will offer financial assistance and low-interest loans to...
By Robert Bradley The air is speckled with puffs of gunpowder from the firecrackers. The breeze is warm like the best day of spring. Cuenca sparkles. Independence Day.
Oil giant Chevron suffered a legal setback today in the Ecuador pollution case when a three-judge appellate panel in Canada denied the company’s attempt to force indigenous and farmer communities to pay its legal fees. The decision, by the Court of Appeal for Ontario,...
Text and Photos by Bartley D’Alfonso America – both North American and South America – loves a parade, especially during patriotic holidays. It is when we commemorate our Independence and freedoms, by paying homage to those who serve (or have served) in uniform,...
Viernes, 3/11/2017 Hola, Todos - El Mercurio has a special Independence of Cuenca issue today and it's daunting - 66 pages. Obviously I'm going to be doing a lot of summarizing. Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Feria - The "Al otro lado del Río" (Across the...
Executives of Ecuador’s private health insurance providers say they could go out of business if changes are not made to a 2016 law mandating new coverage. The Association of Prepaid Medicine Companies has requested an “urgent” meeting with President Lenin Moreno in a...
Text and photos by Bartley D'Alfonso In the three and a half years of living in this wonderful city, yesterday was the first time I visited the main cemetery, the Cementerio Patrimonal de Cuenca, near the airport. November 2 is the “Day of the Dead” (Día de los...
Jueves, 22/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Museos - "Cuenca, Ciudad de los Cinco Sentidos" (Cuenca, City of Five Senses) is a program to visit the museums. It is hoy, de 10-21:00 and will start in the Museo Remigio Crespo Toral. Danza -...
Cuenca’s 3 De Noviembre celebrations are just a blast! We’re excited to enjoy this third year in Cuenca, and love the art and music. Street food is often a part of the celebration, so let’s celebrate in style, con salud en mente. Remember, “diet” is not a four-letter...
In town for the inauguration of Cuenca’s independence celebration, Ecuador’s ministers of finance and public works said the city’s beleaguered tram project will be completed. The pledge of support seconded President Lenin Moreno's assurance given in June. Following a...
An attempt by officers of Alianza País to align the political party with former president Rafael Correa has apparently backfired, solidifying President Lenin Moreno’s support both in and outside the party. At a Wednesday morning rally in Quito, National Assembly...
Miércoles, 1/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Concierto - "Esperanza" (Hope), a show by singer Diego Zamora was Wed. in the Iglesia Todos Santos. Free. Concierto - the Orquesta Sinfónica de la Universidad de Cuenca played Wed. in the...
By Kristen Sawyer On the 2nd of November, the spirits come out to play. Seeking, crying, plotting, rejoicing spirits. They’re emboldened by the the time of year — Día de los Muertos. Day of the Dead. But in this conservative, significantly Catholic city, how many...
In mid-September, Edie and I were traversing part of the countries lowlands as we worked our way up the coast from Salinas to San Lorenzo. As usual, we were on the look out for photo-ops but the atmospherics weren’t too accommodating. Eleven days of travel yielded...
Over the next five days Cuenca will host 24 crafts, art and food fairs as part of the city’s independence festivities. In addition, the Historic and Patrimonial Areas Office says there will hundreds of concerts, dances, parades, and fireworks shows. Several new fairs...
A provincial court in Quito has denied the appeal of former president Rafael Correa in a defamation suit against journalist Martín Pallares. Tuesday’s ruling upholds a July decision by Judge Fabricio Carrasco that an article by Pallares did not harm Correa’s...
Martes, 31/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Proclamation of the Fiestas, a concert by Diego Zamora, and a hip-hop program were Tues. <I'm going to quit describing events you don't have a snowball's chance in hell of getting to. My...
