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Lunes, 26/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Últimos días para pago de patente (Last days to pay patente fees) - El 30/6 is the last day to pay the patente tax to the city for natural persons who are not required to keep accounting records and who have a RUC. Before...
By Stephen Vargha The late U.S. Supreme Court justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me.” Taxes are nothing new for civilizations. The first known taxation took place in Ancient Egypt around 3000-2800 BCE. The...
Editor’s note: This column is the second of a two-part series. To read the part one, click here. On the day Kane Flambures retired, he packed his duffel bag with salty clothes and dragged them down a grungy gangplank to a dumpster where the grease-stained overalls...
Viernes, 23/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - E El Mercurio del jueves, 22/6 (1 article): Agenda Cultural - 24/6, 11:00 - Celebración of Inti Raymi - Museo Pumapungo. 26/6, 9:00 - Exposición, "Fuego y color" - Galería Vitrina. 29/6, 19:00 - Muestra (show), Bargueños...
President Guillermo Lasso announced Wednesday he is preparing a decree law to provide funding for damages caused by the developing El Niño weather system. “The experts tell us that this could be a devastating event, especially for the country’s coastal provinces, and...
Although the official start of the cross death election campaign for president and National Assembly doesn’t begin until August 8, most candidates are already in the streets and on social media. In Cuenca this week, noisy processions for presidential candidates Yaku...
Miércoles, 21/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Inti Raymi, fiesta del sol y del maíz (Inti Raymi, festival of the sun and corn) - Inti Raymi or the Festival of the Sun is on el 21/6 and relates directly to the harvesting of typical products in the Andes. Cojitambo is a...
Refugees and displaced persons from other countries make up more than 3.2% of Ecuador’s population, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The country ranks only behind Colombia and Peru in refugees in Latin America as a proportion of...
Lunes, 19/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Cultura - De El Mercurio del sábado, 17/6 (1 article): Obras de tres marcas en Escaparate Creativo (Works of three brands in Escaparate Creativo) - Design and craft returns to Escaparate Creativo, a space in the lobby of the Municipio de...
By Deke Castleman and Sylvan Hardy The concept of punctuality is one distinct example of the differences between the Ecuadorian and North American cultures. Most expats tend to be compulsively prompt and even, by Latin American standards, ridiculously early....
The Constitutional Court on Friday approved President Guillermo Lasso decree to increase the amount of exemptions taxpayers can claim but denied a second decree that would have established special tax-free zones to attract new businesses and generate investment. The...
Sábado - 17/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Sorry, all - I wrote this last night (viernes) and am pretty sure I sent it. But I think it went to wherever it is that the one stray sock in a weeks worth of washing goes to keep company with all the missing clothes hangers....
Editor's note: This column is re-posted from February 2021. It is the first of a two-part series by the author. Literature has always been illuminated by constellations of memorable characters. One of my favorite stars is Dean Moriarty, the brilliant, adventurous and...
Miércoles, 14/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Música, baile y rituales para 3 días de fiestas por Inti Raymi (Music, dance and rituals for 3 days of Inti Raymi fiestas) - The Ministerio de Cultura with the Instituto Nacional de Patrimonio Cultural (INPC) is...
Protesters demanding a end to mining in Ecuador, marched in 10 provincial capitals on Tuesday. The marches, sponsored by the National Anti-Mining Front and several indigenous organizations, including the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie). “We insist...
Lunes, 12/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 10/6 (1 article): Estancia Buganey, un entorno privilegiado (Estancia Buganey, a privileged setting) - The Estancia Buganey, an hour from Cuenca on the vía a Soldados, offers a country getaway...
Diego arrived at the bus station nearly an hour before the scheduled 5 a.m. departure. He was too nervous to sleep. His entire family joined him, but only as far as the floodlit parking lot, and only long enough to offer words of encouragement to sustain him. He alone...
By Sylvan Hardy Cuenca's expatriate community is changing before our eyes, growing in size and becoming more multicultural. That’s the assessment of University of Edinburgh researcher Calvin Evans, currently in town conducting interviews. “The changes are happening...
Viernes, 9/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Cultura - De El Mercurio del jueves - 8/6 (3 articles): Calles peatonales por la fiesta del Corpus Cristi (Pedestrian streets for the Corpus Christi festival) - During the Corpus festivities until el 15/6, streets bounding Parque...
Cuenca Mayor Cristian Zamora and Azuay Province Prefect Juan Cristóbal Lloret are among local government officials and business leaders who are demanding to know why area highways remain in poor repair. The group is demanding a meeting within 15 days with...
