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Almost $4 billion has been sent home to Cuenca in the last decade from Ecuadorians living overseas, mostly in the U.S. and southern Europe. The money has fueled unprecedented growth in construction and new businesses and helped many families achieve middle class...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Fotografía - There was a meeting of the Motiquedada Ecológica Mundial en Cuenca in El Paraíso at 10 today (19/11) for aficionados of photography. Concierto - A concert, "Navidad: Cantos e Historias de Nuestra tierra" (Christmas:...
In town to attend a meeting of the Latin American Network of Strategic Urban Development, Medellín, Colombia vice-mayor Alvaro Berdugo urges Cuenca to think big when it comes to solving transportation problems. “When you make transportation plans, consider the impact...
“Putting the Fun Back Into Fundraising!” is the theme of Hearts of Gold fourth Christmas gala Friday night, December 4. The highlight of the evening will be an “auto lotto” in which a new car or a $15,000 cash prize will be awarded to the winner. The Christmas Gala...
Hola, Todos - Are you still trying to figure out if it's today or tomorrow? Don't feel bad - I've spent several days (like Wed. or Mon.) that weren't Saturday thinking it was Sat. One of the dangers of retirement - every day is a weekend. Pagina cultural - Teatro -...
The body of a 40-year-old woman found hanging from a tree near her Long Island, New York home has left forensics experts trying to determine if her death was a murder or suicide. Lilia Aucapina, a native of Cuenca, had been missing since October 10. A mother of two,...
Hola, Todos - I think I need to clarify how and when these translations are sent. After the El Mercuiro newspaper comes out at some unseemly hour of the morning and sometime before midnight, I read, translate, and send it to my original list of subscribers. While...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Filatelia - The Abraham Lincoln Center, in honor of Thanksgiving Day, will inaugurate a show with the Asociación Filatélica Austral Ecuatoriana (The only word that´s not a cognate is "austral" which is "southern") tomorrow at 19:00....
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Well, the Agenda is back and page 5A of El Mercurio is the cultural page once again. At least on Tuesdays. Música - there will be a concert, "Arreglos Inéditos de Sanjuanitos Ecuatorianos" (Unpublished arrangements of Ecuadorian...
By Christopher Lux For Trish Tiura, it all began when she took an abandoned puppy home from one of Cuenca’s Mercado. market. She says puppies are routinely left behind at the city’s markets on Saturday evenings. "People bring them to sell and when they don't sell the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - The page (in El Mercurio) has turned into something called Intercultural and doesn't have the Agenda items for upcoming events. Articles about - Trompo: el juego que une...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - No Agenda items, but articles about - The 5th La Orquídea Film Festival winners were awarded yesterday. El mágico mundo de las marionetas de Francisco Cisneros (the magical world of the marionettes of Francisco Cisneros) He has a...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Música - the show "El Ladrillo de Cristal" (The Crystal Brick) (Sounds like what the Brick Manufacturers´ Association would hand out to top salespeople at their annual convention.) will be tomorrow at 19:30 in the Museo Pumapungo with...
Although the latest design for Cuenca's San Fransciso Plaza was made public on Wednesday, opinions about it are essentially the same as for the previous design: no one likes it. “It looks like a parking lot with some kiosks thrown into the middle of it,” says Cuenca...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Nothing in the agenda section of activities. An article about - The organ at the Catedral de La Inmaculada has been restored and will be played at a recital on Sat. at 20:00 by Miguel Juárez, an Argentinean living in Quito. The...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Concierto - on 26/11 at 19:00, Jorge Ortega will present a concert with the "Arreglos inéditos de Sanjaunitos ecuatorianos" (Unedited arrangements of Ecuadorian Sanjuanitos) (have no idea who those Sanjuanitos are) in the Catedral...
George Evans is best remembered by most Cuenca expats as a gracious restaurant host, circulating easily among the guests at California Kitchen. For others, he was a friend when they needed one most. When Dave Nelson cut open his forehead in a fall in front of the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Música - "Ladrillo de Cristal" (Crystal Brick) will be presented this Fri at 19:30 in the Museo Pumapungo with musicians Juan Diego Arias, Bernardo Arias, Juan José Bermeo and Ricrdo Sánchez. Exposición - the work "De polo a polo"...
Cuenca has been cited as a exemplary model for its use of public spaces by international urban planners organizing next year's United Nations Habitat III conference in Quito. The planners are looking for outstanding models for what they call “sustainable urban...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Programa - la Dirección Cultural Cuenca del Ministerio de Cultura (Department of Culture, Cuenca of the Ministry of Culture) is holding a meeting to promote the program "Abriendo el cubo gris" (Opening the gray cube) (But please don´t...
