Cuenca News

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 performance el 16/7 a las 20:00...

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 of Cuenca. Sometime before that, the paperwork to...

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. Mónica Malo, owner of the new Amatea tea shop in...

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 work in Ecuador, is an important stepping stone for establishing Pumapungo as a...

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 visits, cinema and music. The program started hoy in the galería...

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, the city’s largest market on Av. Las Americas. “The illegal operators are extorting the...

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 are sleeping on city streets, under bridges and along the banks of rivers....

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 perform with 3 other musicians el 18/7 in the teatro...

City officials and their legal team head to Santiago, Chile this week for the final hearings on the $22 million claim filed by a former tram project manager. The government of former Cuenca mayor Marcelo Cabrero fired Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca Consortium, CCRC, a Spanish company, in January 2017 for project delays. CCRC challenged the...