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Miércoles, 27/11/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exposición – An exhibit, “Travesías Cromáticas” by Ariel Dawi opened yesterday in the Salón del Pueblo of CCE on Mariscal Sucre at Malo. The exhibit centers around his “Serie Cuenca 21.” Ciclo de cine – The Universidad de las Artes and the Dirección...
By Ron Skelton Gravedigger Jesus Moreno could hardly have met a more pointless or brutal death. As he carried out maintenance work in a cemetery in the Santa Cruz region of eastern Bolivia, five irate men visiting one of the tombs mistook the 54-year-old for a grave robber and decided to take justice into their...
The talks between the government and indigenous organizations are at a standstill and indigenous leaders warn they could call for new protests if progress is not made soon. A Weekend confrontation between government employees and an indigenous crowd in Cotopaxi Province has further inflamed the situation. On October 13, the government and Confederation of Indigenous...
Protest leaders in Colombia have called for a new general strike after talks with President Ivan Duque failed to bring a breakthrough. Four people have been killed in the conflict with police, among them a young student. Widespread anti-government protests in Colombia continued for the sixth day on Tuesday, as the death toll continued to...
Martes, 26/11/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Night at the opera – 16 finalists in the first Competencia Nacional de Canto Lirico (National Lyric Singing Competition) will performed Thursday night in the teatro Pumpapungo. Contestants were from all over the country and competed in 3 age categories. The gala awards...
By Bobette Jones We in Cuenca are extremely fortunate to have free access to world-class classical music. The Cuenca Symphony Orchestra (OSC), under the direction of Maestro Michael Meissner, performs regularly at numerous sites, including the Old Cathedral, Teatro Pumapungo, and Teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz (University of Cuenca). Much to the surprise — and delight...
The city of Cuenca wants to make the historic district more pedestrian-friendly by creating “superblocks” in the area around Parque Calderon. The municipal transportation office announced the project will begin in early 2020. A superblock is a Spanish urban planning concept adopted in the late 1980s that controls vehicular traffic in designated areas by limiting...
Text and photos by Jeremiah Reardon Brrr! When I stepped off the bus in the Cajas Mountains this past September, I freaked! I couldn’t believe how cold it felt. It was the coldest I’d been in the dozen times over three years I’d hiked in the Andes. I just wanna get back to Cuenca, I...
Lunes, 25/11/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exposición de filatelia – The XIII Exposición Nacional y Congreso Filatélico “Philacuenca 2019” (XIII National Exhibition and Philatelic Congress “Philacuenca 2019”) will be martes in the Museo Pumapungo. Book launch – Sebastián Endara will present “(Destru) yendo a la educación: Textos de pedagogía...
Colombia’s President Ivan Duque has opened a “National Dialogue” that he said will include citizens from all walks of life after days of massive protests rattled the government in the Latin American country. The conservative leader gathered mayors and governors from around the country on Sunday to launch the initiative that he said will focus...
Municipal buses are the top transportation choice for almost half of Cuenca residents, according to a survey conducted in September. The survey shows a two percent increase in bus transport preference over results of a similar survey in 2016. Taken during Transportation Week activities by University of Cuenca students September 16 to 22, the survey...
By Nick Estes Evo Morales is more than Bolivia’s first indigenous president — he is our president, too. The rise of a humble Aymara coca farmer to the nation’s highest office in 2006 marked the arrival of indigenous people as vanguards of history. Within the social movements that brought him to power emerged indigenous visions...
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