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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...
Miércoles, 7/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Clases, en la Sierra, iniciarán en agosto (Classes in the Sierra will start in August) - On 22/6, schools will finish their 200 days of academic activities and end the scholastic year in the Sierra and Amazonia. There will...
By Garry Vatcher Foundation Hogar de Esperanza has been visiting Alausí to bring support since the landslide on March 26 that devastated this close-knit community. On the last few trips, we wanted to see how the disaster affected those in the community and hear some...
Lunes, 8/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Cultura - De El Mercurio del sábado, 3/6 (3 articles): OFF, una galería cuencana de arte para el mundo (OFF, a Cuencanan art gallery for the world) - The 3 story gallery is a space for contemporary art located on av. 10 de Agosto y calle...
By Stephen Vargha Ecuador’s biggest distributor and seller of wines has opened its first outlet in Cuenca. “We have 43 percent of the market of wine in Ecuador,” said Cathy Amoroso. “We have 11 stores, with five in Quito, four in Guayaquil, one in Manta, and now one...
Cuenca’s Citizen Guard and the National Police report that crime is dropping in Cuenca. According to the National Police, crime in the city has dropped in 78% of crime categories including violence against persons, robbery, car theft and murder since the beginning of...
History reveals that for countless generations, a practice of remarkable simplicity commandeered the ebb and flow of urban life throughout Europe and large swaths of the developing world. It was a principal source of immeasurable personal comfort while simultaneously...
Viernes, 2/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Cultura - De El Mercurio del jueves, 1/6(2 articles): Agenda cultural - 3/6 - Teatro - La Gallinta Sembradora - Auditorio Catalina Sojos de la Casa de la Cultura - 11:00 and 15:30. 4/6 - Muestra - Exposiciones sobre la Cuenca de hace...
Miércoles, 31/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - Con informes definirán el futuro de los radares (Reports will define the future of radars) - There will be a meeting this week to talk about what actions will be taken to fulfill mayor Zamora's promise to remove the speed...
By Stephen Vargha “This building is the most neglected in the city!” Andrés Tola Alvarez is talking about Colegio Benigno Malo, located on Av. Fray Vicente Solano and 700 feet south of the Tomebamba River. “The New Cathedral, the building of the Court of Justice, and...
Lunes, 29/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Titular - El Tranvía tiene dos pendientes (The Tranvía has 2 pending issues) - Marcelo Toral Roura, the new director of the Tranvía announced that he expects to receive a batch of 20,000 Movilízate cards in the first 15 days of junio....
Nearly every trip I’ve made to Cuenca recently included visiting IdiomArt (Marscial Lamar y Estevez de Toral), for good reasons. I first went there to shop for a very special gift: a Nancy Galloway fiber art piece. I next caught a truly extraordinary show by many of...
Viernes, 26/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del jueves, 25/5 (1 agenda): Agenda Cultural 27/5 a las 15:00 - Museos - Guided visits at the Museo Remigio Crespo (Calle Larga y Borrero). 28/5 desde 11:00 a 15:00 - Observatorio (Planetario) -...
Miércoles, 24/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Propuesta pictórica gratuita en la Galería de la Alcaldía (Free show of pictures at the City Hall Gallery) - The show, 'Libertad, intimismo y creación' opened today and will run through 19/7 at the Galería de la Alcaldía. The...
The National Elections Council's decision to include a referendum question that could end oil production in the Yasuní National Park could have a major impact on the presidential and National Assembly elections, environmental activists and political analysts say. “Not...
Lunes, 22/5/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 20/5 (1 article): Baños, nicho de los 'beauty trips' (Baños, a niche for beauty trips) - The parish of Baños in southwest Cuenca, is full of locations for 'beauty trips' where you can get a...
