Posts:
Martes, 21/9/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - App para escuchar audiolibros y podcast (App to listen to audiobooks and podcast) - AudioStories is a new format for people to enjoy Ecuadorian authors and is the first app for audiobooks and podcasts from Ecuador with...
The sky thinks it has a squabble of seagulls in its sight, but then quickly realizes that this is not the coast and that these are not seabirds; this is Paute, and what is flying is a single cloud, born high in the Andes, discharged in the night, and drifting downwind...
Jueves, 16/9/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - See article on electric charging station inaugural for other Semana de Movilidad activities. Cita tratará modelos de desarrollo (Appointment will discuss development models) - There will be a series of conferences,...
Editor's note: Out on the Town is a new feature listing events, campaigns and other goings-on sent in by local businesses and sponsors in Cuenca. For information about how to submit a notice, see below. Garry Vatcher says: “Our garage sale has been extremely popular,...
Miércoles, 15/9/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Photo contest - Cuenca es única (Cuenca is unique) - Submit your photo to concursos@elmercurio.com.ec. or through the link in their social networks with your complete name, cédula, cellphone number, the category of the...
Martes, 14/9/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Presentación de obra (Presentation of work) - The Casa de la Cultura will present a book titled "La novela histórica del Ecuador contemporáneo" by Gloria Riera Rodríguez on 16/9 a las 16:00 in the Salon del Pueblo (Sucre y...
Lunes, 13/89/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - A vacunarse los de 12 a 15 años (12 to 15 year olds to get vaccinated) - After 100 days of intense work, vaccination centers closed ayer and vaccines will be given to those still lacking their 1st and/or...
President Guillermo Lasso said he will announce a plan this week to offer residency to the estimated 450,000 Venezuelans living in Ecuador. “The plan is to integrate the migrants into Ecuadorian society through work, educational and other opportunities,” he said....
The painter, David Williams, arrived in Cuenca in 2015 after suffering a debilitating condition that all but claimed his eyesight. This condition would be devastating for anyone, but for a visual artist it is life altering. He credits two significant factors that...
The Cuenca Municipal Council voted Friday night to ease most Covid-19 pandemic restrictions and, for the first time in almost 18 months, allowed bars and night clubs to reopen. Among the changes approved was an increase in restaurant capacity to 75 percent, up from 50...
Although the Transportation Ministry cautioned they are “very preliminary,” two solutions have been proposed to control the landslides on the Cuenca-Molleturo-Guayaquil highway: a tunnel or a 150-meter-high cover of concrete and steel mesh over the side of the...
The Ministry of Health reported Wednesday that Cuenca and Azuay Province have reached “herd immunity” against the Covid-19 virus, with 86 and 81 percent of the population fully vaccinated. The city and province are the first in the country to achieve the immunity...
I was having another fluky day tootling around El Centro. As I wandered along Calle Larga towards Inglesia Todos Santos, I realized with regret that it has been two years since I last set foot in the restaurant right across the street, Sunrise Cafe. I also realized...
By Sylvan Hardy Being an expat is a lot more difficult than advertised. Cultural and language differences, as well as missing friends and family back home and general homesickness pose insurmountable problems for many. "I don't criticize the publications and websites...
Jueves, 2/9/2021 Hola, Todos - I will be taking next week off from translating to catch up on stuff I've been putting off. Actividades - Nada. Titular - Reviven las aulas (The classrooms revive) - The first day of in-person school was difficult for many students who...
Miércoles, 1/9/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Charla de astronomía (Astronomy talk) - The Club de Astronomía Cruz del Sur will hold a talk about ancestral astronomy of the equatorial Andes mañana a las 19:00 in the Planetarium with limited seating. Curso de guitarra...
Martes, 31/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Pérdidas económicas (Economic losses) - The Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas (MTOP - Ministry of Transport and Public Works) declared an emergency at km 49 after 20 days of constant slides. Transport...
Lunes, 30/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Intercambio cultural (Cultural exchange) - El Primer Festival de Intercambio Cultural, Productivo y de Hermanamiento (The First Festival of Cultural, Productive and Twinning Exchange) will be held in Chordaleg with the...
Cuenca’s two public hospitals are closing some of their Covid-19 intensive care units, converting them to general care, as cases of the coronavirus drop. “We are very pleased at the decline in cases and to open our wards to other patients,” says John Guamán, Chief of...
I’ve been granted a gift greater than any vast fortune; I’m in love with the most marvelous woman ever. She is alluring, smarter than I am by a country mile, is extraordinarily kind, consistently generous towards others, deeply reflective, and enjoys a spiritual...
