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Cuenca’s transportation office (EMOV) is sponsoring a series of events this week aimed at getting residents out of their cars and onto bicycles or their feet. “We’re calling our campaign ‘Walking and Pedaling for Security’, putting an emphasis on insuring the safety...
I recently read a call to arms to fight graffiti in Gringo Post and decided to attend the event to get a better understanding of the issues plaguing gringos. The advertisement went like this: If you are tired of the tagging (not the beautiful murals) you are seeing on...
By Sylvan Hardy Long-time expats might remember the old Bapu Restaurant on Calle Larga, a couple doors west of today’s Sunrise Café. Before closing its doors in 2010, it offered some of the best food --and the only Indian food-- in Cuenca. Bapu returned in 2016 and...
Lunes, 12/10/2019 Hola, Todos - I have an extremely busy week next week, so I'm apologizing in advance if I miss some days. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Teatro - Teatrum Danza, a group of 8 students, is premiering "La condición misma de la existencia" (The...
Miércoles, 11/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Concierto and tribute - "La Voz de la Tierra: Tributo a Mercedes Sosa" will be el 19 & 20/9 a las 20:00 in the treatro of the Casa de la Cultura on Luis Cordero and will feature the chorus of...
Martes, 10/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Cultural support - The minister of Cultura y Patrimonio, Juan Fernando Velasco, came to Cuenca to announce government financial support for the Bienal, CIDAP, and the CCE. The first work is theater...
Lunes, 9/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - II Festival de Culturas Urbanas - This festival organized by the Alianza Frances will be from 12-26/9. It will include art and foto exhibits, a breaking jam, a funk fiesta, a graffiti performance,...
By Tom Larsen After three years in Cuenca, Irmgard (Irma) Lafrentz recently returned to her home, friends and family in California’s Silicon Valley. Irma left behind quite a legacy of giving in her short time here, but the final chapter has not yet been written. Irma...
I’ve been touring the countryside photographing villages in the agricultural region that supplies our mercados. It is a wonderful adventure that reminds me that time need not be so accelerated, and that, at least here, moving at a speed dictated by farm animals is all...
By Margaret Winter Maritsa Ochoa, 69 years old, arrived penniless in Cuenca on August 22 after a three-week odyssey from Venezuela through the mountains. She is nearly blind and too disabled by osteoporosis and diabetes to walk. She traveled to Ecuador in a decrepit...
Jueves,5/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - "Mnemografías," a show by Miguel Betancourt opened Thursday in Saledentro. He works in inks and watercolors on thin papers, ideal for Asian caligraphy, but with images of local places....
By Maureen & Bruce Stewart & Sylvan Hardy In business for only four months, Calvo & Co. on Calle Los Alamos, just west of Av. Las Americas, is setting a new standard for sandwiches in Cuenca and more than a few of its newly won fans claim its signature...
For the first time since taking office, Cuenca’s new city government is suggesting a start-up schedule for operation of the city's beleaguered tram system – the end of the year. The tram director, Carolina Ormaza, cautions however, that operations could be pushed back...
Miércoles, 4/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Conciertos - The OSC will perform the 9 symphonies of Luis Humberto Salgado in three concerts on the first 3 sábados in septiembre a las 20:00 in the teatro Pumapungo. Free. Book launch -...
Four medical clinics have been closed in Cuenca for lack of operating permits, unqualified staff and poor sanitation. In addition, the Agency for Quality Assurance for Medical Services (Acess) said it is conducting investigations of several area health care...
Martes, 3/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - There is a showing of works by stained glass artist Guillermo Larrazábal at the Museo Pumapungo this month. Opening - "Origen," a show of oil paintings by Carlos "Coco" Valdez will open...
New law enforcement measures announced last week by President Lenin Moreno went into effect on Monday. Called the “Great Crusade for National Security,” the plan involves the assignment of army personnel to law enforcement activities and increasing the number of...
Lunes, 2/9/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Taller - There is a straw weaving workshop this week at the Economuseo Municipal Casa del Sombrero (Rafael María Arízaga 7-97 y Luis Cordero). This is the next to last class for the year. <I...
A friend of mine occasionally invites me over to her house for dinner and the ritual is always the same. Shortly after I arrive I am confronted with, “Well, I really want to make a pork roulade with ‘pomme frites’ and roasted vegetables, but I don’t know where to...
Although Cuenca has celebrated the Chola Cuencana tradition for centuries, no chola had ever held the office of mayor or vice mayor until this week. Marisol Peñaloza assumed the office on Tuesday when the municipal council voted to replace Pablo Burbano, who had been...
