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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has cancelled a planned announcement about hacked emails from the campaign of U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. The announcement was scheduled for Tuesday from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where Assange...
Colombian voters have shocked the world by narrowly rejecting a peace agreement with Farc rebels. The "no" vote carried Sunday's referendum, garnering 50.24% of the ballots cast. The peace deal to end a six-decades long civil war was signed last week by Colombian...
By Larry Scherwitz Cuenca has the ideal weather to grow leafy greens for your salad bowl. On our historic district apartment balconies I have grown nine different varieties of kale, collards, lettuce, beets, onion, mustard greens, and various Asian greens. They love...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Eurocine - Another week of Eurocine at the Alianza Francesa will start Monday and run to next Sun. Films will show at 19:00. Following is the agenda: Mon - El Padre (Germany); Tues - John From (Portugal); Wed...
Alianza País has nominated former Vice President Lenin Moreno as its presidential candidate for the 2017 national elections. Current Vice President Jorge Glas was nominated as Moreno’s running mate. "We believe that Lenin is the best choice to guide Ecuador through...
By Jerry Luzu Expats living in Cuenca, who often feel the need to explore other regions of the country, venture frequently to the coastal areas and the western Amazon jungles. It’s a pity that they don’t visit the southern province of Loja more often, especially the...
By Rodrigo Ortiz Venezuela Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez denounced the existence of U.S. military bases in Latin American Thursday at the third annual Latin American Summit of Progressive Movements in Quito. According to Rodriguez, the bases only provoke conflict...
For New York pianist Jim Gala, playing jazz music is all about adding something meaningful to the moment when music is being created. And it’s not something you do by yourself. “You’re a thread in a fabric,” he said. “And that’s the joy of it – to be in an ensemble,...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday that all immigration services to foreigners will be relocated to the Azogues office by the end of year. Currently, residency visas are processed in Azogues but short-term visas and other foreigner services are...
City and business officials met Friday with executives of Avianca and say they are highly optimistic that the Colombian-based airline will establish service to Cuenca. Currently, Avianca serves Quito, Guayaquil and the Galapagos Islands, and is looking to expand its...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Reading - "La Casa Encantada" (The Enchanted House) project, directed to children, and which combines play with reading, was at 10:00 in the "Pedro Páramo" bookstore. Festival Eurocine - "Fátima", a story about a...
By Liam Higgins Although few U.S. viewers of Monday’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have any memory of Alicia Machado, most Latin Americans do. Hillary Clinton brought up Machado near the end of the debate, claiming that Trump had...
In a pilot project to evaluate feasibility, some trucks that deliver LP gas tanks to homes and businesses will use music instead of horns to alert customers. The project begins in October and continues until the end of the year. The project has been ordered by the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Jueves) agenda events - Exposición fotográfica - Cuencana photographer Gabriela Parra opened her photo exhibit "Ánima" Thurs. in the Vestíbulo of the Teatro de la Casa de la Cultura (Luis Cordero y Pres. Córdova) Sinfónica -...
In a surprise move, OPEC members agreed to cut oil production at its meeting Wednesday in Algeria. Ecuador, which had pushed for a larger reduction, said it was pleased with the decision and said higher oil prices will benefit its struggling economy. OPEC’s decision...
You just know it — that new country you’ve got all picked out for your new expat life is going to be THE ONE. Heck, you’ve probably done so much research that you’re already visualizing yourself there; walking through the streets, chatting with the locals, trying out...
Hola, Todos - ¡Miércoles! (That's your word for the day to be explained below.) Sorry about yesterday's non-issue. If you're aggravated at not receiving it, think about how I feel after working on it for 2 hours and finding out the only thing to go thru was a few...
Former Vice President Lenin Moreno received a hero’s welcome when he flew into Quito from Switzerland Tuesday morning. He is in town to attend Saturday’s presidential nominating convention of the Alianza País party. Widely expected to be the País presidential...
Have you taken an Ecuadorian bus lately? I'm not talking the local 12 to the market in Cuenca, but an inter-provincial, long-distance bus that goes where the weather’s hot. As many things seem to go for me in Ecuador, I have fully cycled through the emotional range of...
Ecuador could see its annual spending of $120 million to manage the border with Colombia fall by as much as 80 percent with the advent of peace in the neighboring country, President Rafael Correa said Monday. The Ecuadorian government currently has some 11,000 troops...
Week of October 25
Ecuador heads into a four-day November holiday built around Cuenca’s Independence Day.
El Niño’s early rains have already affected more than 30,000 people across Ecuador.
Exporters press Constitutional Court to move three major trade agreements forward
