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Miércoles, 4/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events Documental - The documentary, "Jaime Roldos," showed Wed. morning. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Cine - El Cine Club will screen "Eraserhead," by David Lynch Thursday a las 19:00 in...
What memories do you have of your father’s touch? Or did he ever even touch you? Perhaps you knew his touch through physical discipline. Or, maybe he used his hands to demonstrate his love. Did he guide you with his touch? A father's touch is very powerful. It’s an...
Construction companies and real estate agents are applauding the questions that President Lenin Moreno has chosen to include on the upcoming national referendum. In particular, they like the one that would eliminate the 2016 Law of Goodwill, which substantially...
By Edd and Cynthia Staton Mug cakes aren't the only food category where Cynthia and I arrived late to the party. A much more basic topic hiding in plain view has until recently eluded us for years. Our daughter's home in New Jersey is in that raising small children...
After three days of meetings, the leadership of Alianza Pais (AP) says it is unable to reach a consensus on calling for the resignation of Vice President Jorge Glas. This, despite Monday night judge’s order that sent Glas to jail. On Saturday, AP officer and National...
Cuenca’s transportation director says the city’s tranvia system will require nine months to train personnel and to test tramway and computer systems before it offers service to the public. According to Jaime Guzmán, most of the preparation work will be conducted as...
Martes, 3/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events Dance - There was a dance performance by the Compañía de Danza Contemporánea of the U. of Cuenca Tues. in the the postgraduate building of the Faculty of Architecture. Upcoming and ongoing agenda...
By Louis Bourgeois Carolyn Myss influenced my understanding of the evolution of consciousness and my awareness of the energy body. She describes the basic three levels of consciousness as the tribal mind, the egoic mind, and the spiritual mind. In North America,...
By Lisa Grainger As if on cue, the marine iguana lifted its stumpy nose from its black-scaled body and sneezed, sending a shower of droplets onto the feet of our guide, Morris Garcia. “As I was saying,” he grimaced, wiping his ankle, “these are the only iguanas in the...
By Thea Riofrancos On March 8, 2012, a few hundred marchers set out from Pangui, Ecuador, a town in the southeastern Amazon, near the construction site of the massive, open-pit Mirador Mine. Just days earlier, a consortium of Chinese state-owned companies had signed a...
As expected, Ecuador’s voters will decide whether Rafael Correa will be allowed to run again for president. The question is one of seven that will appear on a national referendum announced Monday night by President Lenin Moreno. Voters will be asked if they want to...
Lunes, 2/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Filme - "Taxi Driver" by Martin Scorsese will show Tuesday a las 19:00 in "La Guarida" Centro Cultural (La Mar y Luis Pauta). Cost: fifty cents. <Now that'll sure put a big hole...
A national court judge ordered the arrest and jailing of Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas Monday afternoon. The order follows the recommendation of Attorney General Carlos Baca that Glas be committed to pre-trial detention. Glas was booked into the El Condado...
In the most impassioned speech of his young presidency, President Lenin Moreno said Saturday that he will govern by listening to the people, not by following a “rigid, preordained philosophy” that relies on an authoritarian approach to meet its objectives. “Our...
By Arlene Anderson "The time for a complete change was long overdue," says Gloria Gilbere, a single 70-year-old, who made her move to Ecuador in the summer of 2016. Even though previously thriving in large, action-packed cities, she now wanted to live in a small...
A new municipal ordinance prohibits the detonation of fireworks from 1 a.m. until 6 a.m. and requires new safety measures around detonation areas. According to the Cuenca municipal council, the ordinance is a response to citizen complaints and injuries suffered by the...
Domingo, 1/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Encuentro - The 4th Encuentro Precom3 OS Patrimonio will be Monday y el martes from 8:00 in the Architecture Department Building at the U. of Cuenca. Panelists from Belgium, México...
For the first time, members of Alianza Pais (AP) are calling for the resignation of Vice President Jorge Glas. New revelations about Glas’ relationship with his uncle and what one party member calls the “distraction factor” have proven to be the tipping point. "The...
By Robert Bradley My reading habits are pretty broad. I enjoy the derring-do of Jack Reacher with the same enthusiasm as when I read literary fiction, biographies, periodicals, or poetry. I’ve recognized that in every genre the subject of mindfulness in some...
Ecuador’s economy grew at an unexpectedly strong rate of 3.3% in the second quarter of 2017, the central bank reported Friday. Although bank director Verónica Artola was expecting growth of about 2%, strong numbers in consumer spending, telecommunications and...
