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Presidential front-runner Lenin Moreno visits Cuenca today, with stops planned at a historic district market and at the Jefferson Pérez Coliseum. Moreno, vice president during President Rafael Correa’s first two terms in office and a member of Correa’s Alianza País...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Tues.) agenda events - Rock Concert - Baska, Bajo Sueños and Lavadora Blues performed in the parque De La Madre Tues. night. Undated events - Creative careers in crafts - The centro de formación artesanal Cumbe (Cumbe Center...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Happy Boxing Day! Ongoing and undated agenda events - Casa de los Arcos - As part of the Bienal, artist Luis Chenche is showing his work at the Casa de los Arcos with hours from 9-19:00. Bandas de Pueblo - Local and community bands,...
A crowd of more than 100,000 lined Calle Simon Bolivar on Saturday as thousands more rode and marched in Cuenca’s annual Pase del Niño parade. At the head of the processoin, the 193-year-old statue of the Niño Viajero, so-called for his 1962 world tour when he...
Cuenca’s José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital, part of Ecuador’s Social Security Institute (IESS) health care system, has received a “Gold” rating by the International Hospital Accreditation Board of Canada. It is the first hospital in Cuenca to earn the distinction. The...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events and a past event - Galería - The Arte Mashca Gallery is opened its spaces to independent artists to show and sell their work. It is located at Luis Cordero 5-48 y Honorato Vásquez. Teatro infantil - The students...
By Sylvan Hardy For tourists and foreign residents, today's Christmas Eve’s Pase del Niño (the Passing of the Child) parade is a colorful and often bizarre mixture of the sacred and the profane. To locals, it’s a time-honored combination of Catholic and indigenous...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - CCE - The first film ever shown will be commemorated by the CCE which will launch a new magazine, GOD/ART, which specializes in film, on 28/12 at 20:00. Federico Proaño - The school will have Christmas programs...
Hola, Todos - Feliz Kapac Raymi! Pagina cultural - Today's (Wed.) agenda events - Concierto festivo - the OSC along with the chorus of the conservatory "José María Rodriguez" performed Wed. night in the teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz. They play again Thurs. at 20:00 in...
On early Sunday morning December 18, the popular local eatery and expat hangout Common Ground was robbed. Video footage from the apartment building behind the restaurant shows four men leaving with the stolen items, including a big-screen television, one smaller...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Mon.) agenda event - Novena - La Tradicional Novena Cuencana for today will be at the house of Marco Pesántez at 19:00 (Tarqui 7-25 y Pres. Córdova). Among the organizers are the Fundación Municipal Turismo para Cuenca...
Strong late-afternoon thunderstorms on Sunday disrupted traffic and knocked out power in several areas of the city. Hail was also reported at several locations. Areas hardest hit included Mall del Rio, the Cuenca-Azogues autopista, Plaza Las Americas shopping plaza,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Sun.) agenda events - Novena para hoy - The novena for today was at 17:00 in the Catedral Vieja. Articles about - Conciertos - The Childrens' and Youth Chorus and Orchestra will perform two concerts. Tomorrow's (lunes, 19/12)...
By Sylvan Hardy When the government paid a house call Thursday to Ecuador’s smartest 2016 high school graduate, it was more than simply a media event. Although newspaper and television reporters were on hand when René Ramírez, Ecuador's Secretary of Higher Education,...
Signage and curb markers are being installed on Calle Gran Colombia between Tarqui and Padre Aguirre, ahead of next week’s opening to vehicular traffic next week. “We are seeing real progress in the historic district,” says Guillermo Argudo, Cuenca’s tranvía project...
A series of soaking rains that began Wednesday night have put an end to the drought that has plagued Cuenca and Ecuador’s southern sierra. Ecuador’s weather service says more rain is in the forecast through next week. “The is excellent news for our area,” said Ivan...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera has extended the emergency declaration allowing the city to continue project management of tranvía construction. Cabrera said that work during the 60-day extension will move beyond the city's historic district, to other areas of the tram...
The wildfires that threatened Cuenca’s water shed are out, doused by more than a hundred firefighters, helicopter bambi bucket drops, and timely evening showers, but the damage to native vegetation is severe, authorities say. Although the fires did not enter the...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera declared a state of emergency Tuesday afternoon as a fast-moving wild fire in the Cajas Mountains threatened the city's water shed. The fire, which has so far consumed about 150 hectares in the Mazán Alto and Zorrocucho sectors of the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Recitales navideños (Christmas recitals) - The Department of Arts at the U. of Cuenca will perform on the 13, 15, 20/12. For more info., go to www.ucuenca.edu.ec. (It's in Spanish but use your translate...
