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Lunes, 28/2/2022 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Titular – Carnaval dinamiza al Azuay (Carnival energizes Azuay) – Even in the rain and cold wind, people celebrated carnaval in Cuenca’s neighboring cantons of Gualaceo, Choreleg, Sígsig and Paute. Kids jugaron carnaval (played carnaval) with Cariocas in the streets and along the river banks. Families gathered in...
Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry said Monday night that 388 Ecuadorians have left Ukraine as a result of the Russian invasion, 257 of them arriving in Poland. According to Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín, most say they want to return to Ecuador on a charter flight that will leave Warsaw later this week. Holguín is concerned about...
By Steve Rosenberg Let me begin with an admission. So many times, I’ve thought: “Putin would never do this.” Then he goes and does it. “He’d never annex Crimea, surely?” He did. “He’d never start a war in the Donbas.” He did. “He’d never launch a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.” He has. I’ve concluded that...
More than150 Ecuadorians, most of them university students, have arrived in Poland from Ukraine in the last 24 hours, the Foreign Ministry reports. The ministry says that an unknown number of other Ecuadorians have crossed the borders into Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova, fleeing the Russian invasion that entered its fifth day Monday. “Many of...
By Esteban Cordero Balarezo Although many communities in Ecuador claim to host the best Carnaval celebration, none can top the tradition in Guaranda, a picturesque city in the shadow of the Chimborazo volcano, in Bolivar Province. In 2020, just weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic was declared, Guaranda attracted 30,000 visitors to its colorful festival that...
By Melissa Kirsch When the present moment is stressful or uncomfortable, when the future seems especially fuzzy or uncertain, nostalgia offers a balm. It’s why many of us turned to “Friends” reunions, “Sopranos” re-binges and childhood video games earlier in the pandemic. As Gen Xers and many millennials approach or move through middle age, the...
It is unclear exactly how many Ecuadorians are living in Ukraine. On Wednesday, the government gave an estimate of 700 but increased it to 1,500 Thursday. “Our citizens are there for many reasons, including being married to Ukrainian nationals, and it is impossible to come up with accurate figures,” says Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín....
An estimated 600,000 Ecuadorians will take to the roads for the four-day Carnaval weekend, from Saturday to Tuesday. Along with Cuenca’s independence holiday which combines with the Day of Dead in October, it is the longest holiday of the year. The holiday is also significant as the first one in two years without many Covid-19...
By Chantal Flores The first embroidery stitch María Méndez Rodríguez learned at the age of 7 was the chain stitch. It’s the same one that, years later, she would teach to her seven children. At 42, Méndez has mastered advanced stitches like the closed buttonhole and rococo. She’s now diving back into the drawing process,...
Cuenca city officials hoped to confine Thursday’s Noche de los Compadres and Comadres, the official opening of the Carnaval holidays, to San Francisco Plaza but the plaza couldn’t contain the massive turnout. Surrounding streets and Parque Calderon, the traditional site of the event, were filled with thousands of celebrants. “The crowd is much larger than...
Jueves, 24/2/2022 Hola, Todos – Actividades – See article below in “Region” for carnaval activities in Cañar Titular – “No hay…llame otro día” (“There aren’t any…call another day.”) – As typical for the past years, affiliates of the Instituto Ecuatoriano de Seguridad Social (IESS – <for those of you who know what IESS is, but...
By Egle Gerulaityte Bracing against the cold air at an altitude of 2,650 meters, I made my way down a foggy, narrow mountain road in the heart of the Ecuadorian Andes. Its switchbacks were slick with moisture from the mist, vegetation slowly creeping up the cracks in the pavement. A large, looming silhouette emerged from...
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