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Lunes, 14/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Hoy, parcial observación del eclipse (Today, partial observation of the eclipse) - There was a solar eclipse Monday desde las 9:30 a las 10:30 which was most visible from the central and south of...
By Robert Bradley and David Morrill Editor’s note: Pandemic Profiles is an ongoing series that looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of Cuencanos and Cuenca expats. The story Eduardo Gonzalez tells is this; “I was strung out, overfed on processed...
Ecuador registered 1,049 murders through the first 10 months of 2020, the highest count since 2014 according to National Police. October was the year’s deadliest month with 134 murders. Cities with the greatest increase in homicides were Naranjal with 150%; Duran,...
Jueves, 10/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural y educación - Desacuerdos por retorno de docentes (Disagreements over return of teachers) - Fear of catching Covid in the transfer to schools has some teachers opposing the enero, 2021 return to...
Miércoles, 9/12/2020 Hola, Todos - For those of you who were upset that you weren't warned that an issue contained an Un-April Fools article, here's your notice. There will be one or more Un-April Fools articles before the end of the year. If you know which article it...
By Stephen Vargha There are more firsts coming for the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra as they will present a ballet that most in the city have never seen. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the symphony and Cuenca dancers will perform George Balanchine’s “Apollon Musagète”...
Martes, 8/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Bazar navideño para reactivar la economía (Christmas bazaar to reactivate the economy) - There will be a Christmas Bazaar in the patios of CIDAP (paseo Tres de Noviembre next to the stairs from...
Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Se aleja expectativa por mineria (Expectation for mining receding) - The possibility of mining becoming the main source of income for the country and generating investments of at least 4%of the GDP was...
Victims of sexual abuse by prominent Cuenca priests say they are “cautiously optimistic” that an investigation by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will produce justice they have been denied in Ecuador’s legal system. “Dozens of victims have come forward...
Union for Hope presidential candidate Andrés Arauz is denouncing the continued delay by the National Electoral Council (CNE) to certify his candidacy as a plot by President Lenin Moreno to keep him off the February 2021 ballot. “This is an outrageous attempt by Moreno...
Editor’s note: Pandemic Profiles is an ongoing series that looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of Cuencanos and Cuenca expats. By Robert Bradley It is easy to understand why Raymond and Marissa Huntley, proprietors of Osaka Ramen on Coronel...
Jueves, 3/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición resume los "hitos" de misión geodésica francesa (Exhibit summarizes the "milestones" of French geodesic mission) - The exhibit at the Planetario uses objects, drawings, documents and...
Miércoles, 2/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Alcaldes protestan por recorte presupuestario (Mayors protest budget cut) - Mayors marched in Quito. 4 including Raúl Delgado, president of the Asociación de Municipalidades del Ecuador...
Purging my mind of the week's events, I prepared for travel as the weak, late-afternoon light ushered in the day’s end. The cool grass, greened by spring rains, invited me to rest my head among the verdant blades. The wind laid down, almost flat, stilling itself, it...
By Stephen Vargha After a successful return to the stage last month, the Cuenca Symphony is moving forward with ambitious plans to present more concerts for the residents of Cuenca. Maestro Michael Meissner is excited to present Antonio Vivaldi’s Baroque opera, "Il...
Martes, 1/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Ópera barroca de Vivaldi estrenará la Orquesta Sinfónica (Symphony Orchestra to premiere Vivaldi's baroque opera) - The OSC will premiere II Giustino by Vivaldi on 3 & 4/12 a las 19:00 and el...
For many years I have believed there is systemic racism in the U.S. regarding our Black population. The needless deaths of Blacks at the hands of the police, the many detailed stories over the years about the day-after-day demeaning treatment that Blacks have always...
Lunes, 30/11/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Lista nueva edición de Eurocine 2020 (New edition of Eurocine 2020 is ready) - The 17th edition of the festival Eurocine will show 29 films from 15 countries from 3-13/12. The films will be shown in...
By Stephen Vargha Jazz survived the 1918 influenza pandemic and Cuenca resident Jim Gala is doing his best to help the genre make it through the 2020 pandemic. According to Gala, jazz faces other challenges including the fact that its late-nineteenth century...
Ecuador’s Civil Registry reports 26,000 more deaths through November 2020 than for the same period in 2019. Although many of the excess deaths can be attributed to the Covid-19 virus, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health says she believes it is less than half of...
