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Hola, Todos - Sorry for the non-issue yesterday. 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...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today´s agenda events - Libro - "Geografía del Azuay, fisica y humana" (Geography of Azuay, physical and human) will be launched at 19:00 today in the Unidad de Cultura (Cultural Unit) of the U. of Cuenca (the old Medical School,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Tues.) agenda events - Libros - 3 new history books by Juan Cordero Iñiguez about Cuenca about the XVII and XVIII centuries, the government from 1777-1809, and the Independence Process from 1809-1822 will be presented today at...
By Fernando Pagés Ruiz In the U.S., people are very focused on durability. If something lasts for a long, long time, it’s said to be sustainable by definition, because the environmental and economic impact gets amortized over the ages. The Japanese have a different...
One of the more popular resources on the overseas life - International Living- held one of its destination conferences in Quito, Ecuador recently. That means that yet another enthusiastic group of aspiring retirees signed on to look seriously into what it’s like to...
An angry President Rafael Correa is accusing the hacking group Anonymous of trying to breach the government’s computer systems in apparent response to Ecuador’s decision to suspend the internet access of Julian Assange. Assange is living the country’s embassy in...
Cuenca expats, as well holders of tourist, religious, business and work visas, must now travel to Azogues to deal with immigration issues. The Cuenca office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration ended all services to foreigners on Friday. Regional...
The celebration of Cuenca’s 196th anniversary of independence from Spain begins next week and officials are expecting more than 100,000 tourists. Although November 3 is the official national holiday for the city, activities will run through Sunday, November 6....
Wikileaks tweeted Monday its statement detailing the status of founder Julian Assange and the organization. Wikileaks confirmed Ecuador’s decision to “not permit Mr. Assange to use the government of Ecuador’s internet connection.” The organization, however, added...
