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Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar Airport will be closed from August 8 until August 30 for runway resurfacing, airport executive director Fernando Arteaga announced on Wednesday. In addition to applying a new surface, the work will also improve drainage. According to Arteaga,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Wednesday's event - Cine uruguayo - Today's film in the Uruguayan Film Series is "Ingeniero" and was shown at 19.00. It was about fútbol. Upcoming events - Talk - There will be a talk on Franz Kafka by young Cuencano writer Guillermo...
City planners and architects from the University of Cuenca presented what they claim is the final design for a rejuvenated San Francisco Plaza on Tuesday. Construction begins in November, they say. “At this point there will be no more big changes,” says Paul Barzallo,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming event - Exposición - An exhibit of terracotta sculptures by Pablo Artega will open Wed. at 19:00 in the Galería Salón del Pueblo de la Casa de la Cultura. Articles about - La Sinfónica Juvenile - The Juvenile Symphony of the...
Text and photos by Brian Buckner The taxi driver gassed the screaming little four cylinder engine, putting us into another power slide around the rutted and muddy corner. It had been that way for the last five miles as pigs and cows seemed to fly to get out of the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Articles about - Floating houses - Manuel Castellano has written a book containing painted and photographed images going back 300 years with the earlier photo from 1860. The cane and balsa houses were along the Babahoyo, Daule and...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Revista (magazine) - "El Guacamayo y la serpiente" (The macaw and the serpent), a magazine with essays on literary criticism from the CCE will be launched on 9/8. Summer camp - El quinto Campamento Vacacional Estancia...
Following an undercover investigation, police raided a members-only bar Saturday night in the historic distrcit, arresting the owner and confiscating illegal liquor. They called the bar, located behind a tienda on Calle Juan Jaramillo near Presdiente Borrero, a...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Friday's events - "Conjugar" (Conjugate or combine) - This dance performance was Fri. night in the sala "Alfonso Carrasco" in the CCE. Upcoming events - Children's reading program - A reading, teaching and imaginative project, "La Casa...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Gaceta Cultural - The July issue of the Cultural Gazette, published by República Sur is in circulation with poems by Juan Bermeo and Alexander Ávila, a graphic novel, and opinion pieces. "Sueños del Antaño (Dreams of...
Cuenca transportation officials are grappling with what they admit is “traffic chaos” on Av. Las Americas in the area of the Gran Colombia - Ordoñez Lasso redondel. On Monday, traffic on Las Americas was closed in both directions between Del Batán and Gran Colombia...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing event - Exposición - An exhibit by artists Eduardo Segovia and Boris Ordóñez is open in the Salón del Pueblo de la Casa de la Cultura called "Búsqueda y Conexión" (Search and Connection). Articles about - Sinfónica - The...
Following a Monday meeting with Ecuador’s General Aviation Directorate and the Minister of Transportation, Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera announced that runway repairs would be a two-step process. Within weeks, the runway will be milled and a new surface will be applied...
Hola, Todos - Happy July 4th. El Mercurio has a special insert to commemorate July 4th. Pagina cultural - Books to China - The Ministry of Culture sent Ecuadorian books to China to the U. of Nanjing in Shanghai with the goal of creating libraries about Ecuador in the...
Hola, Todos - I will have family visiting me next week and while I will try to send a translation every day, I might not have enough energy after a day of touristic activities to send one every day. Do not expect a translation on Tuesday. Pagina cultural - Fiesta del...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Continuing and upcoming events - CIDAP - The crafts exhibit "Manos mágicas" (Magic hands - note that mano is an exception to the rule that words ending in "o" are masculine. That's why the feminine form of magic is used.) is at CIDAP...
Scheduled to be operational in less than a year, Cuenca transportation officials still don’t know how much passengers will pay to ride the tranvía. This, despite the fact that the city has paid more than $260,000 to Spanish consultants to come up with a fare. Mayor...
Hola, Todos - Sorry for the truncated issue yesterday. But to call it to my attention, do NOT use the hotmail address. I never check it - I've lost the password. Use the old email address or use CHL. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that tonight's issue will go...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's events - "De abandonos, encierros y soledades" (About neglect, confinement and solitudes) - La Compañia de Danza Contemporánea de la Universidad de Cuenca will present this work today at 20:00 in the Teatro Carlos Cueva...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Festival de Artes Escénicas de Género, LGBTI (Gender, LGTBI Scenic Arts Festival) - The festival starts today and runs to Thu. at the Teatro Sucre. Performances start at 20:00. Wed. is free. Thursday, the work...
