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For Cuenca expats, it's one of the few times during the year when they can dress up and support their favorite charity at the same time. Last week, the non-profit organization Ecuador Cares hosted what may have been the largest gathering of expats in Cuenca history,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Música - a Latin American show at Parque De La Madre yesterday. Exposición - of the work of Ecuardo Solá Franco at the Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno until 13/12 to commemorate 100 years since his birth. Fotografia - "Cuenca," a...
The fifth edition of Cuenca’s Orquidea Film Festival kicked off yesterday with red carpet treatment for special guests at the University of Cuenca’s Carlos Cueva Tamariz Theater. The scene of a fire two weeks ago, the main auditorium of the theater was undamaged. The...
The Cuenca-based charity organization Ecuador Cares attracted a full house to the Oro Verde Hotel on Tuesday night, as 480 supporters and 95 volunteers filled the conference hall. The evening included dinner and an auction to raise funds for abandoned children and...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Revista - release of the magazine "Mamakuna" on 20/11 at 18:00 on the UNAE campus. Película - the movie "El Maquinista" showed today at El Prohibido. (Of course no time given, but it would have been over by now anyway.) Teatro -...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Observatorio - El Observatorio Ciudadano de la Comunicación (The citizens observatory of communication) will be monitoring the advertising on 4 radio stations, 4 newspapers, and 4 TV channels. (Will their conclusion be "There´s way...
Protesters opposed to proposed constitutional amendments, including one that would allow President Rafael Correa to seek another term, clashed with police Wednesday night at the Parque Calderon glorieta. The government opponents claimed that police tried to eject them...
Hola, Todos - This has nothing to do with translations, but for you believers in superfoods, I saw kale in the Don Bosco Supermaxi today. It was close to the lettuce section and it was labeled kale. There was also ruibarbo (rhubarb) for you who prefer to believe in...
The city of Cuenca is rushing to set budget priorities ahead of a $10 million cut in funding provided by the federal government in 2016. “There will be reductions in expenditures that will affect a number of services and projects,” said Fernanda Vintimilla, city...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Exposición - the Alianza Francesa will open "Cuenca," a photo exhibit by Kurt Ehrmann this Thu. at 19:00. Máscaras (Masks) - "El Viaje de las Máscaras" (The journey of the masks) will show until 29/11 at "Enfrijolada" with work by...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Renovación - 2015 marks un hito (a milestone - your word for the day. So you got that over with early in this email.) in the renovation of the Museo Pumapungo. $80,000 has been spent on the enlargement and other projects. (In the...
A special unit of the Ecuador National Police rescued a baby girl on Sunday and returned her to her mother in Cuenca. The baby had been kidnapped from the family home when she was nine days old. Two people have been arrested in the case. According to the National...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Cómic - More than 100 illustrators, graphic designers and students exhibited their vision of Pokémon at the Café Cómic in Bolivia. Cine - With the screening of "Tangerine" by American Sean Baker, the jury of the Mar del Plata...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Encuentro - a meeting today at 9:00 with artisans from San Miguel de Porotos (Saint Michael of Beans?), Sígsig, Chordeleg and Gualaquiza at the Museo Pumapungo. Programa - an intergenerational program, "El Baúl de los Abuelos" (The...
The owners of city buses and taxis are mounting an effort to recall Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera, claiming he has ignored campaign promises to support private transportation interests. “We supported him because he said he would stop the tram,” says taxi driver Jorge...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Recorrido (journey) - the theater of the Casa de la Cultura will be the venue for a symbolic journey by a group of activists. At each stop the participants will make music, dance, theater. Tomorrow (at some unspecified time). Música...
Hola, Todos - Starting today, your periodico will be available as a column on CuencaHighLife. I will continue sending the periodico to my current list for the foreseeable future. There will be the same Sun. through Fri issues and no Sat. issue since El Mercurio...
As part of the Cuenca independence celebration, city transportation officials invited the public to ride the new tram and about 500 obliged on Tuesday. The ride was not long or fast, as the train moved up and down a 1.7 kilometer stretch of Av. Las Americas at maximum...
Are you interested in learning how to improve your health through changes to your lifestyle and diet? Or discovering the keys to reversing diseases traditionally treated only with surgery and medication? Next week’s 1st International Conference on Lifestyle and Health...
