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Miércoles, 25/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Apologies for missing yesterday - computer stuff. The magic ceased to work last night and I had to call a genie to fix it. Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - CCE - There was an informational meeting Wed. about the actions CCE...
In a Sunday interview with CNN Español, Ecuador’s jailed vice president Jorge Glas said he is the victim of a political vendetta by President Lenin Moreno, the federal prosecutor, and the judge handling his case. Glas made the claim on the same day that a new...
Ecuador’s director of government-owned media lashed out Tuesday at the management of public newspapers and television stations during the Rafael Correa administration. “What happened during the past 10 years is disgraceful,” said Andrés Michelena. “The public media...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera announced Tuesday that an agreement has been reached with tranvía subcontractors who suffered financial loses when the project management firm walked off the job last October. Under the agreement, the city will pay GME-CITA $8.7 million...
The manager of state oil company Petroamazonas defended Ecuador’s plans to expand exploitation of major oil reserves in one of the world’s most species-diverse rain forests, saying it will use the latest drilling technology to minimize the environmental impact....
President Lenin Moreno signed two presidential decrees on Monday, ending requirements imposed by former president Rafael Correa on non-governmental organizations, or NGOs. Moreno said the old policies put unnecessary restrictions on private organizations and violated...
Lunes, 23/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Exhibición - "La realiad como pretexto y el mito y lo efímero" (Reality as a pretext and myth and the ephemeral) will open el miércoles, 25/10 a las 19:00 in the Galería de la Alcaldía. Articles...
By Nicholas Tampio In early 2017, Scientific American published a symposium on the threat that "big nudging" poses to democracy. Big Data is the phenomena whereby governments and corporations collect and analyze information provided by measuring sensors and internet...
The governing coalition of President Mauricio Macri of Argentina won decisive victories in key districts across the country in midterm elections Sunday that were widely seen as a referendum on the center-right leader’s first two years in office. The election sweep...
For the fifth time in seven years, chocolate produced the Ecuadorian Pacari brand has won the most awards at the World International Chocolate Competition. Pacari won 18 gold, silver, and bronze medals in this year’s competition, held in London. In a new category...
Domingo, 22/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event Taller de Socialización - A workshop to publicize the requirements for the Fund to promote Arts, Culture and Innovation, 2017-2018 will be held el martes, 24/10 a las 16:30 in the Sala de...
Ecuador’s office of police intelligence says extra agents have been assigned to protect prosecutor Diana Salazar and her family following new death threats. A police spokesman said the threats were delivered on the social media WhatsApp platform on Friday and...
By Robert Bradley Artisan Craftsmanship has long been heralded as a defining characteristic of Cuenca. Marco Antonio Machado Delgado lived among the metal workers — a craft honed by his father and grandfather. As a very young boy, he would often spend the day in the...
By Fernando Pagés Ruiz You know you serve a good meal when diners snap pictures of it to share on social media. The same holds true for a well-presented remodeling job. Here are a few postcards of one of my favorite architectural “meals,” the Casa del Aguila Hotel...
By Ananya Roy A teacher working in a Quito public school was arrested on allegations that he sexually abused children aged 12 to 14. The arrest was part of a wider investigation into "alleged sexual offenses in the field of education", a federal prosecutor said on...
President Lenin Moreno agreed Friday to make changes to a retaining wall on the Ecuadorian-Peruvian border to satisfy concerns of the Peruvian government. Meeting with Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in Trujillo, Moreno also said that the two countries are...
A Pichincha Province court ruled Friday that Cuenca businessman Juan Pablo Eljuri does not need to be jailed as he awaits trial on charges of participating in the Odebrecht bribery scandal. A three-judge panel reversed an earlier order for pre-trial detention. The...
Viernes, 20/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Concierto - Altiplano de Chile will bring their "El Reencuentro" (Reunion) tour to Cuenca on 26/10 a las 20:00 in the teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz. Auditions - Roles in "Cabalgata Nocturna"...
By LIam Higgins Cuenca building contractor Carlos Taiano sees better times ahead for his business. Acknowledging the hard times he's gone through in recent years, he borrows an old maxim to illustrate his point: It’s usually darkest just before daybreak. “The last...
An exhibit at New York City's Museum of Modern Art showcasing the history and craft of Ecuador’s Panama hat is causing a dust-up among some museum-goers. “Is clothing design and manufacturing really art?” a critic asked in the New York Post. According the exhibit...
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
