Posts:
There are dozens of options for donating and volunteering to help the victims of Saturday’s earthquake. In addition to CuencaHighLife’s donation option, the proceeds going to registered relief organizations, many groups are collecting money. We do not recommend any in...
As the initial shock of Saturday night’s earthquake gives way to the grim reality of human and property losses, Ecuador confronts the biggest reconstruction project in its history. Before that begins, however, comes the search and rescue and search and recovery...
Hola, Todos - I hope you aren't too shaken by yesterday's quake. For those of you in high rises - was there much swaying? Pagina cultural - Upcoming things - Revista Avance (the magazine Avance) - The 293d edition is available and features Cuencano poet Efraín Jara...
President Rafael Correa Tweeted Sunday morning that the official death toll has risen to 233 but he expects the toll to go much higher. Correa is on his way back to Ecuador from Rome where he was participating in an academic forum in Vatican City. An hour later, Vice...
A mounting death toll and widespread damage is being reported following a strong earthquake centered on the northern coast of Ecuador, near Muisne. The United States Geological Survey measured the quake at 7.8 on the Richter Scale, making it the strongest earthquake...
The Machángara River on Cuenca’s north side is running red and environmental officials are not sure why. “At this point we don’t know and are in the process of investigating,” said Paul Vintimilla, Environmental Management director of ETAPA, the city’s utility...
President Rafael Correa criticized the dominance of financial markets over the needs of people Friday, in a presentation at Vatican City in Rome. “The great challenge of western democracy in our century is to replace market dominance with the recognition of the value...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Finished events - Contemporary dance - in the Museo Universitario (12 de Abril y Solano), Fri at 20:00 as part of the project Danza en los Museos (Dance in the Museums). Show by "Esteman" - Fri at 21:00 in the centro cultural Reública...
Another celebration has come and gone. It is seen as the founding of Cuenca but in reality it was the renaming of this city by the Spanish on April 12, 1557. The city had been around in various forms for more than 3,000 years being in an ideal location in a bowl with...
Correa y el candidato presidencial democrático de los EE.UU., Bernie Sanders, compartirán escenario hoy en un seminario sobre la justicia social y los derechos de los trabajadores en la Ciudad del Vaticano. El candidato presidencial demócrata, el senador Bernie...
Will President Rafael Correa “feel the Bern”? Correa and U.S. Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will share the stage today at a seminar about social justice and the rights of workers at Vatican City. Correa arrived in Rome Thursday morning following a...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming stuff - Revista (magazine - your word for the day) - about El Cajas with previously unpublished fotos of the park is available today. Cost: $3.00. You can buy it with your El Mercurio. (I know, I know - you don't buy the...
Un día después de que el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) diese a conocer su pronóstico económico mundial para el 2016, el consejero de Política Económica de Ecuador afirmó que las predicciones del FMI casi siempre están mal. "Ellos nunca lo hacen bien", dijo...
A Chinese company plans to open a chain of coffee shops throughout China using Ecuadorian coffee. Inkalab says it will build its brand based on the successful Starbucks business model. Inkalab announced last week that it will buy several varieties of Ecuadorian coffee...
Hola, Todos - I think it's time for another reminder about these translations. If it's about an event, sale, job, etc - I translate all pertinent information. I do not hold out on you, and I resent the implication that I don't give you complete information. If you...
A day after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its world economic forecast for 2016, Ecuador’s Minister of Economic Policy claimed that IMF predictions are almost always wrong. “They never get it right,” said Patricio Rivera, suggesting that the IMF annual...
La policía detuvo durante este fin de semana a 52 personas por conducir borrachos, incluidos extranjeros que estaban de vacaciones. Los policías municipales dijeron que realizaron 52 detenciones por conducir ebrios durante este puente que duro cuatro días. La mayoría...
Municipal police say they made 52 drunk-driving arrests over the four-day holiday weekend. Most of the arrests came during breathalyzer checks on Calle Larga, 12 de Abril and Remigio Crespo. Four of the arrests were of foreign citizens, two of legal residents....
In its latest report on the global economy, the International Monetary Fund confirms what most Ecuadorians already know. The economy is in a deep recession. The IMF predicts that that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) will contract 4.5% in 2016 and 4.3% in...
Editor's note: Rob Gray's life-long passion for gardening led him from California, to Costa Rica and finally to Ecuador's fertile Yunguilla Valley, where he established Gran Roca farm. This is the first in a series of articles by Rob about his quest to produce the...
