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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...
Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Upcoming and ongoing agenda events – Cine Francés – Tomorrow’s Martes de Cine Francés (14/2) at 19:00 in the Alianza Francesa will be Pater. The Alianza has a schedule of its activities from 13-19/2. Articles about – Workshops – The...
Hola, Todos – I will be taking a couple of days off next week – jueves y viernes, and be back on domingo, 19/2. Pagina cultural – Upcoming and ongoing agenda events – Piano at the Jazz Society – North American pianist Sam Farley will play on 24 y 25/2 in the La Viña...
By Alan Barber A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) looks at key economic and social indicators, as well as policy, institutional, and regulatory changes in Ecuador in the decade since President Rafael Correa took office. The paper also...
A day after the Cuenca Federacion de Barrios (FBC) was holding a press conference insisting that Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera cut all ties with the consortium in charge of tranvía project construction, the consortium was claiming that the city has negotiated in bad...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Conservatorio José María Rodríguez - The school will observe its 79th anniversary on 14/2 and is preparing a musical program. Articles about - Teatro - A final project by students in the School of...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - There is no cultural page today. See the headline below. Otras cosas - Titular - Cuenca vela a su pastor (Cuenca keeps vigil over its pastor.) - The mortal remains of Monseñor Luis Alberto Luna Tobar were brought to the Catedral La...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Tues,) agenda events - Martes de Cine - The Alianza Francesa's Tuesday movie was "Algunas horas de primavera" (A few hours of spring). Articles about - Cielo Mendoza - The 14 year old actress is the star of "Instantánea," a...
For the first time since the 1950s, pedestrians strolled down Cuenca’s historic Calle Santa Ana on Monday. The alleyway connecting Calles Benigno Malo and Padre Aguirre, along the north side of the cathedral, had been bricked shut for more than 60 years. Envisioned...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Ganadores del Oscar (Oscar winners) - A film series of Oscar winners screened Monday in the centro cultural República Sur (Pres. Córdova 5-55) with "The Deer Hunter" directed by Michael Cimino. Articles about -...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Ganadores del Oscar (Oscar winners) - A film series of Oscar winners will start mañana at 19:30 in the República Sur (Pres. Córdova 5-55) with "The Deer Hunter." Articles about - Interview - Dan...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Pelicula - The Ecuadorian movie "Instantánea" (Snapshot) was shown at the CCE Fri. morning. Charla y instalación (Talk and installation) - Mexican artist Yasmín Guerrero gave a talk in the Sala Comunitaria at the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Feria de discos - There will be a fair mañana y sábado at 10:00 in El Prohibido with records (vinyl - how old do you have to be to remember vinyl?), CDs, DVDs, and T-shirts. Free. Articles about -...
A 62-year-old man who fled to Ecuador after being charged with attempted first-degree murder has been extradited back to Burke County, North Carolina after at least two years on the lam. Dean Allen Yancey of Connelly Springs vanished before his October 2015 trial on...
Hola, Todos - Sorry for the truncated issue yesterday. I guess computers are as imperfect as humans. And in case you were wondering, people steal water meters for the bronze parts so it doesn't mater that the meters have ID numbers. The thief isn't trying to sell...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Tues.) agenda events - Martes de Cine - Tuesday movie at the Alianza Francesa was "La fille du patron" (The boss's daughter). The film is in French with Spanish subtitles. (Too bad if you're English monolingual.) Articles...
