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Jueves, 13/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Exposiciones reactivan los espacios culturales (Exhibitions reactivate cultural spaces) - With the beginning of the year, cultural spaces have opened new exhibits. "Juguetes, de lo ingenuo a lo perverso" by artist Darwin...
The Cuenca Cantonal Emergency Operations Committee (COE) is asking passengers on city buses and the tram to carry their vaccine cards with them but they won’t be mandatory. “These will be random checks of passengers already seated on buses and the tram but we will not...
Miércoles, 12/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Niños, los más vulnerables (Children, the most vulnerable) - The number of Covid cases increased after the Christmas and New Year holidays with 11,732 new cases registered in just the 1st week of 2022....
There I was up in Cuenca on official business with the Ministerio de Franz Kafka. It hadn't been pretty …. I had to return to GO and not collect $200. Later, near sundown, I was in a sullen mood walking the streets: looking for cans to kick or those silly baseball...
Lunes, 10/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - From el viernes, 7/1/2022 8 cuerpos humanos reales decodifican el atlas de la anatomía (8 real human bodies decode the atlas of anatomy) - The "Cuerpos Humanos Reales, Gira Ecuador 2021/2022" exhibit which is similar to the...
Hundreds of Cuencanos lined up in more than 20 locations Saturday and Sunday to be tested for Covid-19 infection and to receive vaccinations against the virus. The long lines were typical of others around the country, prompted by an increase of cases and the spread of...
Cuenca Mayor Pedro Palacios is calling for an investigation of Saturday’s “TikTok event of the year” at Mall del Rio that attracted hundreds of young fans of the social media platform. “This unsanctioned gathering was in total violation of pandemic protocols and we...
Jueves, 6/12/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Créditos para reactivar (Loans for reactivation) - Pres. Lasso launched his plan of Crédito de las Oportunidades in Latacunga, Cotopaxi ayer. He presented a symbolic check for $3,000 to María Rosa Quindil, a...
Miércoles, 5/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada Titular - Aforo laboral es parcial (Partial observance of occupancy limits for workers) <Yes, I know this is not anywhere near an accurate translation, but it is what the article is about> - The City of Cuenca...
Martes, 4/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Teletrabajo; siguen clases presenciales (Teleworking; face-to-face classes continue) - Ayer, the Comité de Operaciones de Emergencia (COE) Nacional issued various resolutions in front of the increase of Covid-19...
Lunes, 3/1/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Nuevos rostros del patrimonio (New faces of heritage) - 2021 was a year of recuperation for the private construction sector dedicated to patrimonial residences in Cuenca. According to data from the Dirección...
A close friend of mine recently remarried after being single for over 12 years. I was not surprised. She maintains a healthy diet and likes to be out and about, taking art classes, volunteering once a week for a good cause and having lunch dates with friends in any...
By David Morrill When the clock ticked over to 2022 Friday night, an observer with an elevated vantage point, say from the Turi overlook or a highrise condo, witnessed Cuenca’s skyline explode with fireworks. At street level, the smell of gunpowder mingled with...
Because of pandemic restrictions, the traditional burning of New Year’s monigotes, or dummies, is banned tonight but many expect the order to be ignored. “There will be fire in the streets no matter what the government says,” an unnamed seller of monigotes near the...
Jueves, 30/12/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Ómicron se expande; ley todavía en ciernes (Omicron expands; law still in the making) - See today's afternoon story in CHL. Cuenca - "Podemos estar hablando de los últimos episodios de la pandemia" ("We...
Miércoles, 29/12/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Obras estudiantiles en primer Festival de Cine de Naranjal (Student works in first Naranjal Film Festival) - The first International Student Film Festival started yesterday and will continue until 30/12 with short...
The highway that connects Cuenca to Guayaquil and the coast reopened Tuesday on a limited basis following a two-month closure due to rockslides. The highway will be open from 5 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with Transportation Ministry monitoring the stability of the adjacent...
Lunes, 27/12/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Migración: posible paso por Nicaragua (Migration: possible passage through Nicaragua) - The Ministerio de Gobierno warned that since septiembre there has been an unusual increase in Eucadorians traveling to...
Cuenca is on track to maintain its reputation for having the lowest crime rate among Ecuador's largest cities in 2021. Through the first 11 months of 2021, crime dropped in most categories, according to the Azuay Judicial Police. “Overall, the news is good in regards...
Members of the Armed Forces discovered a large network of active illegal gold mining tunnels below the city of Zaruma during a weekend search. The operation, carried out by a Cuenca-based infantry brigade, followed the collapse of three houses in Zaruma last week due...
