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Saying the Covid-19 epidemic is “under control” in Ecuador, Health Minister Ximena Garzón said Tuesday that only the emergence of a new, more dangerous variant would cause the government to reverse its decision to drop the face mask decision. “We have entered a new...
Martes, 3/5/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Anticipan exceso de candidatos (Excess of candidates anticipated) - <Aren't you glad you live in Ecuador? Not only bio-diversity but politi-diversity. Just the idea of having too many parties and...
Lunes, 2/5/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - The "Cuenca Activa e Inclusiva" Festival will be held el sábado, 7/5 in the Alejandro Serrano Aguilar stadium with a free concert by the Tercer Mundo band. The event is being organized by the Empresa de Movilidad, Tránsito y...
Participants in Sunday’s May Day parades in Ecuador made it clear that this year’s event was more than a symbolic march for the rights of labor. “We are making a statement that we are in complete opposition to the government in Quito,” said Jose Ramos, vice president...
As a result of rising crime levels, President Guillermo Lasso has decreed a state of emergency in Guayas, Manabí and Esmeraldas Provinces. The order allows the use of military troops to combat what Lasso calls “a plague of illegal drug violence" and to reassign police...
Jueves, 28/4/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Quimbita expondrá en Puerto Rico (Quimbita to exhibit in Puerto Rico) - Ecuadorian painter, Olmedo Quimbita, will be bringing 25 works from his gallery to the Museo de las Américas in San Juan de Puerto Rico starting el...
Miércoles, 27/4/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Noche de recuerdos para festejar a mamá (A night of memories to celebrate mom) - For Mother's Day, there will be a 5 hour concert este viernes in the coliseo Jefferson Pérez a las 19:00. Performers will be Los...
By Jan Dynes My mother would be 104 this month if she was still with all of us. Mother's Day always followed just after her birthday. So she is on my mind. Mary Jane Seibertz was born during the Spanish Flu Epidemic in 1918. She brought 3 daughters into this world,...
Martes, 26/4/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Pedidos de la CNJ y del CJ, innecesarios (Requests from the CNJ and the CJ, unnecessary) - <This topic was too hard for me to translate yesterday, and I haven't gotten any smarter since then so if you're...
Lunes, 25/4/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Casa Yangoe: un espacio para el comercio justo y el esparcimiento (Casa Yangoe: a space for fair trade and recreation) - Casa Yangoe started in Quito 7 years ago and opened in Cuenca in 2021. You can buy products from an...
Local and national officials surveyed flood damage Friday in Azuay and Cañar Provinces but said major repairs cannot begin until the rain stops. “We have reopened one lane of the Pan American highway in three locations, near Azogues and Santa Isabel, but this is...
Heavy rains continued to wreak havoc on areas near Cuenca Wednesday and Thursday, washing out highways and bridges, flooding farmland and destroying homes. National Risk Management officials were in Azogues and other parts of Cañar Province Thursday, assessing damage...
Jueves, 21/4/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Margarita Laso "Vuelve al Sur" (Margarita Laso "Back to the South") - As part of the foundation of Cuenca festivities, the "Vuelve al Sur" concert with singer Margarita Laso, marimba player Pablo Valarezo, and the Orquesta...
Miércoles, 20/4/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nueva comedia trae la "Marujita" ("Marujita" brings a new comedy) - Juana Guarderas, better known as "Marujita," will bring her new show, "Lecciones para rudos en tiempos pandemicos" (Lessons for rude guys in pandemic...
Martes, 19/4/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - See article in Region for activities in Chordeleg, Oña y Sígsig. Titular - Más estafas financieras (More financial scams) - After the Big Money scam was exposed <and Don Naza avoided jail time by getting himself...
Lunes, 18/4/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - "Lo Invisible", un filme que retrata la depresión ("The Invisible", a film that portrays depression) - This film by Ecuadorian Javier Andrade will premier in Quito on el 21/4. It received good reviews in the Festival de...
By Robert Bradley Casa Azul Galeria Cafe, on San Sebastian plaza, was my first favorite cafe in Cuenca. Several mornings a week I would wander down, plop into one of their comfortable chairs, and read for a couple of hours while sipping coffee, or dawdling over...
The news of late has been as gloomy as the weather. Eduardo Stein, the special representative of the UN refugee agency, International Organization for Migration (IOM), recently referred to Venezuala in this way, “The IOM has never faced such movement of refugees out...
By Stephen Vargha A city with a university is usually a big cultural arts center for a region. When there are four universities, it makes it easy to become an arts capital. That is what Cuenca is as it has been called by native Ecuadorians and expats, “The Arts...
By Jeremiah Reardon The drummer bangs her sticks together, counting time. Her Las Pioneras del Austro bandmates on brass, wind and percussion instruments join in with a blast! Another musical event for this pioneering girls and women’s band is underway at Cuenca’s...
