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Where I used to live, in the Midwestern United States, folks often had one room with rattan furniture, shells, and tiki lights to remind them of far-off paradises on warm sandy shores. I secretly loved these rooms, because gray, Midwestern winters last so long and the...
Hola, Todos - Happy Independence Day! Pagina cultural - Today's (Thurs.) and continuing agenda events - Some choices for art, design & crafts fairs - Feria de las Culturas, Arte, ArtesanÃas y Diseño (Culture, Art, Crafts and Design Fair) - Museo Pumapungo Feria...
Hola, Todos -Â Pagina cultural - Today's (Wed) agenda events - 9:00 - plazoleta El Rollo - woodburning exhibit 9:30 - GalerÃa Miguel Illescas (calle Larga 1-209) - ceramics, wall hangings, painting and sculpture. 19:00 - Glorieta - concert CIDAP - 14th Festival of...
By Joanna Bender Ecuador is known for producing fine coffee, and yet most of that good coffee is exported to the United States and Europe. Locals often have to be satisfied with a basic coffee that is not fresh and filled with additives or preservatives. Owner Jairo...
Eduardo Del Pozo, vice mayor of Quito, says he’s ready to go to jail for insulting President Rafael Correa but has no intention of backing down on his criticism of the government. On Tuesday, he claimed that a double-standard in the courts puts people in jail for...
By Fernando Pagés Ruiz Latinos are not afraid of close contact even with strangers There's no "three foot" rule. Why waste the space? Same goes for sound. Why would you turn down the music? Lonely beaches exist because Latinos prefer the crowded ones. My wife, from...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Tues.) agenda events - Música - The Centro Santa Cecilia broadcasted a show Tues. on Radio Ciudad 101.7 FM with Fausto Terreros and invited artists in homage to Cuenca. Exposición - "Tacalshapa" opened Tues. in the Museo...
Former Vice President Lenin Moreno is maintaining his lead in presidential election polls but Cynthia Viteri has overtaken Guillermo Lasso for second position in two recent polls. The Mercado public opinion survey organization, puts Moreno in the lead with 33.2%,...
Hola, Todos -Â Sorry for the non-issue yesterday. Â By the time I looked at my email and realized MailChimp had erased everything I wrote, I was too tired to spend another two hours retranslating everything. Pagina cultural Today's (Mon.) agenda events - Ferias - 2...
By Doug Stanglin I found Halloween in Ecuador. Well, to be exact, there was a sign in a bar — in English, of course — announcing a Halloween fiesta. In truth, this was a gig largely aimed at foreigners. Even for seasoned travelers, it is always a shock to realize what...
Comments made by Miss Philippines Earth about the Ecuadorian winner of the Miss Earth pageant are making headlines in Manila. Imelda Schweighart was caught on tape saying that pageant winner Katherine Espin of Ecuador “has a fake nose, chin and boobs." Schweighart,...
Life is having its way with me lately, which is to say that it has been an interesting and difficult two months. In late August, following my cataract surgery, vision in my cleaned out left eye was steadily improving when one day it suddenly went bad. Into the...
Those who live on or near the reconstructed Av. Ordonez Lasso are angry about elimination of left-hand turn options of the new road design. They claim they will be forced to travel further to get to their homes and businesses. Area residents are complaining to the...
Images of paradise often include white sand beaches, palms, breezes, and aqua blue waters. Perhaps not for those finding Shangri-La in the cool altitudes of Cuenca. Yet it’s certainly, what expats settling Salinas, Olon and other coastal gringo-magnets imagine when...
Julian Assange says it was Hillary Clinton herself who forced Ecuador to pull the plug on the Wikileaks founder's internet account. On October 18, the Ecuadorian embassy in London announced it had shut off Assange's Internet access due to WikiLeaks publishing...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Fri.) agenda events - "Lo nuestro y lo ancestral" (That which is ours and that which is ancestral) - A ceramics exhibit by Gil Vanegas opened Fri. in the Centro Cultural El Alferero on Convención del 45. Cine - As part of...
Latin Americans will honor their departed loved ones next week with Day of the Dead celebrations, blending pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of all Saint's Day on Nov. 1 and All Soul's Day on Nov. 2. The holiday known in Spanish as 'Dia de los...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Exposición -  "Códices Medievales, arte y historia desde lo contemporáneo" (Medieval manuscripts, art and history from the contemporary - Don't understand that title at all - seems like there's something...
Coffee from Azuay Province was judged second only to that produced by neighboring Loja Province in the 2016 Ecuador Gold Cub awards. The National Association of Coffee Exporters, which runs the annual competition, rated coffee produced in the Yunguilla Valley, 40...
More than 180 tranvia workers and subcontractors on Cuenca's tram project gathered at the offices of the Consortium Four Rivers of Cuenca (CCRC) demanding back pay. Protesters briefly blocked the intersection at Gran Colombia and Unidad Nacioanl, where CCRC offices...
