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Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera announced Wednesday that two transportation companies, one French and one Colombian, will assume take over some of the technical and legal management responsibilities for Cuenca’s tranvía project. Discussions are ongoing with another...
Hola, Todos - Going to be a short issue - I'm tired. Pagina cultural - Today's (Wed.) agenda events - Cine - The movie in the Film in a Backpack series Wed. was he Colombian film, "Los colores de la montaña" (The colors of the mountain) about a boy who tries to...
By Iimay Ho When the Muslim ban was announced last month, I was with my family during the Lunar New Year holiday practicing ritual, honoring ancestors, and eating dozens of dumplings. I watched in confusion and horror as the news broke in my family’s living room via...
After earlier announcing he would endorse neither Lenin Moreno or Guillermo Lasso in the April 2 presidential runoff election, defeated candidate Paco Moncayo said Tuesday that he will vote for Lasso. The announcement is a major blow to the Moreno campaign which had...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Tues.) agenda events - Cine - The Alianza Francesa was the location for two movies Tues. "Dos mujeres y una vaca" (Two women and a cow) (Sounds like the start of a joke) was part of the Film in a Backpack series, and "La...
By Ernie Millard When traveling to Ecuador tourists are usually satisfied with their superficial experiences with the people and their destinations. However, when relocating, and becoming a resident here, the discrepancy between the exquisite scenery and landscapes,...
Alianza País presidential candidate Lenin Moreno said Monday that he will loosen restraints on the media if he is elected. During a radio interview in Guayaquil, Moreno said he will liberalize the controversial communications law that critics claim President Rafael...
Calle Mariscal Lamar at the Ninth de Octubre market will be closed for 60 days as utilities are rerouted and tranvía track is installed. Work in the area, bordered by Calle Hermano Miguel and Hayana Capac, has been stalled for almost 18 months. The city said it will...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Cine en la Mochila (Film in a Backpack) - The Festival de Cine Itinerante (all cognates, all yours) opened Mon. at 16:00 in the Alianza Francesa (Tadeo Torres y Solano) with "El Gran Sadini." Tuesday's film is L...
Cuenca’s rivers are flowing at seasonal levels following a prolonged drought that reduced them to a trickle in November and December. More important says meteorologists, the city has escaped the deadly floods suffered in other areas of the sierra and on the coast. “We...
Ecuador’s presidential candidates are promising gifts to voters they probably can’t deliver on, according to political analysts. Both Lenin Moreno (Alianza País) and Guillermo Lasso (Creo) say they will create hundreds of thousands of new jobs, 800,000 and one...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - "El Observatorio de Ciudadano de la Comunicación" (The Citizens' Observer of Communication) - The VIII Communication Salon will open, and the book, "Observatorio Ciudadano de la Comunicación" will be...
Ecuador moved to second place in 2016 among Latin America countries for lowest homicide rate and officials say the numbers will be even better in 2017. The country’s reported 5.5 murders for per 100,000 inhabitants last year, trailing only Chile, with 3.3, for lowest...
It will be called the Ruta Colonial, or Colonial Route, and its sponsors at Colombia’s largest tourism exposition believe it is travel package that will attract thousands of foreign visitors. Intended to showcase Colombia’s and Ecuador’s most impressive historical...
In its annual report to Congress on international drug trafficking, the U.S. State Department says that Ecuador and other South American Andean countries should increase efforts to combat the growing and transport of drugs. The report acknowledged that Ecuador is not...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Special page dedicated to the Museo Remigio Crespo Toral - The newly restored museum will have its grand opening in marzo. From street level at Calle Larga, you see 2 levels, but there are another 3 that step down to the Tomebamba. The...
By Amy E. Robertson In Latin America, Lent is full of elaborate Catholic rituals, from palm weavings and sawdust carpets to processions of robed penitents. But only in Ecuador will you find fanesca, the equally elaborate Lenten soup. "Fanesca is a traditional...
With early polls showing Guillermo Lasso leading Lenin Moreno, leaders of Alianza País (AP), the political movement founded by President Rafael Correa, are for the first time talking about what happens if the party loses the presidency. National Assemblywoman Doris...
Members of Cuenca’s city council are working with university, church and government officials to develop a public information campaign about the city’s new Environmental Noise Control Ordinance. They are also determining a fine schedule for violators and details of...
The brother of former Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós, assassinated shortly after his election in 1981, has demanded that President Rafael Correa quit using pictures of Roldós for political purposes. On Saturday, Correa included an image of Roldós during his weekly...
