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Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Fri.) agenda events - "Lo nuestro y lo ancestral" (That which is ours and that which is ancestral) - A ceramics exhibit by Gil Vanegas opened Fri. in the Centro Cultural El Alferero on Convención del 45. Cine - As part of...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Exposición - "Códices Medievales, arte y historia desde lo contemporáneo" (Medieval manuscripts, art and history from the contemporary - Don't understand that title at all - seems like there's something...
Coffee from Azuay Province was judged second only to that produced by neighboring Loja Province in the 2016 Ecuador Gold Cub awards. The National Association of Coffee Exporters, which runs the annual competition, rated coffee produced in the Yunguilla Valley, 40...
More than 180 tranvia workers and subcontractors on Cuenca's tram project gathered at the offices of the Consortium Four Rivers of Cuenca (CCRC) demanding back pay. Protesters briefly blocked the intersection at Gran Colombia and Unidad Nacioanl, where CCRC offices...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today´s agenda events - Libro - "Geografía del Azuay, fisica y humana" (Geography of Azuay, physical and human) will be launched at 19:00 today in the Unidad de Cultura (Cultural Unit) of the U. of Cuenca (the old Medical School,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Tues.) agenda events - Libros - 3 new history books by Juan Cordero Iñiguez about Cuenca about the XVII and XVIII centuries, the government from 1777-1809, and the Independence Process from 1809-1822 will be presented today at...
Cuenca expats, as well holders of tourist, religious, business and work visas, must now travel to Azogues to deal with immigration issues. The Cuenca office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration ended all services to foreigners on Friday. Regional...
The celebration of Cuenca’s 196th anniversary of independence from Spain begins next week and officials are expecting more than 100,000 tourists. Although November 3 is the official national holiday for the city, activities will run through Sunday, November 6....
Hola, Todos - I went into El Centro today to get an agenda for for the fiestas, tried 3 places and at all of them "se acabó." (All gone, ran out, all over - your word for the day and you'll hear it a lot.) So if any of you has an extra to give away, could you leave...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Encuentro de Danza (Dance Encounter) - As part of the Fiestas de Cuenca 2016, this dance performance will be on viernes, 4/11 at 20:00 in the Teatro Pumapungo with dance groups Amaru, Sarabic, Nigma, Jiamir,...
Following last week’s announcement by Ecuador’s Development Bank (BDE) that the loan for Cuenca's San Francisco Plaza project had been cut in half, city officials say the change will not affect the schedule for work on the plaza itself. The larger project involves the...
Cuenca is asking expats for assistance in planning programs that will help foreign retirees better integrate into the city’s social and cultural life. An online expat survey is being prepared and will be posted in the coming days. Cuenca’s Department of External...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Música - Soda Stereo will presenteded their show Soda Eterno Fri. in the teatro of the CCE. Tickets on sale at The Moustache (av. Juan Iñiguez y Gonzalo Cordero). Fotográfica - The photographic show "Silencio y...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Thurs.) agenda events - ARCA - A benefit concert for ARCA to support their animal rescue activities is tonight at 20:00 in the teatro Sucre. (You've still got time to go - it's a good cause.) Pancho Aguirre - The actor...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's Wed.) agenda event - Exposición - The photography exhibit by Gabriela Parra closes today at 20:00. It is in the lobby of the CCE theater. Upcoming agenda events - Libros - Juan Cordero will present 3 new books about the history...
The Development Bank of Ecuador (BDE) says it will only provide $3.4 million of the $6.8 million originally budgeted for the San Francisco Plaza project. The bank says the reduction is due to the fact that the city has failed to provide documentation proving the...
It didn’t take Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera long to make good on his promise to restart tram construction. The mayor and city transportation officials told hundreds of workers Monday morning in El Centro that they now worked for the city and not for the Spanish...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Call for artists - The City of Cuenca and the Museo de la Ciudad are inviting plastic artists who want to show their work in the "Cuenca, Ciudad Artistica" (Cuenca, Artistic City) exhibit on 9/11. Call 099 822...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera says the city is ready to take over project management for construction of the tram. He says he will make a decision today. Cabrera declared a state of “transportation emergency” on Saturday after announcing that negotiations had broken...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Concurso - The Perroween pet costume contest was today at 11:00 in the Hotel Oro Verde. Cost: $5.00. (Wonder if they had a category for the "mascota" (pet - your word for the day and now we've got that over...
