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Cuenca streets turned to rivers Friday afternoon, flooding cars and buses and suspending tram service as a series of strong thunderstorms moved through the area. In neighborhoods on the city’s west and southwest side, accumulations of hail collapsed roofs and clogged...
By Sylvan Hardy When Frank González noticed the old California Kitchen location above Hotel Mansion Viejo on Luis Cordero was for rent, he knew it was the right place for his new restaurant. “I worked there for several years and it’s where I met a lot of my friends,”...
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a five-part series, the Five Faces of Freedom, recounting the author's reflections on turning 70. Part 1 focused on Freedom from the Past. Essentially, an unhealed/unforgiven past necessitates a future. We are likely to recreate...
The Ecuador Real Estate Chamber says that real estate sales in the country have failed to recover to pre-pandemic levels. “Although there has been some recovery, we are still about 10% below the activity of late 2019,” the Chamber said in statement. “It must also be...
Editor's note: This is Part 1 of a five-part series and focuses on "Freedom from the Past." Part 2, on Friday, considers "Freedom from the Future." At the tender age of 17 I received an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Less than...
Viernes, 7/10/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Tres días de música en el 'Roto' (Three days of music at the 'Roto') - The Rotofest independent electronic music festival opened Friday at 17:00 in the parque La Libertad. It will run through 9/10. Timo Maas, Origami,...
Miércoles, 5/10/2022 Hola, Todos - I seem to be in taking time off mode. I will be off from Monday, 10/10 through Monday, 24/10 and back on Wednesday, 26/10. Actividades - Obras de 90 artistas se expondrán en Cuenca (Works by 90 artists to be exhibited in Cuenca) -...
Lunes, 3/10/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nothing I can find; have a boring week. Titular - Brasil, a reñida segunda vuelta (Brazil, a close second round) - See story in today's CHL. Cuenca - Azuay tiene 86 candidatos a alcaldes (Azuay has 86 mayoral candidates) -...
The International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) has issued an arrest warrant for Germán Cáceres, wanted in the police academy murder of his wife, María Belén Bernal. Cáceres has been a fugitive since September 13, when Bernal was reported missing. It is...
Viernes, 30/9/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Libro sobre el uso de plantas medicinas (Book on the use of medicinal plants) - The Hogar Miguel León has published "Botica de la abuela," a book on medicinal plants based on the accounts of its residents. In 2019 the...
More than 200 delegates from 33 countries are in Cuenca for the 14th Ministerial Forum on Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to the sponsor, the United Nations Development Program, attendees include at least four presidents, in addition to...
Miércoles, 28/9/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Las heroínas del Ecuador en cuentos ilustrados (The heroines of Ecuador in illustrated stories) - Priscila Delgado has written a book, "Donde están nuestras heroínas" (Where are our heroines) about Ecuadorian women...
Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities President Leonidas Iza claimed Tuesday that the government is going back on earlier fuel subsidy agreements in negotiations with indigenous organizations. “We are within 20 days of completing the talks and the government is...
Lunes, 26/9/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - From el Mercurio del sábado, 24/9: Experiencia y sabiduría a la pasarela (Experience and wisdom on the catwalk) - The Centro de Atención de Adulto Mayor (CAAM), part of the IESS in Azuay, is presenting a fashion parade,...
Supporters of Luca Pallanca are protesting the Azuay Electoral Board’s decision to disqualify him as a Cuenca mayoral candidate based on what they claim is a “minor technicality.” Following last week’s filing deadline for candidates for mayor, prefect and other local...
Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del periodico de jueves, 22/9/2022: Muestra recoge la vida y obra de los "Clásicos de la pintura" (Exhibition shows the life and work of the "Classics of painting") - There will be a show of paintings by Julio Montesinos with large scale...
City officials are claiming Cuenca’s tram system is a rousing success two years after service began. They also admit that reaching one of its major goals, integration of service with municipal buses, remains elusive. In a series of radio and television interviews this...
About 200 members of the National Union of Educators and the Unitary Workers Front marched to Parque Calderon Wednesday afternoon demanding that the government pay its debt to the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute. Similar protests were held in Quito, Guayaquil,...
Lunes, 19/9/2022 Hola, Todos - Barring unforseen circumstances, the periodico will be written on M, W, & F and will include articles from the preceding day(s). The articles will focus on activities and things to do and local news. If you're interested, local...
Cuenca’s Azuay Community Theater is back in action following the Covid-19 pandemic, presenting the Broadway comedy “It Had to Be You”, opening Friday, September 23. Although the two-year-plus shutdown was disruptive, ACT Vice President Rick Snyder says the theater’s...
