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Cuenca begins its annual observance of International Museum Day at 10 a.m. with a parade on Calle Simon Bolivar, between San Sebastian Plaza and San Blas Plaza. In addition to the parade and museum tours, the day's events include workshops, concerts and performances....
Units of Cuenca’s tranvÃa traveled about three kilometers Wednesday on Avs. Mexico and Las Americas. The "live" tests, which will continue through June 30, are intended to check track stability, braking, as well as the electrical system that powers the tram. All of...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's header event - Ballet - There will be a ballet class for girls and youth from 10-15 years in the Centro Cultural El Alfarero (Convención del 45 y Marisca La Mar on miércoles y sábados from 15-17:00 through the month of mayo. ...
President Nicolas Maduro declared a new state of emergency in Venezuela Tuesday, suspending most constitutional rights, as his government continued an apparent death-spiral as protestors filled the country's streets and highways. Business owners shuttered shops, a...
By Kris Fischer I look to my left. A bus careening on two wheels and belching diesel fumes bears down on me. I leap backwards just in time. My fellow pedestrians who have stayed safely curbside look at me with raised eyebrows as if to say, "Silly gringa! She really...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Header event - Concierto - A concert of Cuencanan and universal music will be el jueves at 19:00 in the Iglesia de las Conceptas with pianist Jannet Alvarado on the organ and soprano Vanesa Regalado. Articles about - Música nacional -...
Two earthquakes rattled nerves and sent workers and residents into the streets is several cities on Tuesday. Emergency services reported, however, that there were no injuries or serious damage in the quakes centered in Santa Elena and El Oro provinces. The first and...
When a 28-year-old Argentina man suffered a head injury Monday, his best friend made sure he was well cared for until EMS personnel arrived. Freddy Gonzalez was pruning a tree in his front yard in BahÃa Blanca, 400 miles south of Buenos Aires, when he fell from a...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Concierto - The Coro y Orquesta Sinfónica Infanto Juvenil (Youth Chorus and Symphony Orchestra) presented it's 2nd Concert of the Season tonight at 19:00 in the Teatro Sucre. Taller de danza árabe - This Arabic...
By Naomi Renee Cohen When Telmo Pereira purchased 200 acres of a plateau to cultivate in the northern Ecuadorian cloud forest region of Intag for $1.50 in 1949, he had no idea that the lot he had picked sat atop a pre-Incan city. Having recently left the army, the...
By Edd and Cynthia Staton I woke up Sunday to a rainy morning, the perfect setting to bake those chocolate chip cookies I talked about in my last post. Sunday's are the one quiet day in our neighborhood — no sounds of traffic or construction. Sawing, hammering, and...
There was a new tone at Sunday’s organizational session of the newly elected National Assembly: one of reconciliation and cooperation. Although Alianza PaÃs retains its majority, its control of Ecuador’s legislature was greatly reduced in the recent elections and...
By Wesley Tomaselli Last June, Alejandro Arboleda Uribe was awakened from an afternoon nap by police kicking in the door of his apartment in the posh El Pablado district of MedellÃn. The 32-year-old drug kingpin probably assumed the protection of Mexican cartels and...
All four of Cuenca’s rivers overflowed their banks Sunday following heavy rain overnight and morning rains. The nearby towns of Baños, Misicata, Girón, Paute, and Gualaceo were also hard hit by a slow-moving weather system that drenched Ecuador’s central valley from...
Ecuador’s first transgender lawmaker is set to take office on Sunday, marking an important milestone for the LGBTI rights movement in the South America. Diane Rodriguez, 34, will serve as an alternate lawmaker for the National Assembly and will help legislate for the...
Cuenca’s largest public utility company is under investigation for fraud in the awarding of almost $18 million in contracts for waste water treatment plant. The Azuay prosecutor's office raided the utility’s Cuenca offices Friday, looking for evidence in the case....
Businesses that depend on air travel say they cannot compete with other South American countries due to high taxes and airport user fees that drive up the prices of tickets. They insist they need a break and are pinning their hopes on incoming president Lenin Moreno....
By Olivia Zaleski As Airbnb Inc. turns its attention to Latin America, the often-combative company is taking an unusual approach. It's giving local governments what they want. The home and apartment-rental company said it will collect and remit taxes in Mexico City,...
Although military spending rose worldwide over the last year, Latin America saw a big drop. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute released 2016 data last month showing that, after the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean’s military spending fell...
Interior Minister Diego Fuentes reports that Ecuador's Anti-Narcotics Unit have seized more than five tons of illegal drugs in a cargo ship offshore of Santa Elena Province. The bust is the largest in the country’s history and one of the largest ever reported in South...
