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The blue hour is descending on Michael, but I want to absorb a slice of the diminishing light for myself. I want to preserve this precious moment and offer it to her as a farewell gift shortly before she slips into bed, before she sleeps through the night. Something...
Miércoles, 7/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Taller de narrativa (Narrative workshop) - There will be a narrative workshop <huh? what's that?> and a discussion on texts related to creative work given by Cuencano writer Carlos Vásconez....
By Stephen Vargha The only rum cellar in Ecuador remains a bit of a secret in the country despite being around for almost seven decades. And for those who consume San Miguel rum, many of them do not know it is made right here in Cuenca. “We produce the finest rums,”...
Martes, 6/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - 35 filmes sobre derechos y terror trae Festival de Cine (Film Festival brings 35 films about rights and terror) - In spite of limitations imposed by the health emergency, the Festival Internacional...
Although it’s common to hear of expats whose primary motivation for moving abroad is to find a new relationship, surveys, including one taken in Cuenca, indicate that the majority are already in committed relationships when they relocate. In all, a survey by...
Despite the economic ravages of the Covid pandemic, Ecuador’s new government is moving forward with highway construction plans, looking to public-private partnerships and private investment for several major projects. Among them is a freeway system connecting...
Lunes, 5/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - See "En vacaciones" for children's activities. Titular - Contrabando asfixia a tabacaleres (Smuggling asphyxiates tobacco shops) - Acccording to a study, 8 out of every 10 cigarettes consumed in...
Mayor Pedro Palacios says that full integration of Cuenca’s new tram system and city buses could take months and will probably not happen before the Covid pandemic is under control. “Discussions between the municipality and the bus companies are continuing but there...
The novelist Jack Kerouac wrote in a letter to his first wife and lifelong friend, Edie Parker: “If you practice kindness, patience and generosity all day, and to everybody, you will realize you are already in heaven.” And yet, somehow, despite our sincerest...
Jueves, 1/7/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - "Big Money" bajo suspecha e indagación ("Big Money" under suspicion and investigation) - The Fiscalía (Prosecutor) and Policía Nacional raided 3 properties associated with the "Big Money" pyramid scheme...
Miércoles, 30/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Adelantan plan (Plan advances) - The ministra de Salud, Ximena Garzón, announced that from el 5 al 11/7, people from 55 to 49 years old will be vaccinated. It will start with 55 year olds el lunes, 5/7;...
Martes, 29/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Del cuerpo del periodico - Una MasterClass con Supermaxi y Megamaxi (A Master Class with Supermaxi and Megamaxi) - Supermaxi and Megamaxi customers have an opportunity to enter a lottery to...
Lunes, 28/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Titular - Clasificación Tricolor con gol de un 'Angel' (Tricolor classification with a goal from an 'Angel') - I think Ecuador qualified for the quarter finals for something. <You know I don't do sports so you're...
By Alison Cramer Unlike Manta, Guayaquil and Esmeraldas, where drug-related gang warfare has reached "emergency" proportions, Cuenca's murder and violent crime rate has held steady during the Covid-19 pandemic. "We are lucky in this regard," says retired criminology...
Following his election as president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) Sunday, Leonidas Iza pledged he would begin a new “era of activism” for the indigenous movement in Ecuador. Iza was one of the leaders of the October 2019 national...
Overwhelmed by increasing crime in the coastal provinces, most of it drug related, Ecuador’s National Police are turning the military for help. Jorge Cabrera, head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, said he would assign personnel and material to assist in the...
With the night falling we are saying thank you on the plaza, bowing to pigeons, or proclaiming the sky, we say thank you we are standing by the water thanking it standing in the shadows looking out in our direction back from a series of hospitals back from a...
Jueves, 24/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Chats de Celi le complican (Celi's chats complicate things) - Chats found on Comptroller Pablo Celi's phone were presented to AG Diana Salazar during Celi's hearing to his sentence to...
Miércoles, 23/6/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Aumentan contagios por COVID en Azuay (COVID infections increase in Azuay) - In the past week, MSP registered a 25% increase in Covid cases in Cuenca, leaving health authoritiies worried...
American software pioneer John McAfee, 75, was found dead of an apparent suicide on Wednesday in a prison cell in Barcelona, Spain, according to McAfee's lawyer, Nishay Sanan. "I am saddened to hear of the events and my prayers go out to his wife Janice," Sanan said...
