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As we gradually reopen businesses and the curfew is relaxed, it is not a time to relax our vigilance and safety measures that have allowed us to reduce the infection and death rate from Covid-19 — in Cuenca — and in those parts of the world that have taken measures to...
The Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee voted Friday night to change from "red" to "yellow light" the city's health emergency status beginning Monday, May 25. "We made the determination that conditions are favorable to begin easing the emergency restrictions," Mayor...
Jueves, 21/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Búnker Escénico - This organization formed by local artists and residents of Azuay has scheduled various activities on Facebook. Every lunes a las 20:30, it broadcasts "Lunes de tretro leído" in...
By Robert Bradley The GoFundMe campaign to raise money for my medical needs reached its goal in a mere three days and I am overwhelmed with gratitude to all those who came to my assistance, dear friends as well as dear strangers. I am truly astonished at the kindness...
Miércoles, 20/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Starting next week, I'm going to take a week's vacation. No, I don't have any secret knowledge or contacts, so I'm not going anywhere. I just need a break. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Maratón de Cuento - The...
I stood in a fairy-like glen, its grasses partially shrouded by the low hanging branches of paper trees. A mountain brook halved the narrow valley, the source of its gurgling waters a ridge on the Continental Divide less than a half-mile away from whence I had come. A...
Reaction to President Lenin Moreno's deep budget cuts range from high praise from business interests to threats of national strikes from labor and indigenous groups. The cuts, the deepest since the 2000 financial crisis, make dramatic reductions to the public payroll,...
Martes, 19/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Comercio, en amarillo; autoridades discrepan (Commerce, in yellow; authorities disagree) - The economy and unemployment are in the red numbers. Merchants have taken on the yellow light, and...
The coronavirus health emergency is putting "catastrophic strain" on Ecuador's largest provider of health care, the Social Security (IESS) system. According to unnamed officials, the system faces collapse without a substantial infusion of funds. Monthly contributions...
By David Morrill A mainstay of the Cuenca expat community since he moved here from the U.S. Pacific Northwest in 2016, Robert Bradley has suffered a series of devastating medical crises since late last year. In October, he had a bad fall, breaking four ribs and his...
President Lenin Moreno has withdrawn a proposal that would have taxed individuals and businesses to support Ecuador’s beleaguered economy. The proposed Humanitarian Support Law, currently being debated in National Assembly, would have raised $1.5 billion, but Assembly...
Jueves, 14/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Free on-line classes - El Instituto Superior Tecnológico del Azuay has 5 free courses this month - marketing for artesanos, vehicle technical inspections, basic kiwcha (sic), 3D mechanical design on...
Author's note: This is the second in a multi-part series on fats (updated) — in a recent column about trans fats, we see that in many, but not all countries, trans fats have been eliminated, due to their known health hazards — read Part I here. In Part III I'll...
Although much of it is technically illegal under health emergency restrictions, public market areas of Cuenca have reopened for business. "We don't have the personnel to enforce all the rules," says a member of the city's Citizen Guard who asked not to be identified....
Miércoles,13/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina educación y cultural - Restaurantes - The Fundación Municipal Turismo para Cuenca is preparing a handbook for food and drink businesses to reopen. It is working with the U. of Cuenca and local researchers to...
Responding to a claim in an online business newsletter that Cuenca would relax health emergency restrictions on May 17, Mayor Pedro Palacios said Wednesday that a final decision will not be made until Friday or Saturday. “We are approaching the reopening point but the...
Work on Cuenca's tram system resumed on Tuesday following approval by the cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE). According to Mayor Pedro Palacios, the project remains on schedule to begin commercial operations in the second half of the year. "When we...
Martes, 5/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina educación y cultural <A new name for the page> - The Alianza Francesa is preparing a new site where individuals can share the music they're listening to during the health emergency. You can go to...
The Ministries of Health and Tourism and the Agency for Sanitary Control have released a 21-page document specifying the regulations that restaurants, bars and cafes must follow when they reopen. Most of Ecuador's eating and drinking establishments are closed to...
Lunes, 11/5/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - There was no pagina cultural today. <Another victim of Covid?> Del cuerpo del periodico - La Fiesta de la Música cancelled - This annual festival which is organized by the Alianza Francesa has...
