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The Machángara River on Cuenca’s north side is running red and environmental officials are not sure why. “At this point we don’t know and are in the process of investigating,” said Paul Vintimilla, Environmental Management director of ETAPA, the city’s utility...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Finished events - Contemporary dance - in the Museo Universitario (12 de Abril y Solano), Fri at 20:00 as part of the project Danza en los Museos (Dance in the Museums). Show by "Esteman" - Fri at 21:00 in the centro cultural Reública...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming stuff - Revista (magazine - your word for the day) - about El Cajas with previously unpublished fotos of the park is available today. Cost: $3.00. You can buy it with your El Mercurio. (I know, I know - you don't buy the...
Hola, Todos - I think it's time for another reminder about these translations. If it's about an event, sale, job, etc - I translate all pertinent information. I do not hold out on you, and I resent the implication that I don't give you complete information. If you...
Municipal police say they made 52 drunk-driving arrests over the four-day holiday weekend. Most of the arrests came during breathalyzer checks on Calle Larga, 12 de Abril and Remigio Crespo. Four of the arrests were of foreign citizens, two of legal residents....
Hola, Todos - Tuesday's special foundation of Cuenca issue is a fat 5 section paper with 54 pages instead of the normal 3 section, 22-24 page paper. Section D has articles about maiz (corn - your word for the day, and all of you should know that already.) and food,...
Cuenca received its current name 459 years ago today when the Viceroy of Peru and Marquess of Canete, Andres Hurtado de Mendoza, ordered the city renamed for his Spanish hometown. At the time of its Spanish founding in 1556, Cuenca bore the temporary name of Santa Ana...
Demanding changes to the plan to renovate Cuenca’s San Francisco Square, some of the 128 merchants who currently occupy the square staged a sit-in Monday at the municipal building on Parque Calderon. The protesters' main demand is that the sales kiosks in the new plan...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Música y Cine - at the Planetarium in Parque de la Madre at 19:00 to Thu, 14/4. (I have a feeling all the events are listed in the schedule of festivies which I haven't got.) Articles about - El Avispero Collective - has become an...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Articles about - Cuenca's full cultural schedule for the April fiestas. Some events are: Mon, 11/4 - Awards ceremony for Comaniejos, winner of the Festival del Pasillo - Pumapungo - 20:00. Thu, 14/4 - Festival del Teatro - childrens'...
By Rose Jennings Although Ecuador did not celebrate National Nutrition Month in March, as is done in the U.S., I would like to celebrate it here with some of the learning and achievements we’ve had in the Coordinated Approach to Child Health program (CATCH) over the...
Several hundred protesters opposed to new government taxes marched up Simon Bolivar Thursday afternoon, gathering for speeches on the south side of Parque Calderon. A strong thunderstorm moved through the area about 6, dispersing some of the crowd. A separate,...
Cuenca’s Foundation festival begins the today, highlighted by crafts, food, song, and dance. The festivities continue until Tuesday. Calle Presidente Borrero between Juan Jaramillo and Calle Larga will be closed to vehicles, replaced by 100 tents housing Ecuadorian...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming event - Teatro - "Dulcinea el amor de Don Quijote" will play from today to Sat in the sala "Alfornso Carrasco" at the Casa de la Cultura at 19:30. Finished events - A book launch - of "Dumapara. Un sitio Kañari-Inka,...
A Cuenca woman died Tuesday night as a result of a healing ritual in the Tarqui River, near Mall del Rio. Maria Teresa Guambaña, 55, was taken into the river by a healer who conducts ancient healing rites. The healer, who has not been named by police, apparently lost...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Concierto - and awards ceremony with the winners of the pasillos festival this coming Mon. at 19:30 in the Teatro Pumapungo. "Bruno y Lucy, el periplo" - a work by the Teatro a Ratos Thurs (14/4) at 20:00 in the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Photography competition - the Alianza Francesa de París is organizing the VI Edition of the International Photography Competition. This year's theme is "El Deporte en imágenes" (Sports in Images). Entries will be...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Calls for entries - for the Premio de Literatura "Aurelio Espinosa Pólit" in poetry. More info at 02-299-1700, ext. 1381 or 1460. (Anyone ready to enter a poetry competition doesn't need a translation. In fact, you...
A 16-hour rain Saturday night and Sunday morning has Cuenca road crews working overtime to clear landslides and remove fallen trees from river banks. The rain is part of a nationwide pattern that is causing coastal flooding and and dozens of landslides in the sierra....
Hola, Todos - I don't know if there were any eagle-eyed readers of Friday's translation who noticed some items had an asterisk next to the title. Those of you who didn't, and believed those articles - GOTCHA - you were April Fooled. This will be the last post at...
