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For foreign residents, deciding whether or not to buy health insurance in Ecuador is one of biggest challenges they will face. Should they maintain their insurance coverage in their home country? Should they cancel that policy and purchase private insurance in...
Miércoles, 2/8/2023 Periodico - viernes, 4/8/2023 Hola, Todos - It's going to be a short post - I hit something wrong and one and a half hours of work disappeared. So I'll recreate those articles and call it quits. Actividades - Conciertos gratuitos de la Orquesta...
Three media outlets are claiming that Colombian President Gustavo Petro's presidential campaign did not report payments to its top campaign managers. Among the managers was the Ecuadorian Vinicio Alvarado, who Petro credited with being the “architect” of his 2022...
President Guillermo Lasso was booed and heckled during a short visit to a Cuenca health clinic Wednesday afternoon. Although the visit was not publicly announced, dozens of local residents gathered as the president was leaving the public health facility in San Joaquín...
Miércoles, 2/8/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - "Ruta del trigo, mishqui y pan" une a Nabón y Oña ("Wheat, mishqui and bread route" links Nabón and Oña) - This route is the result of a family's research into the production chain for wheat in the cantons of Nabón and...
Twenty-four of 25 restaurants recently closed for unsanitary conditions in Ecuador were chifas, the government health control agency Arcsa said Tuesday. Four of the 24 serving a Chinese menu were in the Av. Remigio Crespo sector of Cuenca, the agency reported....
Lunes, 31/7/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Un paso deprimido se proyecta en Miraflores (New underpass planned for Miraflores) - The City is planning a new underpass for av. De Las Américas at the redondel with av. Turuhuayco in 2024. This project was conceived as a...
By David Morrill On September 10, 1783, Cuenca resident Melchor del Valle was convicted by the Spanish Royal Court of murdering his brother Sylvester. The sentence: "Two hundred lashes in the public square, then hanging on the gallows until death.” The court further...
According to composite results of nine opinion polls, Luisa González of the Citizens Revolution is closing in on a first-round victory in the presidential cross death election. She leads the field of eight candidates with the support of 38.8% of respondents, far ahead...
Creative men and women intuitively know that every artistic pursuit is dependent on three equally essential elements: art, craft, and music. It is worth noting, as well, that one cannot function without the others, just as we cannot function without the shared...
Viernes, 28/7/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Presentación de obra (Presentation of work) - On el 2/8 a las 18:30, the Cuencano writer Carlos Vásconez will launch his new novel, "El hijo de las dos memorias," in the Casa de la Lira (calle La Condomine, next to the...
Miércoles, 26/7/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Historia y cine en la Casa de las Posadas (History and cinema at the Casa de las Posadas) - The Dirección de Cultura de Cuenca has prepared a series of events for those who enjoy history, film and the arts. The exhibit,...
Although she believes the Citizens Revolution will “return in force” after the cross death elections, Rafael Correa’s sister, Pierina Correa, acknowledges it will face “serious challenges” implementing its programs. "Because of the short period the new Assembly and...
Order has been restored to Guayaquil’s Litoral Penitentiary, Interior Minister Juan Zapata announced Tuesday afternoon. Earlier, a combined force of 2,700 National Police and Army personnel stormed the prison which had been the scene of three days of deadly rioting....
Ecuador’s government has declared a state of emergency in Manabi and Los Ríos Provinces as its ongoing security crisis escalated over the weekend with the killing of a mayor and uprisings in several prisons across the country. The emergency declaration also applies to...
Lunes, 24/7/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del domingo, 23/7 (1 article): Braulio Coronel, Especializado en fuego y asados brinda talleres prácticos (Braulio Coronel, specialist in fire and barbecues, offers practical workshops) - Professional chef...
Although Cuenca Citizen Guard have conducted at least three operations to remove informal vendors in the area of Nueve de Octobre mercado and Rotary Plaza, the sellers return. That’s the complaint of store owners and registered vendors who pay rent at Nueve de...
Azuay and Cañar Provinces offer plenty of opportunities for adventures sports as well as more mild-mannered tourist pursuits within an hour’s drive of Cuenca. Many of these are off the beaten path, rarely promoted in the popular tourist guides and websites. There are...
Viernes, 21/7/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del jueves, 20/7/2023 (3 articles): Feria Itinerante de Emprendimientos (Itinerant Entrepreneurship Fair) - The Museo Municipal de la Paja Toquilla y el Sombrero will hold a fair el sábado, 22/7 from...
In a new twist into the murder case of former Air Force Commander Jorge Gabela, a former mechanic claims he was fired for telling his superiors about mechanical problems with the Dhruv helicopter fleet in 2009. The purchase of the seven Indian-made helicopters as well...
