CuencaHighLife
Pre-dawn raids in Guayaquil and Quito Wednesday morning resulted in 17 arrests and the confiscation of millions of dollars worth of Covid-19 test kits, antiviral medications and personal protection gear. Among those taken into custody were former president Abdalá Bucaram an Guayas Province Prefect Carlos Luis Morales. According to federal prosecutors, those arrested were part...
Miércoles, 3/6/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada Otras cosas – Titular – Intereses y mora se acumulan (Interest and delinquency accumulate) – (mora – delay in fulfilling an obligation – your word for the day and mora is more than just a blackberry. Here’s where context makes it clear which meaning you’re using.) Extentions...
Don’t count Cuenca’s Mansión Alcázar boutique hotel out just yet. Although the management announced May 21 that the historic district hotel is closing its doors due to the uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 health crisis, it says hopes to reopen when the time is right. “Although we will be closed in the near future, we...
Martes, 2/6/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – No hay nada. Otras cosas – Titular – Diez mil alumnos no tienen internet (Ten thousand students do not have internet) – About 21,000 students in Azuay started classes yesterday under the regimen of the coast and Galápagos. The Ministerio started the 2020-2021 school year with a video...
By Elodie Martinez By the time the coronavirus pandemic spiraled out of control in Ecuador, misinformation was already spreading on the internet with reports of corpses being thrown into the sea, bodies washing up on beaches and miracle cures aplenty. Misinformation was already propagating in Latin America several weeks before the virus itself. By late...
City buses resume service but ridership is low The Cuenca Chamber of Transport, which represents bus owners in the municipal transit system, said ridership was “extremely low” on Monday, the first full day of service since March 16. The chamber said it could be weeks, or even months, for numbers to return to pre-Covid-19 health...
Lunes, 1/6/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Teatro – The Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (CCE) announced that it is reactivating the “Telon 2020” project with transmission of theater works on line. The winning works will be presented in on-line theater format on Zoom starting el 12 de Junio a...
By Jeff Deist In the period leading up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Bush administration and its media accomplices waged a relentless propaganda campaign to win political support for what turned out to be one of the most disastrous foreign policy mistakes in American history. Nearly two decades later, with perhaps a...
Five national police officers were kidnapped near the Río Blanco gold and silver mine near Molleturo on Saturday and their patrol car was destroyed. Investigators say the crime was committed by “anti-mining terrorists” who are being sought by special operations judicial police. The police had been called to a disturbance near the shuttered mine in...
Cuenca’s city buses are on the streets this morning for the first time since March 16. The resumption of service follows a weekend agreement between bus owners and city officials. Under rules revised last week by the national Emergency Operations Committee, buses will operate at 50 percent capacity. “This is an important step in putting...
By Jon Hamilton Mounting evidence suggests the coronavirus is more common and less deadly than it first appeared. The evidence comes from tests that detect antibodies to the coronavirus in a person’s blood rather than the virus itself. The tests are finding large numbers of people in the U.S. who were infected but never became...
The Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee voted Friday to keep the city on “yellow light” health safety protocols for the week beginning June 1. The committee said it was pleased with the first week of relaxed restrictions, saying that hospital capacity remains sufficient and that the number of new infections is dropping. According to the Ministry...
Dani News
Hogar Esperanza News
Tosa Blue Mountain News
Puerto Cayo Property News
The Cuenca Dispatch
Week of September 29
Cuenca’s Deluge: Rains Bring Relief and Risks After Prolonged Drought.
Government’s Decision to Relocate CELEC Headquarters Sparks Local Backlash.
Eight years and counting…
How to Receive Amazon Orders in Ecuador for Just $5 with the New ‘Flat Rate’.
Amazon eco lodge News
Fund Grace News
