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Although Cuenca Mayor Cristian Zamora and Azuay Province Prefect Juan Cristóbal Lloret are backing different presidential candidates, both say their political positions are similar. Lloret supports the candidate of his Citizens Revolution party, Luisa Gonzales, while...
By Garry Vatcher A cardboard sign hangs in the community, “Our houses are gone, we need help.” No one comes to read their sign or to help. Indigenous and black communities have been neglected for a long time, resulting in almost 70% poverty in these Esmeraldas...
The National Electoral Council voted Wednesday to allow the cross death election campaign for the presidency and National Assembly to begin on Thursday. Previously, the start date was August 9 but CNE President Diana Atamaint believed that did not allow sufficient...
Private memorial services were held Tuesday in at least three Cuenca churches on the 40th anniversary of the most deadly air disaster in Ecuador’s history. On the morning of July 11, 1983, all 119 passengers and crew on a Tame Air flight from Quito to Cuenca died when...
The controversy over two condominium projects on Paseo Tres de Noviembre, adjacent the Rio Tomebamba, could have been avoided, experts say, if the city had developed a comprehensive historic district management plan. Located in the Barranco district, between the...
By Liam Higgins As the fastest growing major city in Ecuador, Cuenca faces the dual challenges of managing its explosive growth while it protects its heritage and natural resources. According to United Nations urban growth expert Augusto Pintos, the challenge is...
An estimated 2,000 LGBTI supporters crowded into San Francisco Plaza Saturday afternoon following a Gay Pride parade through Cuenca’s historic district. Organizers said the parade from Parque San Blas to San Francisco Plaza was the largest in the event’s 10-year...
Residents of Molleturo blockaded the Cuenca-Molleturo- El Empalme highway late Thursday night and are holding four Ministry of Transportation technicians captive. Protesters are demanding the government fulfill commitments made to repair and maintain the highway...
Despite social media reports that Ecuadorians will soon be without cell phone connections, the Telecommunications Regulation and Control Agency (Arcotel) said there will be no interruption in service. “While we continue negotiations with cell and internet providers,...
Lunes, 3/7/2023 Hola, Todos - I will be taking a 1 or 2 week vacation starting after I post this issue. I'll be trying to cure a severe case of exhaustion. Today's issue lists the tax debtors from Manuel Burhuan to María Corral. <If you owe the city any money,...
By Garry Vatcher Valeria is four years old and our team found her sitting on the ground, playing with a doll and humming John Lennon's song, Imagine. She just heard it playing on an old radio that she saved from the flood. She has no TV or cell phone, and this old...
The managers of Ecuador’s major hydroelectric plants met Friday in Guayaquil to plan a response for what they believe could be an electricity crisis later in the year. With the dry season just beginning, they worry that the coming El Niño could extend drought...
By the mid-1960s, Poland was waist-deep in the tar pit of economic and political collapse. The near monthly increase in the price of basic foodstuffs resulted in a nationwide plague of malaise and malnutrition that was decimating the working class. As a result, Peter...
Viernes, 30/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Susana Reyes llega con su obra NIDO (Susana Reyes arrives with her play NIDO) - Susan Reyes and Moti Deren will perform their work, "NIDO - el camino del retorno" el 13/7 a las 19:30 in the Teatro Carlos Tamariz. The...
Ecuador Attorney General Diana Salazar has been cleared of charges that she plagiarized parts of her undergraduate thesis at Quito’s Universidad Central. In its statement, the university’s academic review committee concluded that Salazar’s work, completed in 2005,...
Miércoles, 28/6/2023 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Casa de Cultura ofrece una agenda variada (Casa de Cultura offers a varied program) - The Casa de Cultura presented it´s program for this week. Each night from today (miércoles) until el 8/7 a las 20:00, it will present...
By John Olson Is it ever too late for love? 80-year-old New Jersey widower Ralph Bellini doesn’t think so. In ACT’s The Last Romance, Ralph spots the attractive Carol in a dog park on one of his daily walks. And the chase is on. Ralph becomes determined to meet Carol,...
The mayor of the Galapagos Islands largest community is blaming the government for “setting the islands back 100 years” due to supply shortages. Santa Cruz Mayor Fanny Uribe says Petroecuador and the Ministry of Transport should have responded immediately when one of...
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...
