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The government on Tuesday awarded contracts for two thermal power generation barges to the Turkish company Karpowership. They will join another Karpowership barge already operating near Guayaquil. According to Energy Minister Inés Manzano, one of the two barges is...
The Energy Ministry announced Sunday that power blackouts would be five to seven hours a day for the week of December 2. It said improved hydrological conditions at the Coca Coda Sinclair hydro plant and at smaller plants in northern and central Ecuador were “offering...
Domingo, 1/121/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - Elecaustro alquilará 2 barcazas (Elecaustro will rent 2 barges) - The Empresa Electro Generadora del Austro (Elecaustro) announced that they will contract for the services of renting, operating, and maintaining 2...
By Roger Ellis In my 16 years’ experience as an expat -- three in Mexico and Panama, and 13 in Ecuador -- most of the things you don’t hear about in the glowing reports about life overseas turn out to be unpleasant. (“They didn’t tell me how hard it would be to learn...
Blackout periods in most of the country have been reduced since Thursday due to increased hydroelectric generation. In Quito and Cuenca, one of two daily blackouts have been eliminated or have had their hours reduced. The Energy Ministry credits the higher production...
Jueves, 28/11/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del jueves, 27/11 (3 articles): Exposición patrimonial (Historical exhibit) - There is an exhibit, "Transformación y modernidad," by Gilberto Gatto Sobral at the Casa Patrimonial Municipal Quinta Bolívar...
A day after saying she planned to fulfill President Daniel Noboa’s promise to end electric blackouts December 1, Energy Minister Inés Manzano said the new target is the end of December. Following her video announcement, Manzano’s office released a social media...
Why does the country’s news media focus on the weather in Cuenca and Azuay Province? “There’s a good reason why we hear so much about the rivers in Cuenca and about the weather in Azuay Province,” said former assistant director of the National Meteorological Institute...
A band of rain showers stretching from south of Cuenca to Quito moved through the intermountain valley late Tuesday, providing some areas of the Cajas mountains with the first measurable rainfall since September. Firefighters and volunteers battling forest fires near...
Fuel distributors and service stations in Cuenca are blaming PetroEcuador for a shortage of diesel fuel in Azuay, Cañar and Morona Santiago Provinces. “Our agreement with them is for the timely delivery of fuel and they have failed, putting transport companies and...
Lunes, 25/11/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Fantasía y emoción se vivirá con ballet "El Cascanueces" (Fantasy and excitement will be experienced with “The Nutcracker” ballet) - The Nutcracker will be performed from el 19-21/12 in the Teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz by...
Domingo, 24/11/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Exhiben artesanías de San Fernando (San Fernando handicrafts on display) - The crafts show, "Un Pedacito de San Fernando en el Corazón de Cuenca" will be at the Aceladora Cultural de la Casa de la Cultura (Luis Cordero y...
By Stephen Vargha It’s part of the business… Restaurants come and go. In Cuenca, it seems to be at a faster pace. And without notice. That is why many people wondered what happened to Jose Ibañez and his restaurant, Calvo & Co. Ibañez was the owner of Calvo &...
Miércoles, 20/11/2024 Hola, Todos - The regular post should be a Periodico for jueves, but the paper did not get delivered today, so you are getting yesterday's (miércoles) news. Titular - Hazaña ecuatoriana (Ecuadorian achievement) - Ecuador won against Colombia in...
Although wildfires near Cuenca have been extinguished or contained, massive fires continue to burn out of control in Cajas Mountains. Firefighters from Cuenca, Quito and other cities, assisted by more than 200 volunteers are working around the clock, officials say,...
By Tom Blanchard A common complaint of Ecuador expats and potential expats is the difficulty in finding accurate weather forecasts. This is especially frustrating lately as we desperately need rain to end the drought – and the blackouts and fires the drought is...
Martes, 19/10/2024 Hola, Todos - Titular - Emergencia nacional por los incendios (National emergency due to fires) - See articles in today's (martes) CHL. Cuenca - De El Mercurio del lunes, 18/11 (1 article): Cortes de agua, aún latentes; la lluvia "fue leve" (Water...
The Energy Ministry said Monday that power generation at the Coca Coda Sinclair hydroelectric plant has increased as a result of rains Sunday and Monday, reaching 1,000 megawatts Monday night. In a statement, the ministry said the additional power, in combination of...
The Cuenca Fire Department reports that five major fires continue to burn within the cantonal limits, two of them “uncontained,” as of Monday night. Hundreds of firefighters from all parts of Ecuador are fighting the blazes, supported by water-drops from helicopters...
At least 300 firefighters are battling wildfires in the Cajas Mountains and more personnel and equipment are enroute, Ecuador’s National Risk Management office announced late Sunday. Seven helicopters, including one from Peru, will be available by Monday afternoon for...
