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Although evidence that Ecuador’s economy is in recession may not be visible to the casual observer, a review of government investment over the last four years paints a dramatic picture. Nationwide, federal and local government investment in infrastructure projects,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - "Rompe la piñata" (Break the piñata) - This collective exhibit of the works of 22 young artists will be inaugurated today <if you believe the title> or tomorrow <if you believe the small print> at...
Hola, Todos - I will be off again from June 13 through 18 and back on the 19th. Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Teatro - "La Inmortal" (The Immortal) opened Wed. and will run through sábado at 20:00 in the teatro Sucre. Cost: $5.00. Publication...
For generations, residents of San Roque have told stories of giant frogs that inhabit the two lagoons that flank their tiny Cajas mountain village. Although visiting scientists, lured by the stories, have found frogs in the area that measured an impressive 20 inches...
The organization representing Cuenca taxi companies and independent taxi drivers says it is time to raise fares. Citing a 2014 agreement with the city transportation office to review fares every two years, the United Front of Taxis says it is looking for a consultant...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - International Conference - A Cuencan doctor is participating in a medical conference in Havana, Cuba. <?> Conversatorio - A discussion on "Los derechos Humanos como pilar de responsibilidad...
Mayor Marcelo Cabrera expects the city of Cuenca to benefit from improved relations with the new government of Lenin Moreno. During the past three years, Cabrera and other city officials said that working with former President Rafael Correa’s administration was often...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Book - "Carta Magna y Nuevo Constitucionalismo Latinoamericano" (Magna Carta and New Latin American Constitutionalism) will be presented today at 18:00 in the U. de Azuay. Two of the authors include professors...
Only four days after the government announced that Tame Airlines’ Cuenca-to-Guayaquil flighs would be suspended for a year, it announced Monday that they will resume in July. The reason for the sudden change? Give the credit to former Cuenca mayor Paúl Granda, now...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - "La Inmortal" (The Immortal) - This play will premiere at the Teatro Sucre and run from 7-10/6. Articles about Los Raymis - The Andean world celebrates 4 large festivals - the Raymis. The best known...
An earthquake measuring 6.2 degrees on the Richter scale was recorded Monday morning, just west of the Ecuador-Peru border. The quake occurred about 60 miles west of Loja and was felt strongly in Loja and in the area near the Cerros de Amotape National Park in...
The deterioration of completed tranvÃa work in Cuenca’s historic district is mostly the fault of former project manager, Consortium of the Four Rivers of Cuenca (CCRC), according to Cuenca transportation officials. Broken paving stones and traffic barriers, as well as...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Sun.) agenda events - Domingos culturales en familia - There was show with Magician Juan Estrella in the Museo de la Ciudad. <There's something every Sunday if you're looking for somewhere to take the kids.> Upcoming...
Just three days after government-owned Tame Airlines said it was extending its suspension of flights between Cuenca and Guayaquil to 120 days, Ecuador’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) authorized the carrier to drop the route for a full year. In the same...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Fri.) agenda events - Música - The Otavaleño group Ñanda Mañachi, one of the top groups playing traditional Ecuadorian music of the Andes, performed Fri. night in Teatro Casa de la Cultura. Upcoming agenda events - Festival de...
By Jim Wyss To casual visitors, this colonial town in southern Ecuador looks like it was torn from the pages of history. With its cobbled streets, soaring cathedrals and bustling markets, it exudes a lazy, old world charm. But Cuenca is also on the cutting edge of a...
The Cuenca municipal council has reached agreement with pyrotechnic artists and event organizers to reduce the explosiveness of this month’s Corpus Christi festival and to end all activities in Parque Calderon by midnight. Corpus Christi, or Setenario as it’s commonly...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Art event - There was a talk and exhibit Thurs. in the Sucré, Salé, Café (parque Calderón) on "Prácticas artÃsticas contemporáneas y estados del arte actual en clave de conversación informal" (Contemporary...
Cuenca’s municipal transportation department has set April 2018 as the completion date the tranvÃa. It is the fourth deadline to be announced since January 2015. Mayor Marcelo Cabrera said that a new project management company, to be named July 3, will have nine...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Serenata (serenade) - "Serenata a la Virgen" will be performed Thurs. at 19:30 in the Museo de las Conceptas by an instrumental and vocal group from Cañar. Concierto - "Brundibar," an opera performed...
