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By Robert Bradley Modena, on the south side of the Po Valley in northern Italy, is known for producing the world’s first balsamic vinegar and parmesan cheese. It also boasts having Italy's most acclaimed restaurant, Osteria Francescana, which holds three stars in the...
Miércoles, 8/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - A collective art exhibit opened hoy a las 20:00 in the sala Cézanne in the Alianza Francesa. Book presentation - Natalia García will present her novel, "Nuestra Piel Muerta"...
The prefect of Azuay province, Yaku Perez, filed a request Tuesday with the Constitutional Court calling for a referendum on banning mining for metals within the province. Azuay Province includes Cuenca, the country's third largest city with a population of 650,000....
Martes, 7/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades- No hay nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Noche de comparsas llena de ironía y sátira (Night of troupes full of irony and satire) - See Tuesday's CHL article for more info. The article in El Mercurio highlighted several of the...
An estimated 30,000 turned out Monday night for Cuenca’s annual Day of the Innocents masquerade parade on Av. Huayna Cápac. Thirty entries competed for prizes to be awarded today by the Cuenca Amistad Club and the Unión de Periodistas del Azuay. Among the parade...
Lunes, 6/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Conciertos - The OSC will perform its first concerts of the year el viernes, 10/1 a las 20:00 and el domingo 12/1 a las 11:00 in the Catedral Vieja with a program including Strauss, Dulcamara, Mozart...
By Rob Bell The sign says “no soliciting,” but that doesn’t deter salesmen, and the occasional saleswoman, from taking advantage of a captive audience. I’m talking about Ecuador’s long-distance buses, and the lengthy presentations various Ecuadorians, Venezuelans and...
By Jeremiah Reardon My wife, Belinda, and I ran an errand on a recent Saturday afternoon to purchase plywood in one of Cuenca’s supply shops. She was excited about her latest tiled mirror commission for friends. I do the carpentry including the wire support. We...
Jueves, 2/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Painting recovered - The painting by Ariel Dawi which was stolen from the Salón del Pueblo of the CCE el martes, was recovered ayer. Someone who was sold the painting returned it when they found out...
Miércoles, 1/1/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Otras cosas - Titular - El 2020 será un año de desafíos (2020 will be a year of challenges) - 3 key challenges for the 2020's will be in the areas of the economy and social issues, the environment, and politics. Tree...
I connect easily with most animals. I set them at ease with body language and various sounds I make with my mouth. Sometimes, I can win over an aggressive dog, sometimes not. I don’t press encounters with animals that exhibit possibly dangerous behaviors. A large...
Martes, 31/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Feliz Año Nuevo! Actividades - Nada, nada, nada. <Besides jumping over burning dummies stuffed with fireworks or sawdust (which are illegal to sell) and insuring you won't have any more kids.> Otras cosas - Titular - Alegría para...
By Robert Bradley It was not the first time I heard the story. He said, “I was whooping it up with the boys at the Inca Lounge the other night and felt great! But, the next morning I felt as if my head was raked through a combine, and only the chaff was left. Ya’...
Lunes, 30/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Street singer - Darwin Sánchez visits Cuenca from Manabí every 5 months to sing Julio Jaramillo songs on Sucre y Benigno Malo. Seasonal products - Also on Sucre y Benigno Malo, 28 members of the...
The fun just keeps on a-comin’! Last Tuesday, Cuenca celebrated Pase del Niño Viajero, one in a series of Pases celebrating the birth of Jesus that will continue until Carnival. The first of the festivals began on the first Sunday of Advent. The second was the big...
By David Morrill Give Vadim Avdeev two minutes and he can steal your cell phone number and call you from it. Give him five and he can shut down the accounts of thousands of Cuenca internet and utility customers and erase any evidence that they ever existed. With a...
Viernes, 27/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Destinos para el fin de semana (Weekend Destinations) - San Fernando - martes, 31/12 - 17:00: show of monigotes and comparsas; 18:00: comparsas parade; 19:00: comparsas and monigotes contests;...
Jueves, 26/12/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Collective show - 14 artists from El Puente Roto are having a show in the Quinta Bolívar in Gapal. Map of cultural attractions - The El Vado Committee has published a map of attractions in the area...
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...
