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According to Cuenca Councilman Diego Morales, it’s time to establish rules for a variety of the small electric vehicles proliferating on city streets and sidewalks. “The number of these motorized conveyances has exploded in the past few years and they are endangering...
The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) says poor management is largely to blame for violence in Ecuador's prison system. In a report following its December visit, the commission acknowledged that drug gangs instigated the riots that left more than 300...
President Guillermo Lasso has committed $150 million to emergency road repairs roads and highways damaged by heavy rains. According to Transportation Minister Marcelo Cabrera, immediate response is required throughout the country following a series of intense...
Jueves, 17/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Ley de aborto con 61 cambios (Abortion law with 61 changes) - Pres. Lasso sent a partial veto to the Asamblea National with objections to 61 of the 62 articles in the Ley que Garantiza la Interrrupción del...
Miércoles, 16/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Tranvía: cifra de usuarios y el de tarjetas no cuadra (Tramway: ridership and card numbers don't add up) - A new lot of 45,000 Tranvía cards which will be made in Spain has been ordered by the Municipio de...
By John Keeble Training options for women escaping domestic violence have taken a step forward with a new range of food options being offered by Mujeres con Exito, the Cuenca organisation offering support and sheltering to women and children in danger. The new range –...
Jueves,10/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Rosy Revelo llega con 50 obras donde sobresale la mujer (Rosy Revelo arrives with 50 works in which women stand out) - The artist Rosy Revelo has opened "Eva pro novis," an exhibit at the Galería de la Alcaldía (Bolívar y...
Miércoles, 9/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - 8 días de saberes ancestrales (8 days of ancestral wisdom) - Since 2015, Bryan Jara has organized dance and music anniversaries of his dance school, "Kaypimikanchik." In 2021 he decided to add ancestral knowledge to the...
Martes, 8/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Sorry for the messed up date for the projected reopening of the Turi lookout - it will be 21/7. Actividades - Abren audiciones para Coro Polifónico (Auditions for the Polyphonic Choir are open) - The U. of Cuenca opened the call for...
Lunes, 7/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Urge el bacheado (Urgent pothole patching) - Polvo y lodo en calles de Cuenca (Dust and mud in Cuenca's streets) You don't need to go far to see problems with roads in Cuenca. People are complaining about...
By Saralee Squires Fundacion Hogar de Esperanza is a locally based, locally run, accredited charitable organization right here in Cuenca. Our team supports people and families going through rough times and determined to get back on their feet. Our help lifts them...
With international oil prices breaching the $120 per barrel mark over the weekend, Ecuador is expected to raise the price of high-octane gasoline to at least $4 a gallon next week. The price of regular gasoline and diesel will remain at $2.55 and $1.90, rates fixed in...
Jueves, 3/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Molleturo pide no aislarla (Molleturo asks not to be isolated) - People in various communities in Molleturo parish are asking for an adequate emergency plan so they won't be isolated from Cuenca. The road is...
Miércoles, 2/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - 689 ecuatorianos a salvo (689 Ecuadorians safe) - Based on an official report from noon ayer, 689 Ecuadorians succeeded in crossing the border of Ukraine. They are all in good health and staying in...
By Leita Hulmes Hi! It’s Leita again, a volunteer with the Ecuadorian charitable foundation called Hearts of Gold. I wanted to give an update to all the supporters of Hearts’ “All Children Deserve to Dream” program. Through the Global Giving platform, your...
Martes, 1/3/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Carnaval multicolor (Multicolor Carnival ) - During Carnaval, various communities of the Cañari people also celebrated Lalay Raimy or Paukar Raymi. This was basically a photo article so not translatable. Cuenca -...
Lunes, 28/2/2022 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Carnaval dinamiza al Azuay (Carnival energizes Azuay) - Even in the rain and cold wind, people celebrated carnaval in Cuenca's neighboring cantons of Gualaceo, Choreleg, Sígsig and Paute. Kids jugaron carnaval...
More than150 Ecuadorians, most of them university students, have arrived in Poland from Ukraine in the last 24 hours, the Foreign Ministry reports. The ministry says that an unknown number of other Ecuadorians have crossed the borders into Slovakia, Hungary, Romania...
It is unclear exactly how many Ecuadorians are living in Ukraine. On Wednesday, the government gave an estimate of 700 but increased it to 1,500 Thursday. “Our citizens are there for many reasons, including being married to Ukrainian nationals, and it is impossible to...
Cuenca city officials hoped to confine Thursday’s Noche de los Compadres and Comadres, the official opening of the Carnaval holidays, to San Francisco Plaza but the plaza couldn’t contain the massive turnout. Surrounding streets and Parque Calderon, the traditional...
