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Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Upcoming and ongoing agenda events – Exposición – An exhibit by Jorge Chalco, “Yasuní: El paraíso de los contrastes” (Yasuní: The paradise of contrasts), […]

Lenin Moreno’s campaign strategy is clear: emphasize the social and infrastructure progress Ecuador has made in the last 10 years but, at the same time, make the case that his […]

Hola, Todos – More confusion for those of us who can’t remember what day it is without consulting our phones.  I am translating the Saturday paper because the Sunday paper […]

The first poll since the February 19 election gives Guillermo Lasso a 52.1% to $47.9% edge over Lenin Moreno in Ecuador’s presidential race. The poll also shows that 19% of […]

The first thing Guillermo Lasso will do if he is elected president is to declare a fiscal emergency and begin cutting Ecuador’s national budget. The second thing he will do […]

Grandpa died the day after Valentine’s Day, at 9:10 a.m. on a sunny morning. He just stopped breathing and went peacefully where he belonged. Cancer had taken him over. He […]

By Minneapolis Star-Tribune Editorial Staff A frosty reception in sunny Mexico City awaited U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly on Wednesday, as they met […]

Juan Pablo Pozo, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), said Friday that his job is to maintain the public trust, not to please political parties. Pozo was criticized Wednesday […]

Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Today’s (Fri.) agenda events – Music festival – Groove Hunters and Mayu (Paseo 3 de Noviembre y Puente Juana de Oro) presented a musical […]

Mexico insists that it will not accept citizens of other Latin American countries deported by the U.S. The warning followed a statement earlier in the week from the U.S. Department […]

Police estimate that as many as 7,000 Cuencanos, tourists and expats turned out for Thursday’s “Noche de los Compadres” at Parque Calderon, to listen to music, watch dances, and slime […]

Only two days after the election commission officially announced the April 2 runoff, both of Ecuador’s presidential candidates were claiming that the opposition was playing dirty. Even president President Rafael […]

Hola, Todos – Sorry for the non-issue yesterday.  I think it has something to do with putting the computer into sleep mode or letting it turn itself off so I […]

Three landslides shut down travel between Cuenca and Guayaquil Wednesday. The slides followed heavy rainfall that is also causing problems on Highway 35 in Cañar and Chimboroza Provinces. The Ministry […]

While public attention has been riveted to the presidential race since Sunday, voting results also show that Ecuadorians have overwhelmingly approved a referendum to bar politicians and civil servants from […]

As Cuencanos celebrate the beginning of the long Carnaval weekend tonight in Paruqe Calderon, old-timers recall a time when the event was much more important in the social life of […]

By Magdalena Herreshoff My husband Daniel and I are artists. He is a jazz and blues piano player and I am a poet. We met Johnny Jara Jaramillo in the […]

Although votes are still being counted, the influence of President Rafael Correa’s Alianza País party will be greatly reduced when new members take their seats in April. Alianza, which currently […]

Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Tuesday’s agenda event – Martes de cine – The Alianza Francesa’s Tuesday Movie was “Augustine” with Spanish subtitles. Articles about – Museo Landívar – […]

It’s official: Lenin Moreno and Guillermo Lasso will face off in a presidential runoff election April 2. The announcement was made Tuesday by Juan Pablo Pozo, president of Ecuador’s National […]

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