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Miércoles, 9/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Eurocine 2019 - Films are being shown all week a las 18:00 y 20:00 at the Alianza Francesa. Free. Festival rescheduling - The Primer Festival del Folclore "Los Andes Viven" will be changed from...
By Rob Bell The streets are almost deserted today in many parts of Cuenca, Ecuador’s third largest city with six hundred thousand inhabitants. Schools are closed. Most stores are closed. Roads in and out of the city are blocked by protestors. Supermarket shelves are...
Almost four years ago, I caught a bus for line #19 and rode it to its termination point west of Cuenca. It was a year before our truck, El Fantasma, would make his berth wherever Edie and I went. I entered the Yanuncay Valley on foot that day by way of Via Soldados,...
Wednesday’s national strike has brought out the largest protest crowds yet in the week-long reaction to the government’s labor reforms. The strike coincides with the Guayaquil independence national holiday. An estimated 40,000 marched in several locations in Quito,...
Police say that new tactics and light rain helped to reduce the number of protesters in the streets of Cuenca’s historic district on Tuesday. They also credit a new strategy of moving crowds farther away from Parque Calderon for fewer and more peaceful demonstrations....
President Lenin Moreno flew to Guayaquil Monday afternoon, saying he needed to be closer to Ecuador's military command to best manage the country's political crisis. In a television address, the president again offered to talk with protesters although he insisted...
Ecuador’s interior ministry says it is mobilizing tens-of-thousands of national police and army troops to clear roadblocks that have paralyzed travel in much of the country. Manned by campesino and indigenous groups protesting economic measures announced last week by...
Although protests in Cuenca’s historic district resumed late Friday morning as expected, the number of participants was down sharply from Thursday. A national police estimate put the number of active protesters at 500 as of late Friday afternoon, a drop from more than...
Protesters of the government’s decision to end fuel subsidies left the central area of Cuenca’s historic district early Thursday evening but student leaders from the University of Cuenca said they planned to return Friday. For much of Thursday, police chased groups of...
By Robert Bradley Danger is a common companion of artists. They understand that a fresh perspective requires calculated risk and that this offers hidden surprises good and bad, making astute planning an absolute necessity. This challenging environment is clearly on...
Jueves,3/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Musical - "Julio El Musical" will be at the teatro of the CCE on Luis Cordero Friday at las 20:00. It's a fictitious interpretation of the life of Julio Jaramillo. The 24 actors, singers, and...
After they dispersed a morning rally in Parque Calderon with tear gas, police spent the rest of Thursday in a cat-and-mouse game with bands of protesters roaming the streets of Cuenca's historic district. Police used armored trucks with tear gas cannons and...
Cuenca Mayor Pedro Palacios says he is still waiting for federal support to assist the city take care of thousands of Venezuelan refugees. “I am asking the president and the interior ministry to declare the city in humanitarian crisis due to the large number of...
Miércoles, 11/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - Pamela Hurtado opened her exhibit, "Jardines Desordenados" Wednesday in Saledentro gallery. Her oils of plants, many of them in her garden, are hyperrealistic. <The photo shows...
Martes, 1/10/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - The 4th World Meeting of Brilliant Women opened a jewelry show Tuesday in the galleries of the Museo Pumapungo. There will be traditional jewelry, accessories, and sculptures and...
It feels so good to be not only sitting here typing but also wanting to. It has been a while since my last column so perhaps an explanation is in order. Three days before my 90th birthday in May I passed out, striking my head on the toilet paper holder as I went down,...
Fresh off Saturday’s national football championship victory over Quito, the Deportivo Cuenca Lionesses face off Friday night against the 2004 Cuenca men’s team, the last men’s squad to win a national title. Dubbed the “Duel of Champions,” the game kicks off at 7:30 in...
Ecuador’s Interior Ministry has granted Cuenca’s Citizen Guard permission to carry protective gear following an increasing number of physical assaults. Beginning October 22, the guard will be authorized to carry small billy clubs and tear gas and wear protective body...
Lunes, 30/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - "A poder de la boca," (To the power of the mouth) a showing of paintings by Santiago Guillermo and 19 of his students is showing in the gallery of the Empresa Municipal de Desarrollo...
Marching to the strains of “We are the champions” by Queen, the Cuenca Lionesses took a victory lap around the track at Alejandro Serrano Aguilar stadium Saturday night following their 2-0 win over the Quito Ñañas. With the victory, Cuenca was crowned national...
