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Lunes, 5/12/2022 Hola, Todos - Titular - La luz de Navidad ya brilla en Cuenca (Christmas light already shines in Cuenca) - The 41 m. high Christmas tree was lit on la noche de domingo in the Parque Miraflores with at least 5,000 in attendance. In addition to the...
By Susan L. Hart Twenty-plus years of traveling and living abroad have taught me that the world is full of surprises, and it’s the incongruous bits you discover in unexpected corners of it that are the real travel treasures. This was absolutely the case this past...
The Education Ministry announced Sunday that public schools in Latacunga would be open on Monday despite increasing activity at the Cotopaxi volcano. Latacunga is located 16 kilometers from the volcano and has experienced frequent episodes of moderate ashfall in...
By Stephen Vargha Cuenca is becoming a more diverse city. And that includes its music. “I was surprised how many people are following us around,” said Anayvis Beltrán. “People have told us how impressed they are with our music.” Anayvis is part of Trio NoAn. The...
After shutting down tram service for an hour on Friday, a group of street vendors is threatening to disrupt Sunday’s lighting ceremony of Cuenca’s giant Christmas tree in Parque Miraflores. Leaders of the Federation of Retail Traders of Azuay is demanding permits to...
Viernes, 2/12/2022 Hola, Todos Titular - Sicarios matan a director de cárcel (Hitmen kill prison warden) - Ayer, a las 8:30, motorcyclists shot at and killed retired Coronel Santiago Loza Moscoso, the warden of the El Inca prison, as he was driving to the prison in...
By John Keeble One of Cuenca’s most respected American residents has been caught in an agonizing health trap that is a warning to every expat. Jean McCord, well-known in writing and church circles, has been left, through no fault of her own, with only the generosity...
Miércoles, 30/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - La Compañía de Danza presenta obra en Cuenca (Dance Company presents work in Cuenca) - 11 members of the Compañía Nacional de Danza del Ecuador are in Cuenca to present "Hay alguien en casa" (Someone is at home), a...
By Jeremiah Reardon A favorite expression of my Irish American mother went, “It’s a wonderful life if you don’t weaken.” A native of Coaldale, Pennsylvania, Genevieve’s family relocated to Millville, New Jersey, to find work during the coal strike of 1902. They rented...
Lunes, 28/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del sábado, 26/11: Sígsig alista el "Chobshi Fest" (Sígsig prepares for the "Chobshi Fest") - Music will be the main thing at the "Chobshi Fest" on el 12/12 a las 14:00 in the Complejo Arqueológico...
By Jeremiah Reardon Cuenca just celebrated its two hundred and second year of independence from Spain. Founded in 1557 the Spanish built its churches on the ruins of Incan temples. As nine-year expat residents, my wife Belinda and I note how proud Cuencanos are, a...
By Stephen Vargha Cuenca is becoming a jazz lover’s paradise. But it was a desert for jazz not long ago. “Ten years ago, it was difficult to find jazz in this city,” said Christian Torres. “Cuencanos did not know what jazz was all about.” The 41-year-old Cuencano...
Viernes, 25/11/2022 Hola, Todos - So how did you like that game today? I'll take a tie - with the Netherlands - oh, yeah. Actividades - Agenda cultural (Cultural Agenda) - 26/11 - Concierto - Plaza San Francisco a las 19:00 - La Doble, Sobrepeso, & Apha Logic....
Although it has the authority to forgive debts of up to $10,000, the government said Thursday that current economic circumstances make the move “unfeasible.” The National Confederation of Peasant, Indigenous and Black Organizations (Fenocin) has threatened a regional...
Miércoles, 22/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Cuenca blindará una mega reserva (Cuenca will shield a mega-reserve) - The Environmental Commission of the Cantonal Council has asked that an area called Yanuncay-Zhucay be declared an Área de Conservación...
Are you interested in learning more about healthy farming practices in the Cuenca area? The Azuay provincial government is offering a free half-day tour for expats to a small farm west of Cuenca. The tour also includes a visit to Tienda Campesino in El Centro that...
By Stephen Vargha A native of Cuenca turned what was once a vacant lot on the south end of Av. Fray Vicente Solano into a thriving weekend market for secondhand goods. “There were 65 families working in the streets before I bought the property,” said 72-year-old Jorge...
Viernes, 18/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Una muestra fotográfica para divulgar la ciencia (A photographic exhibition to promote science) - The photo exhibit, "Oasis en la cumbre de los Andes" by French photographer and researcher Olivier Dangles opened in the...
Miércoles, 16/11/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De El Mercurio del martes, 15/11: Titiricuenca trae historias de 4 países (Titiricuenca brings stories from 4 countries) - The 12th edition of the Festival Internacional de Teatro y Títeres "Titiricuenca"...
By Stephen Vargha Almost everyone knows that Cuenca celebrated the 202nd anniversary of its independence from Spain two weeks ago. November 3rd is also notable for another anniversary: the establishment of the Cuenca Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra was small in its...
