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Mario sells cotton candy in the streets of El Centro, Cuenca, just like his father had. The business had been one for poor men with poor families even then. Lately, things seemed to get even harder as the days and weeks wore on to months and years. No one in Mario’s family was wearing...
Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Upcoming and ongoing agenda events – Cine – The Club de Cine Catarsis will show the Danish film, “Dancer in the Dark” (Bailar en la Oscuridad) Thurs. at 19:00 in the Club in the Pumapungo complex (Calle Larga y av. Huayna Cápac). Articles about – Book launches – An...
By Bartley D’Alfonso If there’s one thing we gringos love to celebrate, it’s our beloved 4th of July national holiday. Yesterday was the 241st anniversary of U.S independence, when the original thirteen colonies declared that we were a new nation and no longer colonies of Great Britain. One of the signers of the Declaration of Independence...
By William Bonds In April 2016, to the dismay of international markets, Ecuador elected socialist Lenin Moreno, Rafael Correa’s heir and former vice-president, as the country’s new head of state. Global markets were hoping for a surprise win from Guillermo Lasso, a former banker, which the international community was confident would put Ecuador on a...
Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Upcoming and ongoing agenda events – Storytelling – There will be a program called “Cuentos para adultos con orejas” (Stories for adults with ears) Wed. at 20:00 in the Casa Beco (Juan Montalvo 10-24 y Gran Colombia). <Just make sure you ave your hearing aids in and turned on.>...
Government-owned Tame received no bids from commercial air carriers to assume majority ownership in the struggling airline. The technical committee in charge of the bidding did not say if it planned another round. In May, the committee said that two unnamed commercial carriers were interested in the partnership and were in discussions with the government....
Guayaquil-based CuencaHighLife correspondent Fernando Pagés Ruiz shares his 4th of July grilling secrets. In this video, he shows how to use Cheetos as a charcoal starter (although Doritos will work too), how to coax the flame into a healthy conflagration using a traditional fire-enhancing method from the Amazon jungle, and finally, how to arrange the...
Ecuador’s minister of public works and former Cuenca mayor Paúl Granda met with city officials Monday to review the status of the tram project. The meeting was a follow-up to last week’s meeting in Quito between President Lenin Moreno and Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera in which Moreno promised his support to finish the project. Granda...
Blame Monday’s cool temperatures in Cuenca on Peru and Bolivia. According to the National Meteorology Institute (INHAMI), a south-to-north flow of winter air from Peru and Bolivia is responsible for below normal temperatures in Ecuador’s central valley. The high temperature in Cuenca Monday was four degrees cooler than average, with an official reading of only...
Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Upcoming and ongoing agenda events – Colonia vacacional (summer camp) – The Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno is organizing an arts summer camp for kids from 6-18 from 17/7 to 17/8. Register between 10-13/7. Articles about – Exhibit – In honor of Simón Bolívar who was born on 24/7,...
Calling it a “victory for free speech,” journalist Martín Pallares celebrated a judge’s decision Monday that threw out a defamation suit brought against him by former president Rafael Correa. Pinchincha Contraventions Court Judge Fabricio Carrasco ruled that the Correa failed to prove that an April article by Pallares caused harm to his reputation. Before and...
National Police made two more arrests in the Odebrecht bribery scandal over the weekend, one for alleged illegal payments to the project manager of a $370 million petroleum pipeline from the port of Guayaquil to Cuenca. In Saturday raids in northern Quito, Ramiro Carrillo and Diego Cabrera were taken into custody based on charges filed...
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