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Jueves, 9/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event Concierto - Gabacho Maroc will perform el próximo martes a las 20:00 in the Teatro Sucre. The group plays a fusion including world music, jazz, ganacvx oui and more. <Yes, I had to look up...
Vice president Jorge Glas and 12 others accused of accepting bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht are going to trial. During hearings on Wednesday and Thursday, Judge Miguel Jurado agreed with the charges presented by national prosecutor Carlos...
Our world is a crazy place. For the first time in history more people are at significant nutritional risk from over nutrition instead of malnutrition. But, in most industrialized countries we actually eat fewer calories than we did at the beginning of the 20th...
Cuenca airline passengers will soon see a price reduction of between 40% and 60% on round-trip airfare to Quito. In addition, they will have a greater number of flights to choose from. Minister of Transport and Public Works Paúl Granda made the announcement Wednesday...
Former president Rafael Correa was interrupted repeatedly by protesters as he delivered a speech Tuesday at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Chanting protesters hoisted a banner in the back of the assembly hall reading: “Rafael Correa: Violator of human...
By Michel Blanchard The art exhibition "Reality as a Pretext and the Myth of the Ephemeral,” currently showing at the Galleria de la Alcaldía, on the corner of Presidente Borrero and Simón Bolívar, is composed of mostly large works or art in strong colors, a modern,...
Miércoles, 8/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event Book launch - "Aprender bellas palabras: El cine de Pedro Costa - comunidades, migraciones, ficciones" (Learn beautiful words: Pedro Costa's films - communities, migrations, fictions) by María...
By Matt Townsend, Jenny Surane, Emma Orr and Christopher Cannon The so-called retail apocalypse has become so ingrained in the U.S. that it now has the distinction of its own Wikipedia entry. The industry’s response to that kind of doomsday description has...
The National Institute of Meteorology (Inamhi) is warning those who live in Ecuador’s central Andean valley to limit their exposure to sunshine. High ultraviolet radiation levels have been reported from Quito to Loja since late last week, with the highest readings...
On Monday, the menu at Lugar de Esperanza featured oatmeal, boiled eggs, fresh cheese, watermelon, banana and orange. The diners, poor and mostly elderly, ate free, courtesy of a volunteer project sponsored by U.S. and Canadian expats in Cotacachi, an hour’s drive...
Martes, 7/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Taller - There will be a workshop about "Políticas y Legislación Cultural" (Cultural Policies and Legislation) from mañana hasta el viernes from 15-18:00 in the auditorium of the Museo de la...
On the outskirts of Ecuador’s capital, young couples and families venture into a pitch-black cave in search of an unlikely experience: a meal in the dark. Blind waiters guide guests to their tables and deliver tangy fruit juices and appetizing dishes like caramelized...
By Lief Simon As my wife Kathleen and I prepared these past several months to shift our living situation and begin spending more time in Europe, I decided to take the transition as an opportunity to shop health insurance options. Health insurance is vastly more...
Lunes, 6/11/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event Las Memorias parroquiales (Parish Memories) - A book of 22 stories that are part of Cuenca's oral tradition will be presented el jueves, 9/11 a las 10:00 in the Museo de la Cuidad. The public is...
Cuenca transportation officials have abandoned the plan to charge the same fare for both city buses and the tram. Municipal councilman Marco Andrés Ávila said Monday morning that tram fare will be between 35 cents and 41 cents. “We haven’t decided on the final amount...
Vice President Jorge Glas could soon see a pay cut. Or, he could be out of a job altogether. The vice president has been in a Quito jail awaiting trial on corruption charges since early October. Ecuador’s comptroller’s office is reviewing a request to eliminate Glas'...
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...
