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The Ministry of Health reported Wednesday that the mortality rate returned to normal in Quito and Guayaquil in November as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic subsides. The ministry also reports that hospital occupancy, including that of intensive care units, is...
Christmas decorations are being strung over Calle Simon Bolivar. Storefront windows are all aglow, many with tiny twinkling lights. The chill of the evening is pushed aside by gas heaters, standing like fiery sentries and first editions of R2D2. Well dressed women and...
By Jeremiah Reardon Even under Covid-19 restrictions, how grateful to Cuenca are my wife Belinda and myself. With the Thanksgiving season upon us, I’d like to share moments of gratitude which we experienced the past year. By the middle of June, the city government had...
With Covid-19 restrictions still in place, the number of Cuenca restaurants offering a sit-down Thanksgiving dinner is down significantly from previous years. A larger number are offering takeout service. Among restaurants offering dine-in service on Thursday are El...
Doctors, nurses, emergency response personnel, those with serious illnesses and those over the age of 55 will be first in line to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, Ecuador’s Ministry of Health reported Sunday. In addition, some public and private employees with high...
On December 10, 1869, Wyoming Territorial Governor John Allen Campbell, citing a “progression of understanding,” signed an act of the Territorial Legislature granting white women the right to vote, the first U.S. state or territory to grant suffrage to women. On...
The district office of the Ministry of Health reports that new cases of Covid-19 remain low and that the feared surge due to the Cuenca holidays has not developed. There was a slight increase in cases in the week ending on Friday from the previous week, 227 compared...
By Robert Bradley In 1973, the Organization of American States (OEA), created to address social and financial inequality in the Americas, designated Cuenca as the headquarters for its efforts to promote artisan crafts. Five years later, the Centro Interamericano de...
Jueves, 19/11/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Internos dejan en libertad su habilidad con las artes (Interns release their skill with the arts) - A group of inmates at the Centro de Privación de la Libertad Azuay (Azuay Center for the...
Miércoles, 18/11/2020 Hola, Todos - I can't remember when I last took a break, so I'm going to take next week off. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - TitiriCuenca tendrá una programación inclusiva (TitiriCuenca will have an inclusive program) - This year's Festival...
It was still very dark outside as I lay on my pallet in the corner of the room. The sapos called incessantly. The ground was damp from early morning rains and that always causes them to be more vocal. I imagined they had gathered together to present me with their...
Martes, 17/11/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Enfoque híbrido dan a Festival de Culturas Urbanas (Hybrid approach for Festival of Urban Culture) - The Alianza Francesa will inaugurate its 3d edition of the Festival de Culturas Urbanas in...
By Stephen Vargha The Cuenca Symphony Orchestra ends an eight-month Covid-19 lockdown with two live concerts Thursday and Friday at the Casa de la Cultura theater at Luis Cordero and Presidente Córdova. Both concerts are at 7 p.m. and are free to the public. Seating...
By John Keeble It is 3 a.m. and pitch black as we struggle up the first steep climb towards a dream – to summit the ice and snow peak of Volcán Carihuairazo a few kilometres from the mighty Chimborazo in Ecuador's volcanoes region. The night sky, before we turned on...
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in an ongoing series that looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of Cuencanos and Cuenca expats. By Robert Bradley and David Morrill Jeff Salz, a four-year resident of Cuenca, first visited South America in 1973 to...
Lunes, 16/11/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - No hay nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Racionan el agua (Rationing water) - See Monday's CHL article for story. Designan tesoreros únicos de campaña (Sole campaign treasurers designated) - The CNE approved the maximum...
The public company that provides drinking water to Cuenca announced Saturday that it has instituted scheduled water cut-offs in Ricaurte and Sayausí as a result of ongoing drought conditions. Director of the company’s drinking water division, Fabián Cazar, said...
Unlike news reporting, where timeliness and deadlines prevail, composing a weekly column requires diligent patience. Folks often offer vignettes, eager for me to quickly pluck and dissect the highlights into a story, but a written commentary is not something that can...
Ecuadorians who took advantage of a law that suspended payments for a variety of debts and services for six-month are now required to pay up. Provisions of the Humanitarian Law, passed in April, that allowed deferral of rent, utilities, mortgages and other debts,...
By Vincent Ricci A historic court ruling in Ecuador that will let a community vote on whether to allow mining in its midst could set the stage for a region-wide grassroots pushback against extractive projects. Pedro Palacios, the mayor of Cuenca, had submitted the...
