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Viernes, 9/3/2018 Hola, Todos - Sorry, it will be a short issue today. Aun con el resfrio, and I feel like a loser in a game of Dizzy Lizzy. Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Muestra de fotografía - Argentinian Alejandra Cultrera came to photograph Ecuador and...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera said Thursday that the fare for Cuenca’s tram system will be 35 cents when it begins operations early next year. Those over 65 and students from six to 18 will ride free. Cabrera said fares would be paid with the same electronic card that...
Jueves, 8/3/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Teatro - "Cuando llegue Rosa" (When Rosa arrives) by Carlos Gallegos and starring René Zavala, will be hoy a las 20:00 in the "La Guarida" Centro Cultural (Mariscal La Mar y Luis Pauta). Articles...
Miércoles, 7/3/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Short issue today - got un resfrio malo. Today's agenda events - Concierto - "Ínsula", a French trio performed Wednesday in the Teatro Sucre. They will play their own compositions which mixes oud <a lute like...
Martes, 6/3/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Taller - There was a contemporary dance workshop Tuesday in the "Rizoma Plataforma Disidente" in the CCE (Pres. Córdova y Luis Cordero). Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Taller - A workshop...
Lunes, 5/3/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events XIV Salón de la Comunicación <I'm not translating this title because anyone likely to go can translate it on their own.> - This event started Monday in the Museo de la Ciudad. Articles about -...
In a move to increase bus travel between Cuenca and Peru, the Azuay Transport Cooperative is operating two new double-decker buses from Cuenca to three cities in northern Peru. The buses are similar to those that operate on long-distance routes in Argentina and Chile....
Domingo, 4/3/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Libro - A poetry book, "Palabra de Río" by Spanish author Andrés de MÜller <I still haven't found the umlaut for the lower case.> will be presented el próximo martes a las...
A proposed city ordinance that would crack down on unlicensed, short-term rentals has the votes in the municipal council to become law, its supporters say. Cuenca’s hotel and hostal owners, sponsors of the legislation, blame most of a 12 percent decline in occupancy...
Viernes, 2/3/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - "Alza la voz feminina" (The feminine voice rises) - There will be an event from el martes hasta el domingo próximo in the museo Remigio Crespo with multiple artistic activities for the...
Jueves, 1/3/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Cine - As part of a film cycle dedicated to women, "Cleo de 5 a 7" was shown Thursday in the Auditorio of CIDCP. Archeology - The Colegio de Arqueólogos del Ecuador presented a program titled...
Story and photos by Bartley D’Alfonso “O Fortuna, like the moon you are ever changeable, ever waxing, ever waning . . .” These are the opening words to the popular cantata “Carmina Burana," written by German composer Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), which premiered in 1937,...
Miércoles, 28/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Library opening - La Unidad Educativa La Asunción (Asunción School) opened a library/playroom Wednesday. Taller - Wednesday CIDAP and the Japanese Embassy presented the latest in the cycle of...
They were high school students who dreamed of moving to the U.S. to work. Instead, the bodies of Marco Pichasaca and Luis Chimbo, aged 17 and 16, will be delivered to their grieving families in Cañar Province for burial. The boys were cousins, their homes less than...
Martes, 27/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - CCE - The CCE presented its annual report Tuesday in the Sala de Conciertos. <That must have been a thrilling event.> Upcoming agenda events - Theater - "Del Budismo al casos...del caos al...
Lunes, 26/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Past agenda event - Viernes Cultural Salesiano - The Cultural Friday night at the UPS (Universidad Politécnica Salesiana) featured Profecía and Apocalipsis and was a success. Articles about - CCE - To comply with the...
By Karla Betania Sánchez Arismendi Approximately 200 Muslims, most of them from Pakistan, get together to pray every Friday in a mosque at Calle Larga and Benigno Malo in Cuenca. “We want to show that our culture is not what some people think. Our religion promotes...
Domingo, 25/2/2018 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Artistic presentations - There will be a presentation of arts based on the body, movement, and music <Why does this sound like pole dancing? Or do I just have a dirty mind?>...
By Sylvan Hardy Had it not been for a handful of 1829 battlefield decisions, Cuenca could well have been a Peruvian city today. Historians say the outcome of the Battle of Portete de Tarqui could have gone either way. On Friday and Saturday, Ecuador's victory at...
Text and Photos by Bartley D’Alfonso It was an outdoor concert of classical music depicting the battle sounds of war, commemorating a historic battle between the forces of Gran Colombia, which included Ecuador, and Perú, 189 years ago on February 27, 1829. The concert...
