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Ecuador and China signed a memorandum of understanding for a free trade agreement Saturday and said details would be worked out in the coming months. The announcement was made following a meeting between President Guillermo Lasso and Chinese President Xi Jinping....
The National Assembly’s second debate of a new abortion law ended without resolution Thursday night. The debate, which turned nasty at times, centered on the issue of the length of time after a rape during which abortions will be allowed. In March, the Constitutional...
The mist in the air over Ecuador’s southern sierra, including Cuenca, is the result of dust being blown northward from Peru, not from volcanic ash. A Wednesday morning report from the University of Azuay air quality index service that the haze over Cuenca was due to...
Martes, 1/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - La TRI quiere tomarse LIma (La TRI wants to take Lima) - Ecuador and Peru tied 1 - 1 and Ecuador gained another point in its bid to make the World Cup competition in Qatar. Cuenca - "Hay imprecisiones en el...
By Jeremiah Reardon Christmas approached in Cuenca when I heard from my friend and fellow University of Maryland graduate, Carol Leutner. Hi Jeremiah, I hope you and Belinda are doing well during this crazy holiday time.  I am wondering if you can help me arrange some...
Lunes, 31/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Cuenca, ciudad cara para vivir (Cuenca, an expensive city to live in) - Data from the Instituto Nacional de EstadÃsticas y Censos (INEC) shows that the Family Basic Basket costs $30 more in Cuenca than the rest of...
Following a series of workshops over the weekend, Cuenca city officials and the National Police command announced new plans to improve law enforcement in the city. The meetings followed reports last week that police were being transferred from Cuenca to Guayaquil....
The Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee voted Sunday to allow the reopening of bars, discos, entertainment centers and brothels and to increase the capacity for restaurants and public offices. The COE said that improving Covid-19 pandemic conditions dictated the...
By John Keeble Every now and again, if you are lucky, you experience a moment when you can see the world changing and you know the future will never be quite the same. Just such a moment happened in the Cajas Mountains as a disparate group of good people came together...
Jueves, 27/12/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - En tres dÃas elaborarán 20 prototipos de videojuegos (20 video game prototypes to be developed in three days) - The Asociación de Desarrolladores de Videoguegos Ecuatorianos (ADVEC) and OpenlabEC are presenting the 8th...
Miércoles, 26/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - "Noche de las Ideas" en la Alianza ("Night of Ideas" at the Alliance) - The Alianza de Francesa has organized "La Noche de las Ideas" and the environment is this year's theme. Between hoy y viernes, there will be talks...
Martes, 25/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Titular - Nivelación, prioritaria (Leveling, a priority) - Since the declaration of the health emergency in Ecuador, primary and secondary students have been in a state of vaivén (back and forth - our word for the day - va-y-ven - go...
Lunes, 24/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada, unless you want to count taking a trip to get grain milled traditionally. Titular - Relevo en mando policial (Change in police command) - Pres. Lasso replaced Tannya Varela as the comandante general of the PolicÃa...
The national Emergency Operations Committee has removed most of the country from its ‘red alert’ pandemic list, including Cuenca, Quito and Guayaquil. The COE announced the move during a Saturday meeting following a report by Health Minister Ximena Garzón that...
Jueves, 20/12/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. <Unless you want to count the article about Santa Isabel below.> Titular - Contagios no dan tregua (Contagions don't let up) - With cases and deaths rising in children, parents are looking for ways to shield...
Miércoles, 19/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Abel Azcona expone en GalerÃa Taló (Abel Azcona exhibits at Taló Gallery) - Spanish artist Abel Azcona has started an exhibition tour in Ecuador with the first show opening tomorrow in Cuenca at the GalerÃa Taló...
Martes, 18/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Corresponsabilidad (Co-responsibility) <I think this concept comes more easily to a culture that still has mingas - less to someone from an Anglo-Saxon dominant culture where each individual is his own...
Lunes, 17/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - From the Ellos y Ellas Sunday supplement - Hangry Hippo <I'm not sure if I should put this here or in the advertising section, but it's an article so it's here.> - A new restaurant/bar that welcomes both people and...
In a Sunday night emergency meeting, the Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee reduced capacity for restaurants, theaters, gyms, markets, supermarkets, financial institutions and public offices to 30 percent. The action follows a rapid rise in Covid infections, most...
About 70 Cuencanos opposed to Covid-19 vaccines and government mandates marched up Calle Simon Bolivar Thursday afternoon. Afterward, the group gathered at what has become known as the rincón de movilización, or protest corner, in Parque Calderon, waving signs at...
