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The city of Cuenca wants to make the historic district more pedestrian-friendly by creating “superblocks” in the area around Parque Calderon. The municipal transportation office announced the project will begin in early 2020. A superblock is a Spanish urban planning...
Text and photos by Jeremiah Reardon Brrr! When I stepped off the bus in the Cajas Mountains this past September, I freaked! I couldn’t believe how cold it felt. It was the coldest I'd been in the dozen times over three years I'd hiked in the Andes. I just wanna get...
Lunes, 25/11/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición de filatelia - The XIII Exposición Nacional y Congreso Filatélico "Philacuenca 2019" (XIII National Exhibition and Philatelic Congress "Philacuenca 2019") will be martes in the Museo...
Municipal buses are the top transportation choice for almost half of Cuenca residents, according to a survey conducted in September. The survey shows a two percent increase in bus transport preference over results of a similar survey in 2016. Taken during...
As of November 17, the 321st day of the year, there have been 369 mass shootings in the U.S. That works out to more than one a day. It has happened so many times now that the only salve offered for a recent mass shooting at a Southern California high school, which...
By Susan Burke March Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed a big improvement in El Centro. The city government has sponsored a number of 'mingas' in recent weeks, to restore the walls and structures marred by graffiti — including public and private property,...
Every year, on the fourth Thursday of November, USAmericans celebrate the feast of Thanksgringo by cramming a giant bird into their stoves and sharing a tense meal with annoying relatives. Most Americans hate turkey which is why they slaughter so many of them at this...
Long-time Cuenca expat Jennifer Martin, 64, died Tuesday afternoon after she collapsed on an Av. Ordoñez Lasso sidewalk. Emergency responders were unable to resuscitate her and listed heart failure as the cause of the death. Jennifer moved to Cuenca from Austin, Texas...
Jueves, 21/11/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - There is an exhibit of paintings of children at play in the Salón del Pueblo of the CCE. Mural - "Esta es mi ciudad" is a mural on the lower level of the multifamiliares del IESS,...
Miércoles, 20/11/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Bienal - The Casa de la Bienal (Bolívar 13-89) plans to exhibit the winners of past Bienals - some of the most notable Latinamerican art. The 54 item collection is stored in the Casa and MMAM...
By Robert Bradley One of the joys of reviewing local cafes is noticing how they influence my understanding of Cuenca. I am always intrigued when visiting a visually creative space and meeting interesting people practicing their expression of circumstance -- being on...
I am very encouraged by the number and intensity of the various uprisings and demonstrations going on around the world. The poor, the dispossessed, the mistreated, the left out, are finding themselves able to have an impact on government policies (here in Ecuador,...
Martes, 19/11/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Opera contest - The last phase of the "Ecuador Opera Competition" will be el martes, 26 de noviembre in the teatro Pumapungo a las 20:00 with the 16 finalists out of 60 competitors (I think). A...
Editor's note: CuencaHighLife recently sat down with Jim Gala, founder and director of Cuenca's Jazz Society Cafe and the Jazz Society of Ecuador and asked him about his decision to settle in Cuenca and to relaunch his jazz career in Ecuador. CHL: What brought you to...
Lunes, 18/11/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - From 15/11/2019 - 4o Festival Internacional de Cine de Cámara Lúcida will run until 22/22 and show 140 films from 50 countries. From 8/11/2019 - Winners of a photography contest held by the World...
The owner of a property on Calle Hermano Miguel has been ordered to rebuild an historic house he demolished to make way for a parking lot. In addition, Cuenca resident Vicente Querubín Calle was ordered to pay a fine of 50 basic salaries, or about $20,000, by a...
Cuenca’s transportation office has reopened Padre Aguirre to vehicular traffic between Calles President Córdova and Sucre. The street, which runs besides San Francisco Plaza and the flower market, had served as a pedestrian-only mall for more than a year. Officials...
In a survey conducted by the Swedish company EF (Education First) Cuenca ranks second behind Quito for English language proficiency. The survey was taken among high school and university students but its administrators say that it also represents English usage in the...
A tragic tale of murder, kidnapping and human trafficking ended Thursday morning in Cuenca with the arrest of two women in the Miraflores neighborhood. The arrests of Maryuri Alexandra G. and Yomayra Mercedes Ch. on charges of human trafficking of a 10-day-old baby...
I spend time each day, living in my rural paradise outside Cuenca, playing in the quebrada (mountain stream). I have a project, moving stones in the creek, creating a wading pool, and sifting through the gravel finding a variety of quartz. The myriad of colors of the...
