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Ecuador’s national football team faces perennial world power Brazil tonight in the opening round of Copa America play in Los Angeles. The game kicks off at 9 p.m. Ecuador time in the Rose Bowl where a crowd of 50,000 is expected. Odds-makers have made Ecuador the...
A 17-year-old Cuenca high school student was killed Friday afternoon when he was knocked from the upper deck of a tour bus. According to transit officers, the student’s head struck a support beam of a pedestrian overpass on the Cuenca-Azogues autopista. The student,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Records (yes, real records of vinyl and acetate - the things your grandkids consider antiques) - There will be a record swap and fair tomorrow (Sat.) from 10:00 on the explanade at the stadium with more than 10,000...
Hola, Todos - I will take a long weekend next week from Thu. 9/6 through Sun. The periodicos will resume on Monday, 14/6. Pagina cultural -  Upcoming events - Exposición de máscaras (Mask exhibit) - The "Muestra de máscaras" opened Thurs. with a performance and live...
Los ciudadanos estadounidenses son el grupo inmigrante más grande de la ciudad. Una encuesta sobre los patrones de migración internacional muestra que Cuenca tiene más ciudadanos fuera del paÃsviviendo que cualquier ciudad en el sur de Ecuador, y proporcionalmente,...
Cuenca’s planning director Esteban Orellana says the city’s future should include more public spaces, fewer motor vehicles, and more housing for a growing population. “What is most important is that we plan intelligently, coordinating the efforts of a variety of...
A survey on international migration patterns shows that Cuenca has more citizens living outside of the country than any city in southern Ecuador, and proportionally, more than the country’s other large cities, including Quito and Guayaquil. The survey, conducted by...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural -  Cine - This Fri., the film "The Fall: El Sueño de Alexandria" (The Fall: The Dream of Alexandria) will be shown at 19:00 in El "Prohibido" Centro Cultural (calle peatonal La Condamine, El Vado - La Condomine pedestrian way). It is...
El enterrador Jesús Moreno no pudo haber conocido muerte más inútil o brutal. Mientras se llevaba a cabo trabajos de mantenimiento en un cementerio en la región oriental de Santa Cruz, Bolivia, cinco hombres furiosos que visitaban una de las tumbas confundieron a...
By Rob Hertzenberg Two weeks ago, I had a truly enjoyable experience. The following is an excerpt of an e-mail I shared with my family in the States and I thought it was worth sharing here. I had my usual vegetable and trout delivery on Monday and since my friends...
As pressure mounts from airlines, travelers and tourist-related businesses, a committee considering solutions to Cuenca’s airport restrictions is looking at resurfacing the current runway. The work would cost about $1.5 million and could be completed in a week to...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural -  Upcoming events - "Rotofest" - There will be 5 electronic music DJs performing this Thu. at 21:00 in the "Rotofest Music On" (Doce de Abril y San Roque). This is the prelude for "Rotofest" which is Sat. Cost: $5.00. Danza - "LSD", a...
A pesar de las predicciones optimistas de algunos funcionarios nacionales y locales, la reconstrucción del terremoto del 16 de abril, podrÃa demorarse muchos años. Esta fue la evaluación del sábado por parte de la Federación Internacional de la Cruz Roja (FICR), ya...
By Robert Muggah During the 1980s, El Salvador was the single largest recipient of U.S.-issued military hardware in the Western Hemisphere. All manner of weaponry—including over 32,500 M-16s and 270,000 grenades—seeped into the country from 1980 to 1993. Most of it...
By Rob Gray As in Part 1 of this series, this story took place many years ago, but I have no trouble remembering the afternoon I received a call from the school nurse from my daughter's grade school. "Mr. Gray, your daughter is running a fever with a temperature over...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural -  Ballet - The Ballet Ruso will perform "La Bella Durmiente" (Sleeping Beauty) this Wed, 1/6 at 20:00 in the Teatro Pumapungo. Tickets available in the Museo Pumapungo (Calle Larga y Huayna Cápac). Microteatro event - 5 theater works...
Despite upbeat predictions from some national and local officials, reconstruction from the April 16 earthquake could take many years. This was the assessment Saturday from the International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) as it toured several areas near the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Exposición - "Pinturas Parlantes" (Speaker Paintings or more like Painting that speak? Subtleties in the language go right by me.) by Juliana Vega opens on Thu, 2/6 at 19:00 in the Alianza Francesa (Tadeo Torres y...
By Liam Higgins If you’re walking down Calle Hermano Miguel, just after it begins at Calle Larga, and you happen to be on the west side of the street, you’ll run into Marea Pizzeria and Bar. Literally. The restaurant blocks the sidewalk, extending right up to the...
   To know the road ahead, ask those coming back. — Chinese proverb A healthy balance in reporting expats' real-life accounts is beneficial for readers to gauge the character of a place, with readers being the final judge of the writer's intelligence and honesty....
