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A day after an Organization of American States (OAS) commission claimed that election results for a question on the February 4 referendum should be ignored, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights over-ruled the commission and said Ecuador was within its rights to...
Jueves, 8/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Tribute - Siembrarte had a musical tribute to Mercedes Sosa anoche (last night - your words for the day. You should know them already from greeting people at night.) a las 19:30 in the teatro of...
St. Valentine’s Day is a global celebration. In the U.S. it’s chocolate and flowers; in the Philippines, it’s become a tradition for thousands of couples to wed in massive public ceremonies. Here in Cuenca, restaurants are promoting their special dinners for lovers,...
Ecuador will continue to provide refuge to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in its embassy in London, Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said on Wednesday. After a meeting between President Lenin Moreno and foreign correspondents, Espinosa told...
By Natalie Musumeci Birds going No. 2 is this billionaire’s No. 1 problem. Three-time New York gubernatorial candidate and former Buffalo Sabres owner Tom Golisano is so fed up with Canada geese turning the lawn of his upstate summer home into their own personal...
President Lenin Moreno says Ecuador will stand beside referendum election results to reorganize the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS). On Tuesday, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, part of the Organization of American States...
Miércoles, 7/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Press conference - There was a press conference hoy a las 9:30 to announce the 10th edition of the Congreso Ecuatoriano de Historia 2018. <Nothing about the congress itself,...
Alba and Viviana grew up together along the banks of the Río Yanuncay, west of Cuenca. Their meager casas were separated by five minutes of steep and broken path that passed near the river. Lives were simple yet difficult with hard work and long hours filling the days...
(Reposted from Social Media) The lovely Milena Lopez joined her father in Cuenca from Cuba in 2011 and quickly found her niche working in sales. At a social gathering in the Cuban expat community of Cuenca, she met Frank Gonzales, a handsome, hardworking waiter, who...
Editor's note: Cuenca is home to a large and vibrant expatriate writers' community, its members active in a variety of writing workshops and readers' groups, some of them hosting the Cuenca International Writers' Conference in May. Here, two local writers, Paul Anlee...
Former President Rafael Correa said goodbye to supporters Tuesday in Guayaquil before boarding a private jet and flying home to Brussels. Correa had been in Ecuador since January 5 to campaign against President Lenin Moreno’s popular referendum. He had planned to...
Martes, 5/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Notice - El Mercurio will have a special Carnaval 2018 supplement in the Wednesday paper that will list activities for the holidays. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Cine - The documentary film "Con mi corazón en...
The Ecuadorian state airline Tame has announced the suspension of its flights to Venezuela citing safety and financial concerns for the decision. The last Tame flight departed Caracas on Saturday to Bogotá and from there to Quito. The decision had been announced last...
Lunes, 5/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Ciclo de cine (Film series) - To mark the reopening of the exhibit "Difícil de leer. Entre mi luto y mi fantasma" (Difficult to read. Between my mourning and my ghost) by artist Marco...
A pre-sale of Venezuela’s new ‘petro’ cryptocurrency will begin on February 20, President Nicolas Maduro says, a move that the government hopes will help pull the country out of a dire economic crisis. Caracas on Wednesday set El Petro’s initial value at $60, but its...
By Michael D McDonald An evangelical lawmaker and a candidate from Costa Rica’s ruling party look set to face each other in a runoff vote to choose the country’s next president, following a first round in which same-sex marriage supplanted the economy as the most...
There was little drama Sunday night as the results of Ecuador's referendum election were announced. As expected, Ecuadorians voted "yes" by overwhelming margins to all seven questions presented by President Lenin Moreno. "Ecuador will no longer be a playground for...
Domingo, 4/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events "Lirón, Lirón" - Sunday was the last day for artists to submit their proposals for the Theater Arts Festival for Children which will be in Azuay and Cañar Provinces from 7-22/4. Upcoming and...
It's always interesting to wake up and read the comments that this column generates. I know that some of you hate what I write; you've made that quite clear in your posts. I find it intriguing to see what names or labels you want to give me. And the personal hate...
More than 13 million voters head to the polls today in a referendum that could reset the course of Ecuador’s recent history. The election was called by President Lenin Moreno who is looking for a mandate to emerge from the shadow of his predecessor, Rafael Correa. The...
Week of October 25
Ecuador heads into a four-day November holiday built around Cuenca’s Independence Day.
El Niño’s early rains have already affected more than 30,000 people across Ecuador.
Exporters press Constitutional Court to move three major trade agreements forward
