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The Hogar de Esperanza Foundation (HEF) and The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), a collective of city agencies that supports local entrepreneurs and artisans, are hosting a crafts fair and fashion show at the City Museum. Over 15 artisans will offer their crafts for sale beginning at 11 a.m. on Friday, December 20. The...
Jueves, 19/12/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Christmas concerts – The Cuenca Symphony Orchestra along with the Childrens’ and Youth Choruses of the Conservatorio José María Rodríguez and the Polifónico of the U. de Azuay will perform Friday a las 20:00 in the Catedral Vieja. Free. Also en el viernes,...
By Julia Jacobo The U.S. Department of State has issued a travel advisory to Mexico because of an increased risk of violent crime in some parts of the country. Violent crime, such as homicides, kidnappings, carjackings and robbery, are “widespread” and the U.S. government “has limited ability to provide emergency services” to Americans in many...
As a result of what Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute calls “moderate but continuous activity,” volcanic ash from the Sangay volcano is blanketing a large area of western Morona Santiago Province. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health announced it planned to relocate several dozen families whose health it considers endangered by the ashfall. Since mid-November, the ash...
Miércoles, 18/12/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Del cuerpo del periodico – Santa Isabel – Santa Isabel will celebrate its 77 years as a canton this weekend. The festivities start el sábado with a proclamation a las 16:00, and a dance and light show with the Mambo Diablo orchestra a las 17:00 in the Parque...
By Nelson Bocanegra Uber driver Juan Jose is quick to cover his cell phone with the red rag he keeps in his front seat whenever he spots a police officer on the streets of Bogota. Juan Jose, whose car was impounded for the second time last month, is one of thousands of Colombian drivers for...
Police say the Venezuelan man accused of murdering a 79-year-old U.S. expat was involved in an argument with the victim the day before her death. The body of Nancy Bradbury Thalmann, a Houston, Texas native, was discovered Sunday morning in the bedroom of her home in the gated Colinas Challuabamba community east of Cuenca. According...
Martes, 17/12/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exposición – Northamerican artist Sandra Doren has a watercolor show of landscapes at the Galería Illescas on calle Larga y Manuel Ángel Estrella. One part of the exhibit is landscapes of the Cajas and another of the Dead Sea in Israel. Del cuerpo...
The Unitary Workers Front (FUT) said Tuesday that it is willing to take to the streets if the government doesn’t hike the minimum wage by at least 25 percent. “We have lost 50 percent of the purchasing power of our wages in the last seven years,” says union boss Messiah Tatamuez. “It is time we...
The Geophysical Institute reported increased activity Monday night at the Sangay volcano in Morona Santiago Province. Earlier in the day, light ashfall was reported in the towns of Guasuntos and Llagos in Chimborazo Province. The institute recorded more than 70 significant earthquakes and three explosions at the volcano and said more eruptive activity is expected....
By Ellis McKenzie Unrelenting pain in her hips and weeks of insomnia left Nelly Valbuena desperate for relief from her metastatic breast cancer. The university professor found freedom from her disease’s cruel side effects in an unexpected remedy: CBD, a compound extracted from the cannabis plant. Now Valbuena is pushing Ecuador’s government to put into...
Lunes, 16/12/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Gallery – Cu Galery has two locations from which ecologically designed products are sold. The main location is on av. Manuel J. Calle next to Supermaxi del Vergel, and the second is at Borrero 739 between Sucre y Pres. Córdova. According to owner...
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