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Cuenca’s transportation director says the city’s tranvia system will require nine months to train personnel and to test tramway and computer systems before it offers service to the public. According to Jaime Guzmán, most of the preparation work will be conducted as...
Martes, 3/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events Dance - There was a dance performance by the Compañía de Danza Contemporánea of the U. of Cuenca Tues. in the the postgraduate building of the Faculty of Architecture. Upcoming and ongoing agenda...
Lunes, 2/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Filme - "Taxi Driver" by Martin Scorsese will show Tuesday a las 19:00 in "La Guarida" Centro Cultural (La Mar y Luis Pauta). Cost: fifty cents. <Now that'll sure put a big hole...
A new municipal ordinance prohibits the detonation of fireworks from 1 a.m. until 6 a.m. and requires new safety measures around detonation areas. According to the Cuenca municipal council, the ordinance is a response to citizen complaints and injuries suffered by the...
Domingo, 1/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Encuentro - The 4th Encuentro Precom3 OS Patrimonio will be Monday y el martes from 8:00 in the Architecture Department Building at the U. of Cuenca. Panelists from Belgium, México...
Viernes, 29/9/2017 Hola, Todos - I will be taking time off from el próximo viernes, 6/10 to el miércoles, 11/10 to do volunteer work elsewhere and for a more helpless population <than monolingual gringos who can't even cross a street without a facilitator>....
Text and photos by John Keeble Great dreams often founder on practicalities.They can be starved by everyday difficulties such as lack of space and stimulating interactions. Cuenca is rich in talented people who aspire to express themselves with visual arts or writing...
So far in 2017, eight Cuenca Citizen Guards have required hospitalization following attacks by informal, or unlicensed street vendors, in the historic district and at city mercados. The guards, who are unarmed and concentrated in the city’s tourist areas, are...
Jueves, 28/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - OSC - The String Group No. 2 of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca (OSC - this is an abbreviation you need to remember) played Friday in the teatro "Jaime Roldós Aguilera" in Cañar. Upcoming and...
Miércoles, 27/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Ciclo de cine (Film series) - The Club del Cine "Catarsis" will screen "La infancia de Iván" (The childhood of Ivan) by Andrei Tarkovsky Thurs. a las 19:00 in CIDAP. The series...
By Sylvan Hardy Although the recognition has been slow in coming, Ecuador is finally getting serious notice from the highly opinionated, highly caffeinated international community of coffee experts. For decades, the coffee produced in the lower valleys near Quito and...
A fight that resulted in injuries broke out early Tuesday afternoon after two Cuenca Citizen Guards asked a small group of informal vendors to move from their positions near the corner of Calles Presidente Borrero and Marsical Sucre. Following the order, the vendors,...
Martes, 26/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Teatro - "Elízabeth o la Esclavitud" (Elizabeth or the Slavery - I think that should be your word for the day.) <And I think we should all consider by whom or what we are enslaved, and how do...
With a contract manager selected to finish construction of Cuenca's tranvía, the city is now looking for a company to manager its operation. "We have two offers from transportation management companies, one from Medellín (Colombia) and the other from Tenerife (Canary...
Lunes, 25/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - CIDAP - The crafts shop, "El Barranco," was reopened, and a new space was created in the Cafetería del CIDAP <never knew they had one> where you can enjoy Belgian waffles. Articles about -...
Domingo, 24/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event- Ceremonia Cívica - The "Abdón Calderón" Military High School No. 4" will celebrate Flag Day with a ceremony proclaiming the Flag Bearers, Standard Bearers, and Escorts for the 2017-2018 school...
Viernes, 22/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Teatro - The 1st performance of "Amor de Don Perimplín con Belisa en su jardín" will be hoy a las 22:00 <Can that be right? It's hours past a lot of your bedtimes.> en La Guarida Centro...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera reported Thursday that the federal government is still on-board to assist with funding for Cuenca's tranvía. His comments came after he met with Ecuador Finance Minister Carlos de la Torre. In addition, de la Torre said the government will...
Domingo, 3/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Publication - The publication "Cuenca: La próxima Tragedia" (Cuenca: The next Tragedy) was presented hoy a las 18:00 in the Unión Nacional de Periodistas (UNP) (Paucarbamba 3.23 y Los Fresnos)....
By Sylvan Hardy No one is quite sure how Luis Caldas earned the title of “Governor.” It might be because he shined the shoes of the governors of Azuay Province, as well as those of presidents and mayors. It might be because his shoeshine stand, on the east side of...
