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Cuenca was named the "Best Destination for Short Vacations in South America” at the World Travel Awards (WTA) ceremony last night in Cancun, Mexico. Mayor Marcelo Cabrera was on hand to accept the first-place award. Cuenca joined Bogota, Buenos Aires, Guayaquil, Lima,...
More than a hundred angry business and property owners blocked traffic Friday morning on Av. Las Americas at the Simon Bolivar redondel, protesting delays in tram construction. Work on the tram in the area has been idle for nine months. “We keep hearing that a...
Viernes, 8/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Cuentos y poesía (Stories and poetry) - "Pancho" Aguirre and Fidel Román will share stories and poetry from around the world hoy a las 20:00 in the sala "Alfonso Carrasco" in the CCE. Cost:...
Following a Thursday meeting with rectors of the country’s federally funded universities, Secretary of Higher Education Augusto Barrera announced that university funding will remain at current levels through 2017 and face smaller cuts for 2018. The agreement followed...
Jueves, 7/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - "Plush" - Performance #200 will be Saturday, 15/9 a las 10:00 in the teatro Casa de la Cultura. "Festival Internacional de Artes Callejeras: Arte Calle 2017 - The organizers of this...
Miércoles, 6/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Wednesday) agenda events - Teatro - The Barojo Experimental Theater Group presents "La Boda de Dorimena" (Dorimena's Wedding) Thursday and Friday at 20:00 in the Atrapa Sueños Centro Cultural (Juan Bautista...
The Cuenca municipal council voted Tuesday to increase urban bus fares from 25 cents to 30 cents, a decision that angered both the bus companies who provide public transit services and students who demand that the rate remain unchanged. Under the new fare structure,...
Lunes, 4/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - VIII Festival "Arte Calle 2017" - The 8th <just in case there's someone out there who never learned or has forgotten Roman numerals> International Street Art Festival will start...
Domingo, 3/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Exposición - For the Año de la Cultura (Year of Culture) being celebrated in Cuenca, the pen and ink exhibit, "Cuenca: Arte, Tradición y Patrimonio" by Jaime Lara will open el...
Viernes, 1/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Friday) agenda event - Teatro The last performance of "Barrio Caleidoscopio" in Cuenca was Friday in La Guarida Centro Cultural (calle Mariscal La Mar y Luis Pauta, sector Convención del 45). Cost: $7.00....
Jueves, 31/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Thursday) agenda event - Teatro - There were two sets of performances Thurs. by the Teatro Experimental Barojo about the tragic love story between La Cusinga and the French doctor, Seniergues. The venues were...
Several Cuenca municipal council members are furious about the delay in choosing a contractor to complete the city’s beleaguered tranvía project. Meanwhile, the city defends its bid review process and says a new project manager will be chosen within days. “They say...
Miércoles, 30/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Música - "Noches del Museo" <But don't expect Ben Stiller.> will feature an hour of music from the Venezuelan ensemble "Monagas" Thursday a las 20:00 in the Museo Remigio...
Martes, 29/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events Teatro - "Barrio Caleidoscopio" by Carlos Gallegos will be performed el viernes, a las 20:00, in the La Guarida Centro Cultural. On 15/9 a las 11:00 y (and) 20:00, the last two (Numbers 199 &...
Lunes, 28/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event Simposium Internacional de Neurociencias <All cognates, all yours)> - The symposium will be from 28-29/9 in the Teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz and deal with the themes of human interaction with...
Domingo, 27/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - Revista virtual (Virtual magazine) - the Laboratorio Nerv is calling for participants for it's 2nd edition of the online magazine. If you are interested in publishing your drawings, photographs,...
With the Quito public bus strike looming in the background, the Cuenca municipal council begins debate this week on raising fares on the city’s bus system. The Quito strike was called after the city council refused to raise bus fares from the current 25 cents to 30...
Viernes, 25/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Teatro - "Solo, solo, solo" will close its season with the last performance Saturday a las 20:00 in the sala "Alfonso Carrasco." Cost: $5 & $7 with 2x1. Seminario académico <Are you all...
Although the country’s new immigration law has been in effect more than six months, many of its working details remain to be resolved. That was the message delivered Thursday afternoon by Cuenca immigration attorney Lina Ulloa. “We have asked the Ministry of the...
Jueves, 24/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Concierto - Paulo Freire will perform Friday a las 20:30 in the Sucre Salé Café. Cost: $5.00. Taller de Mandalas - The "Kinto Ñan por Suramérica" project will hold a stretched...
