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Miércoles, 5/2/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exibición – An exhibit organized by students in the 7th cycle of their studies in the Artes Visuales at the U. of Cuenca will open jueves a las 19:00 in the Casa del Artista (av. Loja y calle cantón Gualaceo). It will be...
By Denise Chow Famed Galápagos tortoise Lonesome George’s subspecies might not be extinct after all — researchers are calling the discovery of a surviving female relative “a story of hope” that the giant creature’s legacy lives on. When Lonesome George, the last known specimen of his kind who was estimated to be more than 100...
Sponsored post The charm of Cuenca lies in its beautiful colonial architecture in the city center. Recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, Cuenca’s El Centro is a wonderful destination for visitors because many of the most historic attractions can be visited on foot. When visiting Cuenca, then, it makes sense to stay in...
The Ministry of Health reported Tuesday that the Chinese man in a Quito hospital does not have the coronavirus. The ministry said the man, who was in critical condition for six days, has hepatitis B and pneumonia. According to health minister Catalina Andramuño, the final results of the test sent to the U.S. Center for...
Martes, 4/2/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exhibición – Brazilian artist/architect Cristiana Sultani will open her show of paintings and sketches mañana (miércoles) a las 19:00 in La Galería White House (Herrerias 12-21 y av. Doce de Abril). Exposición fotográfica – The show, “Hydro: el agua, un recurso común” (Hydro:...
By Karla Sánchez Arismendi Thursday night’s “Noches de Bolero” at La Guarida provided a magical journey through Latin American romantic music. Nataly Rojas, a Venezuelan pianist and member of the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra, and the Duo Son Autana, celebrated a night of Boleros, a musical genre originating in Cuba, in front of a mostly North...
Editor’s note: This is the first 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. By Don Moore It seems like every book, article, or website about visiting Peru...
Ivonne Baki was named Monday by President Lenin Moreno as Ecuador’s new ambassador to the United States. She is stepping down from her current position as ambassador to Qatar to accept the new post. The appointment will be Baki’s second as U.S. ambassador. She was named by President Jamil Mahuad in 1998 to the same...
A crowd of about 200 gathered Monday morning to protest the city’s decision to reestablish a block of Calle Padre Aguirre in the historic district as a pedestrian mall. The street had been pedestrianized in January 2019 with the opening of San Francisco Plaza but was reopened to traffic on an experimental basis in November....
Lunes, 3/2/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exposición – The exhibit, “India Sagrada” (Sacred India) will be at the museo Pumapungo until 2/3. Hours are martes a viernes, 8-17:00 and los fines de semana (weekends – your word for the day) <Remember when you waited all week for the fin...
By Victor Davis Hanson An ancient habit of Western elites is a certain selectivity in condemnation. Sometimes Westerners apply critical standards to the West that they would never apply to other nations. My colleague at the Hoover Institution, historian Niall Ferguson, has pointed out that Swedish green-teen celebrity Greta Thunberg might be more effective in...
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