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Cuenca’s bus owners are criticizing the municipal government for not acting to increase fares on the city’s public bus system. The Chamber of Transport, which represents private bus owners, said service will get worse if a substantial hike is not enacted quickly. The...
President Lenin Moreno has ordered a 10% reduction in salaries for 7,242 government workers, the sale of a presidential jet and hundreds of other assets owned by the government. “The current economic situation requires the government implement strong austerity...
Martes, 8/8/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Short films - A selection of nationally and internationally known short films from Azuay will be shown hoy, a las 20:00 in the CCE. Free. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Planes de Lakomuna...
The final numbers or in from Monday’s running of the bulls at the Pamplonada festival in Píllaro. More than 12,000 tourists showed up to witness 25 injuries, most of them minor. “It was a fantastic day for Píllaro,” proclaimed Patricio Sarabia, mayor of the small town...
The first phase of Parque La Libertad will open to the public at the end of the year, according to the Cuenca planning department. “This will be the most impressive and most emblematic park in Cuenca when it’s completed,” says Mayor Marcelo Cabrera. “It will provide...
Lunes, 7/8/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Monday's agenda events - Biblioteca "Manuel Muñoz Cueva" - The library at the CCE is celebrating 70 years with a conference with historian Diego Arteaga and the presentation of "Estaciones" (Seasons), a book of poetry by...
By Gregory Wilpert Venezuela is heading towards an increasingly dangerous situation, in which open civil war could become a real possibility. So far over 100 people have been killed as a result of street protests, most of these deaths are the fault of the protesters...
Editor’s note: This is the fifth of an eight-part series by writer / photographer Brian Buckner about hiking in the Cuenca area. To read the earlier installments, see the links at the bottom of the article. By Brian Buckner Transportation, as identified here, refers...
It was billed as an effort to reconcile differences between President Lenin Moreno, Vice President Jorge Glas, and former president Rafael Correa. Instead, a Monday morning meeting at Alianza País (AP) headquarters in Quito between Glas and party members turned into a...
Until a year ago, U.S. citizens made up the largest group of applicants for permanent residency in the Cuenca area. Today, they are outnumbered almost two to one by Venezuelans, a situation repeated in other immigration offices around the country. “There has actually...
Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute (IG) reported Sunday that lava flows were visible on the flanks of the Reventador volcano and that an “intensification process is underway.” Although the volcano poses no immediate threat to populated areas, IG said a major eruption...
Domingo, 6/8/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Finished agenda event - Colonia vacacional - The Galería Yuyay closed its summer camp with an exhibit of paintings done by the children who attended. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Book launch - A book of poetry,...
Ecuador’s inflation rate for July was -0.14%, the third consecutive month of modest decline. For the year, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INEC), inflation is running at a negligible one-tenth of one percent. The purchases that contributed most to...
A newly installed constitutional assembly ousted Venezuela's defiant chief prosecutor Saturday, a sign that President Nicolas Maduro's embattled government intends to move swiftly against critics and consolidate power amid a fast-moving political crisis. To read of...
By Robert Bradley The blur of last minute chores blinked past me like an old newsreel complete with flashbulbs and jittery scenes where everything looks like it is going to shake right off the film. I packed and repacked, included a three month supply of prescription...
Viernes, 4/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Art in the street - "Arte en la Calle" will return to the pedestrian street La Condomine mañana Saturday at 9:00. The 4 hour program will have all sorts of art, performances, talks and...
Editor’s note: This is the fourth of an eight-part series by writer / photographer Brian Buckner about hiking in the Cuenca area. To read the first and second installments, click here and here and here. By Brian Buckner My experience may be simple but I really like...
In testimony presented to Brazilian prosecutors, the Odebrecht official who paid bribes to dozens of Ecuadorian government officials and business contractors, says he transferred $14.1 million to Vice President Jorge Glas. José Conceição Santos, who was Ecuador...
By Ed O'Connor We decided on a little pre-July Fourth getaway for Olga’s birthday. For those of you that don’t know, Olga was born in Russia. So, we took a jaunt to the beach for a week to a top-rated bed-and-breakfast, Villa de Los Sueños, located in the small...
By Mery Mogollon and Chris Kraul The British company that provided voting machines used in Venezuela’s election this week said Wednesday that the balloting was “tampered with” and that the company could not endorse the results. “We estimate the difference between the...
