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Miércoles, 19/2/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – “El Lago de los Cisnes” – The Royal Russian Ballet will perform “Swan Lake” performed Wednesday in the Teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz. Muestra – Visual Arts students from the U. of Cuenca have mounted a show “ETHOS” which is at the Museo de...
Tungurahua volcano – known locally as “The Black Giant” – is displaying the hallmarks of flank instability, which could result in a colossal landslide. Located in the province of the same name, the volcanco has been in an eruptive stage since 1999. New research, led by Dr. James Hickey from the Camborne School of Mines,...
The black market in shrunken heads, some of them belonging to foreign tourists, is the back story for the movie Tzantza which opens Friday in theaters in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. The movie’s producers are being tight-lipped about its content prior to screening, saying only that it is fictionalized but based on true stories. Although...
A three-judge panel will rule Friday whether a Catholic priest defrauded a 76-year-old woman of her home in the rural Sinincay community, north of Cuenca. In addition to the priest, three others are accused in the case, including a former notary. According to her attorney, Ericka Peralta, Angelita Carabajo turned to her priest, identified as...
Martes, 18/2/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exhibits at CCE – Works in hierro pavonado (blued iron) by Carlos Pauta are in a show and sale in the Galería de Oficios of the Casa de la Cultura next to the theater. On the basement level is the Fab Lab which...
Editor’s note: This is the third of a six-part series by Don Moore, a former Peace Corps volunteer in Honduras who developed a fascination with northern Peru — and wrote a book about it. Don spent most of January in Cuenca. To see part one, click here. For part two, click here. By Don Moore...
Police are blaming guerrillas for the car bombing of a public bus that killed at least seven and injured 11 Monday night in Cauca Department, Colombia. The attack occurred near the town of Rosas, about 200 kilometers north of Ecuador. Police say a car loaded with explosives detonated as the bus passed on the Pan...
Lunes, 17/2/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Visiting artists – A group of 12 artists from the US and Italy are in Cuenca with the “Salinara” international art school. They are painting, mostly in watercolors, scenes in Cuenca. <We should be grateful – we can see parque Calderón, the cathedrals,...
By Rob Bell I am constantly raving about the quality of food here in Ecuador. In the U.S. they make a big deal about organic food, along with a hefty price tag. I’m probably being a bit naive, but here in Ecuador it seems like practically everything is organic, from the fresh fruit and veggies...
The president of Ecuador’s largest indigenous organization, Jaime Vargas, was detained and then sent home from Guatemala Saturday on charges that he violated Guatemala immigration laws and interfered in the country’s internal affairs. Vargas, who heads the National Confederation of Indigenous Peoples of Ecuador (Conaie), claimed he was being persecuted and that his expulsion from...
Investors are dumping Ecuador’s sovereign notes on heightened concern about the government’s inability to pass key measures to fix its monetary and fiscal systems. A slide in oil prices and last week’s earlier-than-expected credit rating downgrade cemented bearish views. The country has the third worst-performing bonds in the developing world, after Venezuela’s and Argentina’s, are...
Luis Arce, presidential candidate of Bolivia’s Movement to Socialism (MAS) party has a nearly two-to-one lead in a poll for the country’s May 3 national election. Picked by former president Evo Morales to head the MAS ticket, Arce leads former president Carlos Mesa and current interim president Jeanine Áñez 31.6 percent to 17.1 and 16.5%....
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