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An air passenger arriving at Los Angeles International Airport was detained when he tried to smuggle pork tamales into the U.S. from Mexico. The passenger arrived from Mexico on Monday November 2nd, and was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture...
Decked out in more than 300,000 lights, the days filled with holiday markets and fairs, the nights with dinners and parties, Cuenca is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. On Sunday, the annual Santa Claus run along the Rio Tomebamba featured hundreds of jolly...
An employment survey shows that Ecuador’s construction and oil industries have cut their work forces by more than a quarter in 2015, with more cuts predicted for 2016. Financial consulting firm Deloitte also reports that workers who remain in those industries should...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Teatro - Theater group Barojo will present "La niña de los fósforos" (The Little Match Girl) which reflects on the real significance of Christmas this Thu. at 20:00 in the teatro Pumapungo. Máscaras - a group show of ceramic and other...
Newly released crime statistics put Ecuador in third place among all Latin American countries for lowest murder rate. Only Chile and Bolivia have lower homicide rates. InSight Crime, an organization that tracks crime statistics in the Americas, calls Ecuador's...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Taller - the Alianza Francesa will have a French gastronomy workshop on Sat 19/12 from 9-12:30. Register at 2825-298. (You could probably do it in French if your Spanish isn't up to a phone conversation.) Cost: $15. Teatro - the...
President Rafael Correa says that a review of Ecuadorian banks shows that they are in a strong position to withstand the current economic downturn. “The banks are very secure with high levels of liquidity,” the president said during his weekly sabatina television...
Little has changed in the danger level posed by the Cotopaxi volcano even though the external signs of activity have declined. “One of the most difficult jobs volcanologists face is to make the public understand that what they see on the outside of a volcano is not...
By Christopher Lux The community of Huari, Peru is largely made up of farmers, whose lives revolve around the natural environment. The community also relies on the environment for tourism, making their livelihoods doubly dependent on forces both within and beyond...
Three weeks ago President Rafael Correa said that data indicated that the in-coming El Niño was weakening slightly, and that it would not be as bad as the 1997-1998 event that wreaked havoc on Ecuador’s coastline. The government has reversed course, however, and last...
President Rafael Correa said on Friday that the political opposition will not be able to achieve the same election results in Ecuador as it did in Venezuela. “The situations in the two countries are very different,” Correa said. “Although we face challenges, our...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Teatro - "Brunta Ruficolis," a performance by clown Freddy León is playing Friday and Saturday at 20:00 in the sala "Vinicio Jáuregui" (Calle Larga 10-41) Reunión - the managers of the La Red de Centros Culturales Independientes (The...
Por un valor de $500 mil la presidencia ha iniciado un proceso para contratar una agencia de viajes, la cual se encargaría de proveer pasajes aéreos nacionales e internacionales. Esta resolución fue firmada el 16 de noviembre por el señor coordinador financiero de la...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Conversatorio - reviewing the career of Saidel Brito was Thu (10/12) at 18:00. Convocatoria - The Alianza Francesa celebrates its 50th anniversary next year and is calling for anyone with a visual art project who is looking for an...
Hard times in China could lead to even harder times in Ecuador. Earlier in the year, the Chinese government had promised to loan Ecuador $7.5 billion with $4 billion coming in 2015. Although exact figures are not available, Ecuador’s Minister of Finance Fausto Herrera...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Tango - there was a recital tonight in the Casa de la Cultura. Feria - a Feria del Diseño (A Design Fair) with independent local producers at the Repúblia Sur (Presidente Córdova 5-55) on Sat - Sun 19-20/12 from 10-20:00. Rap - "Norick...
By Susan Burke March, MEd, RDN, LDN, CDE My “routine surgery” had turned into a nightmare. For three years prior to relocating to Cuenca in September 2014, I’d been plagued by a Morton’s neuroma in my right foot. Morton's neuroma is a condition characterized by the...
Beware! ‘Tis the season of the thieves. The National Police have sent out their annual season greetings accompanied with the warning that this is the most active time of year for thieves in Cuenca. They estimate that the number of purse snatches and picked pockets in...
Hola, Todos - You have no idea how proud I am of myself. I was having problems connecting to the internet, and I called Puntonet and got it all fixed - in Spanish and over the phone! But I've got to give a lot of credit to the exceedingly patient technician. Every...
American-born photographer Thomas Ives has worked for international news and feature magazines for over 38 years. His photo essays and images have appeared in National Geographic, Time, Geo, Stern, Newsweek, Life, Smithsonian, and many others publications. He...
