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By Stephen Vargha La Guarida is a cultural center and a restaurant. Located on the western end of Cuenca's historic district, it is the heartbeat of the Barrio Convención Del 45, the neighborhood where Ecuador's 1845 constitution was drafted. Andrés Zambrano, owner of...
Miércoles, 16/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Aprueban uso de CanSino (CanSino use approved) - The Agencia Nacional de Regulación, Control y Vigilancia Sanitaria (Arcsa) qualified the Chinese CanSino vaccine for use in Ecuador. The...
Martes, 15/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Cierran carril de la Primero de Mayo (Lane closed on Primero de Mayo) - Construction starts today on the largest network of ciclovias (bike lanes) in Cuenca now that the city has received a $8...
Lunes, 14/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Carapaz logra otra hazaña al triunvar en Tour de Suiza (Carapaz achieves another feat with triumph in Tour de Suisse) - See today's (lunes) CHL article for story. El 15.15% de cuencanos se ha...
Jueves, 10/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Dulces de Corpus (Corpus sweets) - 58 producers will be selling Corpus Christi sweets until el sábado from 10-20:00 at the Portal Artesanal (Huayna Cápac y Bolívazr) and Cemuart (General Torres y...
Miércoles, 9/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Gobierno y choferes acuerdan el diálogo (Government and drivers agree to a dialogue) - Transportation unions reached an agreement with Pres. Lasso to not repeat the protests that paralyzed...
Martes, 8/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. - Otras cosas - Titular - Vuelve la vida a las aulas (Life comes back to the classrooms) - With happiness among the students and scepticism among the parents, children returned to classes after 15 months of virtual...
Lunes, 6/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la paginas culturales anteriores - From viernes, 4/6/2021 - Conciertos con público en la Fiesta de la Música (Concerts with an audience at the Music Festival) - The Alianza Francesa de Cuenca will hold the 25th edition of...
Two Quito doctors are urging the government to update its Covid-19 death count based on the number of excess deaths recorded in Ecuador in 2020 and 2021. They claim the Ministry of Health’s 15,400 confirmed virus death total should be increased to 30,000 to 35,000....
I recently joined folks at a relief center waiting their turn to receive a box of groceries. I asked them about the pandemic and if they were relieved that the tide was slowly changing. Most said they didn’t notice; they would remain afraid of the future for as long...
By Matthew Hayes When Ana Jane turned 60, she decided she wanted “a complete life change.” Approaching retirement, she was suddenly laid off from her job as an interior decorator in early 2009, during the peak of the financial crisis Having endured cancer, job loss...
Jueves, 3/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - El RotoFest trae un edición "atemporal" este 2021 (The RotoFest brings a "timeless" edition this 2021) - After skipping last year, the 15th festival of electronic and independent music will be held virtually during the last...
By Liam Higgins How many Cuenca expats have been vaccinated against Covid-19? Where are they getting their shots? How many don’t plan to be vaccinated? Greg Sorenson, a retired family practice doctor from Atlanta, was curious and decided to conduct survey. “Like most...
Miércoles, 2/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Venta de dulces de Corpus Christi (Sale of Corpus Christi candy) - The Empresa de Desarrollo Económico (EDEC) will inaugurate the "Fiesta más dulce del mundo" (The sweetest festival in the world)...
Martes, 1/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - La Alianza Francesa alista proyecciones de películas (The French Alliance prepares film screenings) - The film cycle at the Alianza Francesa started today (martes) with La nult venue by Frederic...
Lunes, 31/5/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - El oro de Andrés Chocho lleva dedicatoria al cielo (Andrés Chocho's gold bears a dedication to heaven) - Speedwalker Chocho won a gold medal in the 20,000 m. in the Campeonato Sudamericano...
Cuenca’s Civil Registry office has erected barricades outside its historic district office to handle the crowd waiting to apply for passports. Last week, the line at Alfonso Jerves - Manuel Vega office sometimes stretched for three blocks, with some claiming they are...
Leonardo Loja is 43 years old. In the course of our conversation about his life, he never mentioned taking a vacation. He is a farmer, and farmers know that their crops are wholly dependent on them every day of the year. Born in Cuenca; Loja spent his childhood...
The Health Ministry says that 700,000 doses of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine will arrive in Quito on Saturday. Of the total doses, the People's Republic of China donated 200,000 while 500,000 were purchased. “This is wonderful news in light of the recent shipment delays...
By Robert Bradley There are many fine restaurants in Cuenca, and with the pandemic finally beginning to be under control, there will be many more opening their doors soon. We couldn’t be more pleased. Those who will soon open or are considering doing so are fortunate...
