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As the Covid-19 crisis continues to ravage the world, the impact is greatest on the poor population. In Cuenca, that means the Venezuelan and Colombian the refugees, the homeless, the disabled and the sick. Now, more than ever, they need your help. There are a number...
Jueves, 9/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - "Cosmos" - The Club de Astronomía Cruz del Sur and the Planetario de Cuenca will show a new episode of Cosmos tomorrow titled, "La gracia fugaz de la zona habitable" (The fleeting grace of the...
Miércoles, 8/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Charla - El Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural and the Universidad Católica de Cuenca are holding two talks, one miércoles and the other hoy a las 17:00. The talks are about Cuenca's...
A consortium of business and professional groups gathered Tuesday in the San Luis convent courtyard to announce a campaign to revitalize Cuenca. Called "In Cuenca there are good people", the campaign aims to show the city's resolve to overcome the Covid-19 health...
Martes, 7/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Archives - Documents dating from 1563 are in the archives of the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, Núcleo del Azuay. This archive contains the oldest book in Ecuador and are the records for the Notaría...
The association representing local restaurant and bar owners say many of its members have either closed their businesses permanently or are planning to. “The coronavirus has been a killer to our establishments and the government is making things worse with its curfew...
Lunes, 6/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - 300 becarios están dejados a su suerte (300 scholars are left to their own devices) - At least 300 scholarship winners are stranded in various universities around the world. The government has...
Pan American Health Organization advisor and Quito epidemiologist Catalina Yépez says that the Covid-19 virus is probably here to stay. “When an approved vaccine is widely available, there will be a drop in cases but this could be a year or two,” she says. “Even then,...
By Miriam Drake It is challenging, anywhere in the world to care for a husband whose health has deteriorated to the point that he cannot speak, one side of the body is completely paralyzed, and he has no sensations in his core. In Cuenca, Ecuador it is beyond...
The Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee (COE) voted Friday night to maintain yellow light health emergency restrictions but is asking the national COE for permission to begin the nightly curfew at 7 p.m. instead of the current 11 p.m. It is also asking the national...
By Karla Sanchez Arismendi GRACE, the organization helping Venezuelan refugees in Cuenca, is holding a "Music for Medicines" online concert at 3 p.m. on Friday to raise funds for the purchase of medicine. The concert will stream live with Cuenca expat and Broadway...
Miércoles, 1/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - "Tren al cielo" - This production by a group of collectives shares the wisdom of adultos mayores (senior citizens) with children through the use of puppets and music. The 1st episode was el 24/5...
Mayor Pedro Palacio and three city councilmen are questioning the national government’s decision to ease health emergency restrictions. For cities like Cuenca, which are under yellow light rules, the new guidelines push back the nightly curfew, allow theaters to...
The national Emergency Operations Committee (COE) loosened health emergency restrictions on Tuesday, relaxing the daily curfew and allowing the reopening of cinemas and theaters at 30 percent capacity. Under yellow light conditions, which applies to more than 80...
Martes, 30/6/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada Otras cosas - Titular - El quemeimportismo favorece al Covid-19 (Indifference/apathy favors Covid -19) - The provincial COE met yesterday to re-evaluate the passage to yellow. Although there were no deaths in...
Lunes, 29/6/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada Otras cosas - Titular - Urge reactivar turismo (It is urgent to reactivate tourism) - Cuenca started a pilot project, #ElPrimerTuristaSoyYo, with the goal of promoting tourism, one of the most badly affected sectors...
Due increasing poverty and other social tensions, the International Monetary Fund is warning that Latin America will see a repeat of the protests that rocked the region during the second half of 2019. “We think a number of countries in the hemisphere will experience a...
By Miriam Drake Someday I will live here. For now, I visit as often as possible. Why do I visit this remote natural area with no shopping malls, very few paved roads, few cars, and few people? There is no direct route to the Amazon jungle. You take a plane or two, a...
Editor's note: This is the story of Jane and Steve Miner’s experience with Covid-19 in May/June 2020. Some of you will have already followed their journey as documented on Facebook. They were both fortunate to have had very mild cases and feel that, as more knowledge...
Cuenca will continue under yellow light restrictions for another week but the cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE) warned that the city is "at the limit" and could return to red. "We are witnessing widespread disrespect for the rules and believe this is...
