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“Uncontrollable,” is how Santiago López, National Transportation Ministry district director describes the landslides that have closed the Cuenca-Molleturo-Guayaquil highway, 49 kilometers from Cuenca. “We are working in the area full-time with our technicians,...
Jueves, 26/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Documental y música en espacios culturales (Documentary and music in cultural spaces) - Friday a las 15:00, there will be a documentary in the Planetarium about the history of the first voyage to the moon on Apollo 11. El...
After Tuesday’s announcement that Mexico was reinstating a visa requirement for Ecuadorian travelers, the size of crowds outside Cuenca’s Civil Registry office has more than doubled. Those waiting to apply for passports, including many who spend the night in line, are...
Miércoles, 25/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Recorte afecta a los becarios (Cut affects scholarship recipients) - There are over 13,000 scholarship recipients in the Austro, some are students with limited means, and others with high academic...
Martes, 24/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Clases en el aula y virtuales (Classes in classroom and virtually) - The 2021-2022 school year in the Sierra and Amazonía starts el 1/9 with 7 regulations schools need to meet for gradual return to classes....
Cuenca bus companies are again demanding that the city allow fare increases, claiming that dozens of meetings between owners and officials have accomplished nothing. “We need a fare of 40 or 45 cents to maintain our service and pay our debts,” says Oswaldo Flores,...
Lunes, 23/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Alta desnutrición infantil en Azuay (High child malnutrition in Azuay) - The cantons of Nabón, Oña, Pucará, and Sígsig have a problem with malnutrition, mostly in children between 0 and 5 years old. A 2018...
Less than two weeks after Avianca Airlines announced it was adding flights between Cuenca and Quito, Galapagos Airways said it will do the same, beginning sometime in October or early November. Galapagos Air also has an application pending for the Cuenca-Guayaquil...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Health reports that nationwide the number of hospitalizations and deaths from Covid-19 are at the lowest levels since March 2020, when the pandemic was declared. Health officials in Cuenca and Azuay Province say their numbers reflect those at the...
I’d like to share it with you a little test suggested by W.S. Merwin… Blindfold yourself with some suitable object. If time permits remain still for a moment. You may feel one or more of your senses begin to swim back toward you in the darkness. Meanwhile, have...
In its most recent population estimates, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC) reports that Cuenca’s population has grown by 187,000, or about 28 percent, since the 2010 census. The city’s metropolitan population at the end of June stands at...
Jueves, 19/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - l autocine llega a la parroquia San Joaquín (New project - The drive-in movie comes to San Joaquín parish) - A drive in movie will open in San Joaquín el viernes, 20/8. The first show will be mañana a las 19:00 with two...
Miércoles, 18/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Peatones priman sobre vehículos (Pedestrians prevail over vehicles) - The Día Mundial del Peatón (World Pedestrian Day) was celebrated el 17/8. The Plan de Movilidad y Espacios Públicos de Cuenca, in...
Martes, 3/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Cruce de acusaciones (Crossing of accusations) - As expected, the impeachment of ex-Comptroller General Pablo Celi in the National Assembly is a crossing of accusations, attacks, and grievances, especially...
Lunes, 16/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Productores, claves de un "plan social" (Producers, keys to a "social plan") - Associations and small agricultural producers in San Fernando will be suppliers to the municipality for assembling baskets of organic...
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part series about Cuenca sculptor Eduardo Segovia. To read the first part, click here. By John Keeble Eduardo Segovia, Cuenca's 83-year-old ceramicist, yearns to take on the big projects that swirl through his creative mind...
In a press conference at the Mariscal La Mar Airport Saturday, Mayor Pedro Palacios said at least three more airlines want to enter the Cuenca market. Palacios was joined by Avianca’s regional director David Alemán who announced earlier last week that his airline...
Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series about Cuenca sculptor Eduardo Segovia. By John Keeble Cuenca's internationally-renowned ceramicist Eduardo Segovia sat in his elegant room filled with his favourite art, contemplating the past and the future, and...
Author's note: On the morning of March,16 2020, Ecuador closed its doors, forcing visitors to shelter in place. As a result, Peter Schramm, owner and manager of Izhcayluma Eco-Resort, near Vilcabamba, Ecuador, became the de-facto governor of an island state...
By David Morrill One of the great pleasures that many expats discover in Ecuador is art collecting. Even those who were not collectors back home take up the habit, smitten by the quality, variety, and sheer emotional force of the talent in this small Andean country....
