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Cuenca's big Christmas Eve Pase del Niño parade lived up to expectations Tuesday with an estimated 130,000 participants and onlookers gathering for the nine-hour march down Calle Simon Bolivar. As usual, children were the highlight of the day. Katy Miller, one of the...
By Rob Bell There are at least two things about Ecuador that I, as a U.S. expat, have difficulty understanding and getting used to. It seems to me that Ecuadorians are extremely fatalistic about what they expect from their elected government officials, and from their...
Martes, 24/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Cine - "Jumanji, el siguiente nivel" will open mañana in Ecuadorian theaters. Otras cosas - Titular - Pase del Niño es el símbolo de Navidad (Pase del Niño is the Christmas symbol) - Last night,...
Susan's note: As reported in the journal Endocrine Reviews, the treatment of obesity continues to be a major challenge. Obesity is now pandemic in the United States as well as in other nations. In the United States, it is now more common to be overweight than not;...
By David Morrill Louis Bougeois is up early each day and by sunrise he’s usually busy with projects in the quebrada just below his house. He clears underbrush from the banks of the creek that runs through the quebrada, builds benches, stairs and walkways, cuts and...
By Sylvan Hardy Easily the biggest public event of the year in Cuenca, today’s Christmas Eve Pase del Niño parade, or Passing of the Child, is a colorful mixture of the sacred and the profane. To locals, it is a time-honored Christian festival of homage to the Christ...
Lunes, 23/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Women in art and entrepreneurship - "Mujeres por un arte sin frontera" (Women for an art without borders) will be este sábado, 28/12 in the Centro Cultural "El Prohibido" (La Condamine pedestrian...
Text and photos by Robert Bradley The feast of Kapak Raymi was celebrated in the Plaza Civica, adjacent the Mercado 9 de Octumbre, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Three days of dance, crafts, and good food made for a jam-packed celebration that continues a tradition...
Beginning in January, Ecuadorians will pay for the convenience of using plastic shopping bags. The new tax will be progressive, starting at four cents per bag in 2020, increasing to 10 cents in 2023. The tax was included in the Tax Simplification Law enacted earlier...
The Hogar de Esperanza Foundation (HEF) and The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), a collective of city agencies that supports local entrepreneurs and artisans, are hosting a crafts fair and fashion show at the City Museum. Over 15 artisans will offer...
Jueves, 19/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Christmas concerts - The Cuenca Symphony Orchestra along with the Childrens' and Youth Choruses of the Conservatorio José María Rodríguez and the Polifónico of the U. de Azuay will perform Friday a...
Miércoles, 18/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Santa Isabel - Santa Isabel will celebrate its 77 years as a canton this weekend. The festivities start el sábado with a proclamation a las 16:00, and a dance and light show with the Mambo...
Author's note: This is an update of my original story of "The Gift" that appeared two years. The original appears below it. Hi everyone! I hope you’ve all been sufficiently naughty or nice to get some Santa action coming your way. Over here, we are more than ready....
Police say the Venezuelan man accused of murdering a 79-year-old U.S. expat was involved in an argument with the victim the day before her death. The body of Nancy Bradbury Thalmann, a Houston, Texas native, was discovered Sunday morning in the bedroom of her home in...
Martes, 17/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - Northamerican artist Sandra Doren has a watercolor show of landscapes at the Galería Illescas on calle Larga y Manuel Ángel Estrella. One part of the exhibit is landscapes of the Cajas...
The Geophysical Institute reported increased activity Monday night at the Sangay volcano in Morona Santiago Province. Earlier in the day, light ashfall was reported in the towns of Guasuntos and Llagos in Chimborazo Province. The institute recorded more than 70...
Lunes, 16/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Gallery - Cu Galery has two locations from which ecologically designed products are sold. The main location is on av. Manuel J. Calle next to Supermaxi del Vergel, and the second is at Borrero 739...
“Where in hell is the tranvia?” That was the question asked two weeks ago by a caller to the Voz del Tomebamba morning talk radio show. During the following days, dozens of other calls came in complaining of lack of progress and information about the tram, not only to...
Alpaca milk, beaten thin by unknown hands, is rolled down the paths of mountains as alabaster mist. It then rises from creeks and fissures to mingle with smoke twisting from distant chimneys across the valley. Trees come and go from one world into another, first a...
Viernes, 13/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Teatro - The Colectivo Teatro de las Entrañas will present "Delirios" sábado in the sala Alfonso Carrasco (Cordero y Pres. Córdova) a las 20.00. Cost: $7.00 or $5:00 for seniors and the disabled....
