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Jueves, 12/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Primera marcha contra el régimen (First march against the regime) - See Thursday's article in CHL. Cuenca - "Se empieza a sentir el efecto de las vacunas" (The effect of vaccines is beginning to be felt) -...
Miércoles, 11/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Lasso rechaza las amenazas (Lasso rejects threats) - See story in 6/8 issue of CHL. Cuenca - Segundas dosis, prioridad hasta el 31 de agosto (Second doses, priority until August 31) - From ayer, the...
Martes, 10/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - Inician matrículas en régimen fiscal (Enrollment for public schools begin) - Parents and representatives of children who are attending a public school for the first time can enroll the kids until 22/8. This...
Lunes, 9/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Titular - París toma la posta (Paris takes the post) - Closing of the 2020 Summer Olympics - sports, so you're on your own. Cuenca - Alerta por ráfagas de viento (Wind gust alert) - Emergency services in Azuay are issuing...
By Bruce Cook In January, 2020 I made a proposal to the Historical and Heritage Areas of the Canton of supplying Memorial Benches to the city. The proposal was well received and we proceeded to locate 72 appropriate sites for placement. The director then forwarded a...
Author's note: The news of the earliest days of the corona 19 pandemic was well recorded by the press in Ecuador’s three major cities: the chaos in Guayaquil, the anger in Quito, and the somber acceptance in Cuenca. However, it was in the villages and small towns...
By Stephen Vargha “I need a place for expats and Cuencanos to meet,” said Rosana Malo. The owner of a rather unique place was trying to explain why she opened Flora Caffe, on the northwest corner Plaza del Otorongo. “This is a place for all of us to get together. My...
Jueves, 5/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - OLÍMPICOS honores (OLYMPIC honors) - Sports, so you're on your own. Cuenca - Dado de alta tras 100 días de hospitlizado (Discharged after 100 days of hospitalization) - <And here's a feel good story - we...
Miércoles, 4/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - OSC cierra temporada con recital (OSC closes season with recital) - The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca will close its first season with 2 concerts. The first, on 5/8 a las 17:00 in the iglesia de Santo Domingo, will be to...
Martes, 3/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - TAMARA, en el Olimpo (TAMARA, on Olympus) - Tamara Salazar won a silver in the 87 kg. division in Olympic weightlifting. <The only way I knew it was for weightlifting and not something like boxing was...
Lunes, 2/8/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Abren taller de narrativa y poesía (Narrative and poetry workshop opens) - Los Cronistas has organized a narrative and poetry workshop this month. If you are interested in learning how to write your own stories and poems...
Scattered among the many sublime features of Cuenca is a multitude of fine restaurants which are inviting guests once again. The range is expansive. There are a few places that encourage men to wear a sportscoat, or at least a well-pressed shirt and fine trousers, ...
President Guillermo Lasso announced Friday that the currency exit tax (ISD) will be eliminated for airline ticket income. He said the move would provide a boost to the airline industry and help revitalize Ecuador’s tourism industry that has been hard-hit by the...
Jueves, 29/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Musicalizarán cortometrajes ecuatorianos (Ecuadorian short films will be musicalized) - The 2021 edition of Expocine will show 9 films and hold talks and round tables. The organizers of the event are working with the city,...
Miércoles, 28/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - En deciembre será la inauguración de Bienal de Cuenca (Inauguration of the Cuenca Biennial in deciembre) - The 15th Edition of the Bienal is titled "Bioceno. Cambiar el verde por el azul" (Biocene. To change green for...
Martes, 27/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividadides - Plantean que el Festival de Artesanías sea "emblema" (Proposal that the Festival de Artesanías is an "emblem") - Each Festival de Artesanías de América costs the Centro Interamericano de Artesanías y Artes Populares...
By Jeremiah Reardon I slipped in black mud on Taitachugo, a mountain in El Cajas National Park. Retreating from a climb to 3600 meter (11,800 feet) altitude with friends, I had lost my footing on a trail trod by alpacas, llamas and horses as confirmed by their scat....
Lunes, 26/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del periodico de viernes, 23/7/2021 - 50 leyendas se traducen al inglés (50 legends translated into English) - A professor of Técnicas de la Traducción in Estudios Internacionales (Translation Techniques in International...
By John Keeble Cuenca's Andean musicians, forced off stage by the pandemic, are emerging Saturday, July 31, in an online revival of Mi Cuenca Canta! – and, thanks to the generosity of personal donors, they are being paid to perform for the first time in over a year....
There are angels who live among us that we often do not recognize. I, for one, was taught that angels wear flowing white robes with cutouts for their wings and ample wiggle room to accommodate the agility required to play the harp or toot a brass horn. However, I now...
