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With early polls showing Guillermo Lasso leading Lenin Moreno, leaders of Alianza País (AP), the political movement founded by President Rafael Correa, are for the first time talking about what happens if the party loses the presidency. National Assemblywoman Doris...
Members of Cuenca’s city council are working with university, church and government officials to develop a public information campaign about the city’s new Environmental Noise Control Ordinance. They are also determining a fine schedule for violators and details of...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Solitary George - In consideration of George's status as the last of his species, Geochelone Elephatopus Abingoni (Chelonoidis nigra abingdoni) (the parenthesis are the paper's. Both of those are...
Although the new trade agreement with the European Union is good news for Ecuadorian consumers, it presents a big challenge for Ecuador’s liquor producers. Nowhere is the challenge greater than in Cuenca, the center of the country’s distilling industry. The city's...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Exhibit - A show called "Orillas" (Banks, shores, edges, borders and more. Take your pick or picks.) by painter Ariel Dawi will open jueves a las 19:00 in the Museo de Arte Moderno. Articles about -...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Exposición - An exhibit by Jorge Chalco, "Yasuní: El paraíso de los contrastes" (Yasuní: The paradise of contrasts), will open el jueves, 30 de marzo in the Exhibit Halls in the Museo de la Ciudad. ...
Hola, Todos - More confusion for those of us who can't remember what day it is without consulting our phones. I am translating the Saturday paper because the Sunday paper didn't get delivered. Pagina cultural - Libros recomendados de la semana (book recommendations...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Fri.) agenda events - Music festival - Groove Hunters and Mayu (Paseo 3 de Noviembre y Puente Juana de Oro) presented a musical festival Fri. with two ambiances: the first is carioca, jello-shots and beer pong (I'm sorry, but...
Police estimate that as many as 7,000 Cuencanos, tourists and expats turned out for Thursday’s “Noche de los Compadres” at Parque Calderon, to listen to music, watch dances, and slime each other with aerosol foam. The event marks the beginning of the Carnaval...
Hola, Todos - Sorry for the non-issue yesterday. I think it has something to do with putting the computer into sleep mode or letting it turn itself off so I do something else for a while. When I turn it back on, I get little blue message flags about something's...
Three landslides shut down travel between Cuenca and Guayaquil Wednesday. The slides followed heavy rainfall that is also causing problems on Highway 35 in Cañar and Chimboroza Provinces. The Ministry of Transportation and Public Works said that two of the three...
As Cuencanos celebrate the beginning of the long Carnaval weekend tonight in Paruqe Calderon, old-timers recall a time when the event was much more important in the social life of Cuenca. They also remember it not just as time for fun, but also of violence and...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Tuesday's agenda event - Martes de cine - The Alianza Francesa's Tuesday Movie was "Augustine" with Spanish subtitles. Articles about - Museo Landívar - The house whose first floor houses a museum is in need of structural repair. (The...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Música - There will be vintage soul este martes y miércoles at 20:00 in the sala "Alfonso Carrasco" in the CCE (Luis Cordero y Pres. Córdova). The concert will be an ensemble with violin, piano,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Open mic (micrófono abierto - same abierto you see on doors when the store's open) at the Broken Bridge Bistro (pasaje 3 de noviembre, next to the Puente Roto) mañana a las 18:30. There will be an open mic...
Cuenca Mayor Cuenca Marcelo Cabrera announced Thursday that the city has officially terminated the contract with Consorcio Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca (CCRC), the Spanish company managing construction of the tranvía. The action is unilateral and Cabrera says he expects to...
How is the influx of North American and European residents changing Cuenca? And, what are the steps the city is taking to create a healthy coexistence between the foreigners and local residents? These are questions that the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera has extended the state of emergency that allows the city to manage tranvía construction. “If we have to, we are able and willing to finish the project ourselves,” he said Tuesday. The controversial project received an added boost Tuesday...
Hola, Todos - Sorry folks, but I need to take an extra day off so I will not do any translations from tomorrow through Fri and I'll be back on Sun. But you all might want to run out and get tomorrow's paper which will have a special inset listing Carnaval activities. ...
Big rallies, new corruption charges and counter-charges, defenses of family honor, and inconclusive political polls mark the final days of Ecuador’s presidential campaign. In Cuenca on Monday, caravans supporting CREO candidate Guillermo Lasso and Democractic Left...
