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Cuenca’s municipal transportation department has set April 2018 as the completion date the tranvía. It is the fourth deadline to be announced since January 2015. Mayor Marcelo Cabrera said that a new project management company, to be named July 3, will have nine...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Serenata (serenade) - "Serenata a la Virgen" will be performed Thurs. at 19:30 in the Museo de las Conceptas by an instrumental and vocal group from Cañar. Concierto - "Brundibar," an opera performed...
Although CuencaHighLife and been praised for the openness of our article comments section, we’ve also received complaints for allowing personal attacks. We agree that in some cases these attacks and the occasional lack of civility go too far. To provide guidance for...
Ecuadorian consumers should see lower prices on most purchases beginning tomorrow as the value added tax (VAT) drops from 14% to 12%. The government increased the tax for a period of one year following last year’s earthquake. More savings, although not necessarily...
Hola, Todos - I think it's time for a reminder of what this column is. I translate or summarize El Mercurio. (I also add commentary, between brackets, which you are free to ignore if you don't like it.) I do not do any research. If there is information missing...
By Edd and Cynthia Staton Simplifying our lives is an ongoing intention in Casa Staton. Ancient Chinese wisdom states that "the easiest journey has the least baggage," and over the past seven years we've succeeded in tossing a lot of unneeded physical, emotional, and...
By Kristen Sawyer “In ten hours, I can teach you how to play any instrument, not in the classical way, but in the Andean way,” and with these words begins my fascination with Alfonso Cachiguango, the director of the world-renowned Andean music group, Ñanda Mañachi. I...
By Rob Gray In an effort at Gran Roca farm to grow the Best Food Ever, we have set a high bar in committing to the goal of sustainable, year around production of world class food for consumption here in Ecuador. We have taken much of our guidance from the teachings of...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Photoshop Workshop - there will be a creative workshop about, Adobe Photoshop from 3-10/6 in CIDAP. It is directed to communications students, journalists, and professionals in general. Concierto -...
In a press conference Monday, President Lenin Moreno announced he will provide a weekly televised report to the nation. Unlike the three-hour, live-audience presentations of his predecessor, Rafael Correa, Moreno said his event will be 10 to 15 minutes, and focus on a...
Ecuador’s economic policy is about to change, says new Finance Minister Carlos de la Torre. “In the last 10 years, the government played the major role in developing the country’s infrastructure, both physically ans socially,” de la Torre says. “Today, it is time for...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Festival de la Guitarra - Sunday was the last day of the San Bartolomé Guitar festival. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Conversation - El próximo martes at 18:00 at the Unidad Educativa Francisco Febres...
Ecuador has spent $13.9 billion on university construction and education since 2006, the highest per capita expenditure in Latin America. According to Ecuador’s Secretary of Higher Education (SENESCYT), Rene Ramírez, the government has built four national universities...
The National Customs Service of Ecuador (Senae) has relaxed its allowances of what travelers are allowed to bring into the country tax-free. The rules apply to Ecuadorian citizens and permanent residents as well as tourists. Among the major changes are the increase in...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said Saturday that he will publish evidence of government corruption in Ecuador if it finds it. He was responding to President Lenin Moreno’s request that he refrain from meddling in Ecuador’s internal affairs. Assange has been...
By Robert Bradley I am a fresh resident of Cuenca, only three month on. I’d like to share with you a snapshot of my early days and the people who influenced my first impression. I arranged housing a month or so prior to my arrival. I chose the Cuenca Inn, a classic...
Michael J. Fitzpatrick, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, says the U.S. expects to strengthen its relationship with Ecuador following the inauguration of Lenin Moreno. Fitzpatrick, who represented the U.S. at last week’s inauguration in Quito, said that...
Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno received the spiritual command staff from indigenous leaders of Ecuador on Thursday. In the symbolic ceremony at the Cochasquí archeological park north of Quito, the new president accepted the bastón de mando, or baton of the mandate,...
By Andrew Blake Ecuador’s newly inaugurated leader warned Julian Assange against meddling in the affairs of Ecuador and its allies on Thursday as the administration of socialist President Lenin Moreno looks to resolve the international custody battle surrounding the...
By Max Fisher and Amanda Taub Venezuela, by the numbers, resembles a country hit by civil war. Its economy, once Latin America’s richest, is estimated to have shrunk by 10 percent in 2016, more than Syria’s. Its inflation that year has been estimated as high as 720...
