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By Jill Cornfield Retirement may mean different things to different people, but most agree on one thing. It should be stress-free. However, lack of stress usually comes from years of planning and decades of saving — which not everyone can do. The average savings...
Lunes, 15/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - La Condamine - The members of the Comité Turistico Cultural de la calle La Condamine have active arts and cultural activities during the weekends. The galleries and arts centers which are next to the...
Ecuador’s Transit Commission (CTE) is introducing a bar code system that allows residents to report bribery demands or other misconduct by transit police or officials. The new program is called “Don’t give corruption a chance.” According to Edison Moscoso, Cuenca CTE...
I carry a camera with me nearly everywhere and almost every day. It encourages me to keep my eyes open to possibilities -- there is always something special happening in Cuenca, my job is to record a moment and share it with you. Here are ten of my favorites taken...
By Dr. Anna Wilson Soon after my arrival in Cuenca I noticed a phenomenon. I call it the “I’m-a-better-gringo-than-you” chorus. These are self-appointed expat police or behavior modification doctors. It starts when someone reports, on social media or at a social...
Jueves, 11/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Teatro - "Pentesilea, la reina de las Amazonas" opened Thursday in the sala Alfonso Carrasco at the CCE. It will continue viernes y sábado. Cost: $5.00. Cine de la India - Las Jornadas de Cine y...
Miércoles, 10/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Salvador Dalí - Two series of prints by Dalí, "Las cenas de Gala" and "Los sueños caprichosos de Pantagruel" are on tour and will be in Cuenca el viernes, 12/7 a las 19:00 in the Museo Pumapungo....
Hi, I’m Martín…Señor Martín Pescador to be exact. Brian isn’t around right now, neither is Edie. El Fantasma is gone too. That’s why I’m doing the writing today. Brian and Edie are my buddies. We’re close enough that Brian is trusting to me to do the talking this...
According to Mexican urban planner Roberto Ponce, Cuenca should look at the experiences of other cities as it formulates a master transportation plan. “To reduce traffic in its central city London made the cost of public parking prohibitively high,” he says, noting...
Martes, 9/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Revista - The magazine "Resaltador Digital" will be presented mañana a las 19:00 in the Piazza del Río at the Mall del Río. Charla - There will be a talk on "La ciencia y el lenguaje de los símbolos...
An unusually heavy snowfall Monday night covered the Cajas Mountains from elevations of 4,200 meters and higher. Personnel at the Cajas National Park, west of Cuenca, estimated that snowfall measured as much as 14 centimeters in some locations. "Snow in the Cajas is...
Lunes, 8/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Cine - 18 short films in this festival will be shown from hoy to 10/7 a las 19:00 in the Universidad de las Artes <Oops, 77777I think it's in Guayaquil.>. Danza - There will be a dance...
Viernes, 6/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Festival de Cine La Orquídea Cuenca - <This is a confusing article, so be warned I might be 180 degrees off.> The ex-prefect of Azuay, Paúl Carrasco, resigned from his office to run for mayor...
“My grandfather brought this back from Bolivia in 1924. He was stationed down there, working for a mining company when he was young. He always spoke of South America with great fondness as being a very special place; ‘It is not the United States at all,’ he would...
A frequent complaint of Cuenca tourists and expats is that they can’t find the tea they were accustomed to back home. Although Ecuadorians have a long tradition as tea drinkers, most of the local brews come from native plants of the Andes and surrounding lowlands....
Works by one of the 20th century’s iconic artists, the Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí, will go on public display Friday, July 12 at the Pumapungo Museum. Pumapungo's director of contemporary art, Juliana Vega, said the exhibition, the first major display of Dalí’s...
Jueves, 4/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Museo de Las Conceptas y la Alianza Francesa - The two organizations have joined to organize "Memorias de Francia en las Conceptas" which will have 5 events including exhibits, a conference, museum...
Cuenca’s new city government says it is stunned by the extent of illegal activity in the city’s public markets. According to markets director Marcelo Álvarez, there are “mafias” operating inside the facilities, especially at El Arenal, commonly known as Feria Libre,...
Cuenca social service officials say they are maxed out in terms of handling the continuing flow of Venezuelan refugees into the city. Municipal councilman Iván Abril, who chairs the Immigration Committee of the Cantonal Council, says that a growing number of refugees...
Martes, 2/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Going to be a short issue today. Typing is hurting my joints. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Classical guitar - David Vázquez returned to Cuenca after graduating from the Manhattan school of Music in classical guitar. He will...
