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By Pauline McKean “I’ve seen how in every person, every human being, a calling to care for the Earth occurs when, privately, their being tells them ‘this you must do,'" says José Morquecho. When José made his observation, he was busy planting trees during a...
Cuenca prosecutors are rejecting a claim by prison administrators that the death of six inmates last week at the Turi correctional facility was a mass suicide. “Given the fact that the victims were in different areas of the prison and unable to communicate with each...
A taxi sustained “significant damage” Wednesday morning when it collided with a tram on Av. España at Nunez de Bonilla. A video of the accident shows the taxi making an illegal left turn directly into the path of the tram and being spun to the side. Transit police...
The teacher kept talking about what continent Ecuador was on and where it was on that continent. I was thinking about that green and blue-colored frog that Miguel and I caught by the spring and stuck in that rusty hole on the side of Papá’s truck. I figured it might...
Tuesday morning’s hazy sky in Cuenca was the result of southwestly winds from the erupting Sangay volcano in Morona Santiago Province. Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute said the wind direction had shifted to the west by Tuesday night and reported that no ashfall was...
Ecuador’s plastic bag tax takes effect April 1 despite lobbying efforts to push back the start date. Under a law passed late last year, single-use plastic bags will be taxed four cents each. “This is Ecuador’s first step to eliminate non-recyclable plastics and to...
As you may have noticed, for the past three years I have been writing a weekly love letter to Cuenca. The serendipities that guided me through this year seem no less than the work of angels. On occasions over this last year, someone would pause as they passed me and...
Azuay Province Prefect Yaku Pérez vowed to continue his fight against mining following the rejection by Ecuador’s Constitutional Court to allow a referendum to end mining in Azuay Province. By a six to two vote, the judges ruled that the petition did meet the...
Officials at the Turi prison are being tight-lipped following the hanging deaths of six inmates Thursday morning. After first saying it appeared the deaths were suicides, they later conceded that revenge could be a factor but refused further comment pending an...
Jueves, 20/2/2020 Hola, Todos - I will be taking a break until martes, 3/3. Even volunteers need an occasional vacation. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Feria en CEMUART - The 80 craftspeople that are part of the crafts center, CEMUART launched an "Expo...
Thieves love Carnaval. That's the message the National Police want to send to everyone planning to attend events during the five-day holiday, particularly to tourists and foreign residents. "Carnaval is the most lucrative time of year for thieves, particularly for...
By Mark Mahoney I recently had the opportunity to travel with a group of musicians (who played at a number of venues in Havana) and other interested folks with a focus on attending the yearly International Jazz Festival in Cuba. This was a unique opportunity to...
Carnaval in Cuenca gets underway tonight with the Compadres and Comadres celebration in San Francisco Plaza. The action begins at 6 with food, dance and music honoring the city's ancient and modern traditions. Later, the plaza and nearby Parque Calderon will erupt in...
A naked 28-year-old man paraded down Calle Hermano Miguel Wednesday morning, waving and throwing kisses to residents and passersby before municipal police arrived to take him into custody. According to social media reports, the man performed for more than an hour near...
Miércoles, 19/2/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - "El Lago de los Cisnes" - The Royal Russian Ballet will perform "Swan Lake" performed Wednesday in the Teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz. Muestra - Visual Arts students from the U. of Cuenca have...
The black market in shrunken heads, some of them belonging to foreign tourists, is the back story for the movie Tzantza which opens Friday in theaters in Ecuador, Colombia and Peru. The movie's producers are being tight-lipped about its content prior to screening,...
A three-judge panel will rule Friday whether a Catholic priest defrauded a 76-year-old woman of her home in the rural Sinincay community, north of Cuenca. In addition to the priest, three others are accused in the case, including a former notary. According to her...
Martes, 18/2/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exhibits at CCE - Works in hierro pavonado (blued iron) by Carlos Pauta are in a show and sale in the Galería de Oficios of the Casa de la Cultura next to the theater. On the basement level is the...
Lunes, 17/2/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Visiting artists - A group of 12 artists from the US and Italy are in Cuenca with the "Salinara" international art school. They are painting, mostly in watercolors, scenes in Cuenca. <We should be...
By Rob Bell I am constantly raving about the quality of food here in Ecuador. In the U.S. they make a big deal about organic food, along with a hefty price tag. I’m probably being a bit naive, but here in Ecuador it seems like practically everything is organic, from...
