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As we completed introductions and I turned to go to our room, the ornate crystal chandelier caught me just above the left eyebrow. Both my hat and luggage hit the floor as I struggled to steady the shaking light fixture. Our host looked on with a smiling, shocked...
The city of Cuenca moved a step closer to terminating its contract with the Spanish company responsible for managing tram construction. Four Rivers Consortium of Cuenca (CCRC) was notified last week that its request for a 480-day work extension was rejected and that...
All eight of Ecuador’s presidential candidates say they will maintain the U.S. dollar as the country’s official currency. Front-runner Lenin Moreno has given one of the strongest defenses for the dollar, saying that its adoption 17 years ago, following the failure of...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Concierto - There will be a concert by accordionist Rubén Ruipérez, who is afflicted with a serious illness (but probably not advanced Parkinsons if he's still playing the accordion), el miércoles at...
By Stephen Ellis Reading the reactions on social media — including those in the comments section on this website — to the new immigration law passed last week by the National Assembly, I am struck by two things. First, a lot of readers have never taken a civics class...
Although Ecuadorian distributors have yet to receive their first shipments of duty free liquor under the new EU trade agreement, prices on store shelves have already began to drop. Liquors and wines, as well as fertilizers and other agricultural products, will be...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Correction - The drag show "Rosca de Reyes" is not about The King's Threads. A Rosca de Reyes is a kind of cake (Same idea as a Mardi Gras King Cake) served on Epiphany in honor of the 3 Kings. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events -...
Will government-owned Tame Airlines remain airborne? A former government economist says the answer depends as much on politics as on the bottom line. Tame announced last week that it was cutting an additional 69 jobs from its staff of 1,413, a number that stood at...
Hundreds of supporters turned out Saturday for President Rafael Correa’s weekly “citizens link” broadcast to the nation in Cuenca's Parque Paraiso. During his comments, Correa said he regretted the construction delays of Cuenca’s tram system but said that when the...
For the first time in 40 years Ecuador will soon have new immigration law and it’s mostly good news for foreign visitors and residents. The legislation, passed last week by the National Asembly, covers 2,204,000 Ecuadorians who live abroad, 70,000 Ecuadorians who have...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Fri.) agenda events - Fiesta de disfraces (Costume party) - An encounter with the invisible world with guide Robag Wrunhme was Fri. in the Salón de Eventos Estancia Rosario (av. 24 de Mayo y Ciurcunvalación Sur). Articles about...
By Carlos Harrison China has big plans for Latin America—plans that seem to reflect China itself: massive and ambitious. There are plans for a $10 billion, 3,300-mile-long transcontinental railroad snaking through the jungles of the Amazon river basin and over the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Thurs.) agenda events - Book launch - "Antesdeora y otros cuentos de una historia" by Oswaldo Durán González was presented Thurs. in the Sala de Conciertos at the CCE (Cordero y Córdova). Día del Periodismo Ecuatoriano - the...
Ecuador’s murder rate dropped to 5.6 per 100,000 residents in 2016, giving it the second lowest rate in Latin America. Chile has the lowest at 4.8 per 100,000. The country recorded 914 homicides in 2016 which, according to Minister of the Interior Diego Fuentes, is...
By Rob Gray We here at Gran Roca Farm are seriously committed to farming sustainably. As 2016 has come to a close, we wanted to look back and evaluate our "sustainability progress" and see how we were doing. But first we needed to document where we started. Going back...
By Gabriel Lotto The April 16, 2016 Pedernales, Ecuador, earthquake was the latest in a string of large quakes that have repeatedly ruptured the Ecuador-Colombia subduction zone over the last 100+ years. The earthquakes kicked off in 1906, when a megathrust earthquake...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Charla - There will be a talk about Ecuadorian journalism (a species under threat of extinction?) tomorrow at 10:00 in the Sala de Audiovisuales at the CCE. Repeats of yesterdays items - Mini -...
Presidential front-runner Lenin Moreno agreed Wednesday to join a “dialog” with the other seven candidates to be hosted by the Quito newspaper El Comercio. The event will be broadcast on television and radio on a date to be determined. Moreno, who says his campaign...
North of Cuenca, lie a few small, sparsely populated villages and hamlets. Out past there, the Andes rise quickly from the tendrils of their ghostly mist, partially shrouded by late afternoon sheets of rain. A small hole opens in the sky allowing several beams of...
By Erika Astudillo A modern construction occupying around four hectares of land surrounded by brick houses, tractors and businesses of all kinds stands out between the farmlands and the snow-capped mountains of the Andes, at an altitude of 3,200 metres. It is a...
