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Strong thunderstorms Sunday afternoon flooded some areas of Cuenca and refilled the city's drought-stricken rivers. According to the national weather service, rain amounts ranged as high as 38 millimeters (1.5 inches) in some locations while others received as little...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Sunday) agenda event - Inauguración de la Bienal - Carla Canora and Taribo performed during the Bienal opening event. (This looks like they forgot to mention them in the other articles so are putting them in the agenda box.)...
After a late start Friday night at the Pumapungo Theater, Ecuadorian artist Oswaldo Terreros was awarded one of three top prizes at opening ceremonies of the Cuenca International Art Bienal. The opening gala was delayed for almost an hour-and-a-half because of the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Poetry reading - There was a poetry reading today in the librería "Pedro Páramo." Contemporary authors Sonia and Fernando Moreno read from the works of Cuencanan poets such as Luis and Alfonso Moreno Mora, César...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Conference - Psychologist Pilar Sordo gave a conference Thurs. at Mall del Río on "No quiero crecer-Cómo superar el miedo a ser adulto" (I do not want to grow up-How to overcome the fear of being an adult). ...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's non-agenda, non-event - Correction - El Mercurio issued a public correction and apology for misspelling the name of one of the Bienal's founders. Articles about - La Tarde - The afternoon newspaper has relaunched itself as...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Libro - "Papá murió Hoy" (Dad died Today) - This new book by Telmo Herrera was launched Tues. in the libería "Pedro Páramo" on the ground floor of the CCE. Articles about - Bienal (Biennial) - The XIII Bienal de...
Ecuador risk management officials declared a fire emergency Tuesday morning for areas near the towns of Oña and Nabón, about 50 miles south of Cuenca. Army troops and volunteers from nearby communities have been brought in to combat the blazes. An emergency was also...
Architect Boris Albornoz has received Latin America's top architecture award for his redesign of the Mercado 9 de Octubre and the Plaza Rotary in Cuenca's historic district. Albornoz accepted the 2016 Rogelio Salmona Latin American Architecture Prize last week in a...
Hola, Todos - Correction - The correct email address for Exportafacil is www.exportafacil.gob.ec. Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - "Lirón, Líron" - The Festival de Artes for children will continue until 27/11. On viernes, 26/11, there will be a Fathers and...
A sex trafficking network that used Facebook to lure young girls into sexual liaisons with older men has been dismantled in Cuenca and Machala, national police report. They say three arrests were made in Machala last week and expect more to follow. The group targeted...
Local fire fighters spent a busy weekend controlling wildfires in rural areas close to Cuenca. For several hours Sunday afternoon, smoke covered several neighborhoods in the southern part of the city. The Cuenca fire department responded to fires in Barabón, near...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Teatro Títeres Candilejas (Limelight Puppet Theater) - There will be puppet shows for school children on 22, 23, 25, & 26/11 at 9:30 in the Sala de Conciertos at the CCE. Articles about - Sala Nacional de...
The Cuenca city utilities department says that water rationing could be ordered if the current dry spell continues into December. “Although current conditions do not compare to the drought of 2010, they are putting a strain on water resources in the Cuenca area,” says...
It was a beautiful evening last Monday night as the Supermoon — La Super Luna to Cuencanos — crested the Andes. The clouds offered the moon relentless competition which created additional interest in the sky. As the two competed to see who would control the heavens, I...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Fri.) agenda events - OSC - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca performed in the Catedral Vieja. Teatro - "La Silla que Cura" (The Chair that Cures) starring children diagnosed with cancer will be Fri. at 19:00 and Sat. at 11:00...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Thurs.) agenda events - National meeting - A national meeting of art students will be at the Department of Art at the U. of Cuenca Fri. y sábado. There will be round table discussions on art education, cultural management...
Although U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump says he will soon begin massive deportations of illegal aliens, he will have to beat the record currently being set daily by Barack Obama. Immigration officials in Ecuador say that the Obama administration is conducting more...
By Mac Margolis Donald Trump was not the only churlish septuagenarian with some eccentric notions about world affairs to score big in the Americas this month. On Nov. 6, Nicaraguan guerrilla-turned-strongman Daniel Ortega won his third consecutive presidential...
The vast majority of visitors to Cuenca come to have fun and relax, a study by Cuenca’s tourism foundation reports. Sixty-three percent of visitors listed recreation as the reason for their visit. The category includes cultural events, such as the as festivals and...
