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Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Thu) events - Charla - Oswaldo Terreros, a Guayaquileño artist participating in the Bienal will give a talk on "Departamento de Investigación de Gráfica y Militancia del Movimiento GRBS" (Department of Investigation of...
Travel is so important to writers. We get inspiration for stories as we experience the world. Of course, travel is also important for anyone who likes to learn in the “field” about life and culture. Last year’s trip to Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Istanbul and Greece came...
Ecuador’s association of private banks is reporting a small increase in deposits, reversing a two-year trend of net withdrawals, and say they see signs of economic recovery. The report backs up President Rafael Correa’s recent comments that the “worst may be behind...
Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar Airport will be closed from August 8 until August 30 for runway resurfacing, airport executive director Fernando Arteaga announced on Wednesday. In addition to applying a new surface, the work will also improve drainage. According to Arteaga,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Wednesday's event - Cine uruguayo - Today's film in the Uruguayan Film Series is "Ingeniero" and was shown at 19.00. It was about fútbol. Upcoming events - Talk - There will be a talk on Franz Kafka by young Cuencano writer Guillermo...
By James Richards The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has fast-tracked a loan of $364 million for Ecuador to help it rebound from the devastating earthquake that struck the country earlier this year. In a statement released last week, the fund said its executive...
City planners and architects from the University of Cuenca presented what they claim is the final design for a rejuvenated San Francisco Plaza on Tuesday. Construction begins in November, they say. “At this point there will be no more big changes,” says Paul Barzallo,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming event - Exposición - An exhibit of terracotta sculptures by Pablo Artega will open Wed. at 19:00 in the Galería Salón del Pueblo de la Casa de la Cultura. Articles about - La Sinfónica Juvenile - The Juvenile Symphony of the...
Text and photos by Brian Buckner The taxi driver gassed the screaming little four cylinder engine, putting us into another power slide around the rutted and muddy corner. It had been that way for the last five miles as pigs and cows seemed to fly to get out of the...
Ecuador deported 46 more Cubans on Monday while national and international human rights groups complained that the government is violating national and international law. The deportations were the second in three days as 29 were deported on Friday. The Cubans are...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Articles about - Floating houses - Manuel Castellano has written a book containing painted and photographed images going back 300 years with the earlier photo from 1860. The cane and balsa houses were along the Babahoyo, Daule and...
Two strong earthquakes rocked Ecuador's north coast Sunday night, sending residents of many Esmeraldas Province communities into the streets. One of the quakes registered a magnitude of 6.4 according to Ecuador's Geophysical Institute, the strongest since the powerful...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Revista (magazine) - "El Guacamayo y la serpiente" (The macaw and the serpent), a magazine with essays on literary criticism from the CCE will be launched on 9/8. Summer camp - El quinto Campamento Vacacional Estancia...
By Scott Fugit All photos by Dee Fugit I always get nervous when I suddenly see flashing police lights, right on our bumper, at two in the morning. It’s natural. After all, I AM an American. Adding to the excitement, I’m with my anxious wife Dee, wedged into a taxi...
Ecuador on Saturday deported 29 undocumented Cubans who asked the government to transfer them to Mexico en route to the United States, the Interior Ministry said. The 20 men and nine women could not justify their presence in Ecuador, and were returned to Cuba on an...
Following an undercover investigation, police raided a members-only bar Saturday night in the historic distrcit, arresting the owner and confiscating illegal liquor. They called the bar, located behind a tienda on Calle Juan Jaramillo near Presdiente Borrero, a...
Cirilo González, mayor of Balzar in Guayas Province, is willing to go to the cross to defend himself against charges that he has mismanaged his office. On Wednesday, González placed a cross against a wall outside the Balzar municipal building and draped his arms over...
The government of Ecuador has come up with a way to plug the brain drain suffered by many Latin American countries— it will pay for its citizens to attend the world's top universities as long as they go back home to work for two years. The program — worth up to...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Friday's events - "Conjugar" (Conjugate or combine) - This dance performance was Fri. night in the sala "Alfonso Carrasco" in the CCE. Upcoming events - Children's reading program - A reading, teaching and imaginative project, "La Casa...
In a Wednesday press conference, President Rafael Correa said he might reconsider his decision not to seek another term as president. “I stand by my decision to leave office in 2017 but I may have second thoughts if the opposition continues its aggressive and...
