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Lunes, 12/10/2019 Hola, Todos – I have an extremely busy week next week, so I’m apologizing in advance if I miss some days. Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Teatro – Teatrum Danza, a group of 8 students, is premiering “La condición misma de la existencia” (The very condition of existence) Friday a las...
Miércoles, 11/9/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Concierto and tribute – “La Voz de la Tierra: Tributo a Mercedes Sosa” will be el 19 & 20/9 a las 20:00 in the treatro of the Casa de la Cultura on Luis Cordero and will feature the chorus of the Conservatorio José...
By Cristian Lipovan A journey to Chernobyl in photos. As if torn apart from a forbidden land, a place that once flourished and lived peacefully now seems like an eerie ghost town. The Chernobyl catastrophe in 1986 shook not only Chernobyl, but Pripyat as well, its neighboring town, and shaped the tragic history of the...
Ecuador Attorney General Diana Salazar has asked national court judge Daniella Camacho to set a trial date for former president Rafael Correa and 25 others in the so-called “Sobornos “2012-2016” (Bribes 2012-2016) case. The discovery phase of the government’s prosecution concluded last week with the testimony of a former Odebrecht construction company official and a...
Martes, 10/9/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Cultural support – The minister of Cultura y Patrimonio, Juan Fernando Velasco, came to Cuenca to announce government financial support for the Bienal, CIDAP, and the CCE. The first work is theater of the absurd. <I can’t figure out what the genre of...
By Monica Machicao and Daniel Ramos In the tropical Bolivian city of Santa Cruz, a wealthy farming hub on the edge on the Amazon rainforest, President Evo Morales gathered with ranchers late last month to celebrate a maiden shipment of beef to China. An elaborate ceremony was staged to mark what was supposed to be...
Lunes, 9/9/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – II Festival de Culturas Urbanas – This festival organized by the Alianza Frances will be from 12-26/9. It will include art and foto exhibits, a breaking jam, a funk fiesta, a graffiti performance, documentary films, mural painting, freestyle battles, concerts, and meetings with...
By Tom Larsen After three years in Cuenca, Irmgard (Irma) Lafrentz recently returned to her home, friends and family in California’s Silicon Valley. Irma left behind quite a legacy of giving in her short time here, but the final chapter has not yet been written. Irma was born in Germany where she began her marketing...
By Jonathan Franzen “There is infinite hope,” Kafka tells us, “but, unfortunately, it is not for us.” This is a fittingly mystical epigram from a writer whose characters strive for ostensibly reachable goals and, tragically or amusingly, never manage to get any closer to them. But it seems to me, in our rapidly darkening world,...
Guillermo Lasso, who narrowly lost to Lenin Moreno in the 2017 presidential election, announced Friday that he will be a candidate in the February 2021 election. Lasso, a centrist-conservative, was also defeated by former president Rafael Correa in 2013. The announcement, made during a Radio Quito interview, comes as no surprise since Lasso said he...
The Colombian Ombudsman’s office is demanding that Ecuador and Peru relax requirements for the entry of Venezuelans into the two countries. On August 26, Ecuador began requiring passports and visas for Venezuelan citizens to enter the country, effectively blocking entry to more than 90 percent of those who want to cross the border from Colombia....
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro should spend his country’s money on food, not on missiles, Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Thursday, amid renewed verbal sparring between the neighboring countries. Maduro late on Tuesday ordered the armed forces to be on alert for a potential attack by Colombia and announced military exercises on the border, drawing...
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