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Lunes, 2/12/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – <For once, every event on the page is actually happening in the future.> Exposición – There is an art exhibit at the Museo de Arte Moderno Municipal where the public can interact with the 6 exhibiting artists. The artists submitted their works 70%...
By Jeff Salz Storytelling is the most ancient form of human communication. According to science, it remains the most effective. Ever notice how facts, data, ideas, and opinions all bounce off you, roll away and disappear while a good story (or even a well-told bad joke) can haunt you forever? Such is the power of...
Photos and text by Bartley D’Alfonso One of the highlights of Sunday’s celebration of the 20th anniversary of Cuenca being named a World Heritage site by UNESCO, was the morning Heritage Walk, or Caminato por El Patrimonio. Sponsored by Mayor Pedro Palacios and the Museum Casa del Sombrero, in celebration of Cuenca’s famous Panama hat...
In dozens of events on Sunday, Cuenca marked the 20th anniversary of its designation as a Cultural Heritage of Humanity site by the United Nations. In Ecuador, Cuenca shares the distinction with Quito. According to UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Cuenca received the honor for its importance as a cultural and governmental...
Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute is cautioning residents to avoid direct exposure to the volcanic ash falling in eastern Azuay Province. The institute says the ash is from the Sangay volcano, 70 miles north of Cuenca, which has been in an active phase since May but has recently intensified. Although most of the ashfall was light, some...
The United Nations Office for Human Rights claims that Ecuadorian police used “disproportionate and excessive force” in response to anti-government protests in October. The UN is urging Ecuador’s attorney general to conduct investigations into the alleged abuses. A UN team was in Ecuador from October 21 to November 8 to hear victim and eye-witness allegations...
Viernes, 29/11/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Opera contest award ceremony – The gala awards ceremony with the 16 finalists in the lyrical singing contest accompanied by the OSC was Friday night in the teatro Casa de la Cultura. Teatro a ciegas (Blind theater) – The Profundamiento theater collective will...
USAmericans pride themselves on planning ahead. That’s why they start Christmas shopping the day after Halloween. Shopping, of course, is one of our inalienable rights, guaranteed by the Constitution along with the right to pack more horsepower, firepower, and body mass per capita than any other nation on earth. We celebrate these liberties on “Black...
The Constitutional Court has refused to rule on the decriminalization of abortion in the case of rape. Brought by women’s rights organizations and encouraged by President Lenin Moreno, the case followed the National Assembly’s failure to change the existing law that makes all abortions illegal. In a statement, the court said it “lacked the capacity”...
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court rejected an appeal by the Attorney General and the Ministry of Energy to overturn a ruling by a provincial court preventing oil drilling on Amazon ancestral lands of the indigenous Waorani community. A three-judge panel ruled Thursday that the government did not prove that its rights and interests had been violated in...
By Margaret Winter Cuenca Mayor Pedro Palacios and the Municipal Museum Casa del Sombrero warmly invite all who love the city to join in a celebration this Sunday of the 200th anniversary of Cuenca’s independence and the 20th anniversary of Cuenca’s designation as a UNESCO Cultural Heritage of Humanity site. The event, “Caminato por el...
Since they were introduced earlier this decade, most shoppers have been suspicious of the “Black Friday” discounts offered by Ecuadorian stores. “What many stores do is mark up the prices a few days before Black Friday and then offer the discounts,” says University of San Francisco-Quito marketing professor Carlos López. “These are still price reductions...
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