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The government has reversed an earlier decision to include Friday’s Labor Day holiday in a three-day weekend lockdown. On Saturday night, President’s Lenin Moreno’s communication office announced that Friday will be subject to the same 8 p.m. curfew that applies from...
I received my first inoculation last week and imagined the worst was now behind us, but this is not to be. Once again the streets are drained, forcing restauranteurs and others to wonder how they can afford to feed their families. Street vendors are locked down. Fruit...
The weekend lockdown begins a day early next week due to the Labor Day holiday, which will be observed Friday, April 30. Confinement will begin at 8 p.m. Thursday and continue until Monday, May 3 at 5 a.m. “There will be no Labor Day events this year due to the health...
Jueves, 22/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Restricciones por la vida (Restrictions for life) - See Thursday's articles (jueves, 22/4) in CHL for the story. <I think I'm going to be baking this weekend -- use up some of that yeast I...
Supermarkets have adjusted their operating hours to accommodate the curfews imposed by the new state of emergency. Most will be closed during the weekend lockdowns but some will take orders for home delivery. Coral Hipermercados announced it will open Monday to Friday...
By Jeff Van Pelt Mark Twain said, “Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.” Some people must not have gotten that breeding. Trolling on Facebook, and in the comments section of various online...
Miércoles, 21/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Muestra fotográfica de mujeres rurales se inaugura hoy (Photographic exhibition of rural women opens today) - A project by the Red de Turismo Comunitario del Austro "Pakariñan" to strengthen the...
She was always there. Every Sunday morning she came at the same time. It was during my early days in Ecuador, when I walked in the area, that we met. I studied her and familiarized myself with her mannerisms. She was a disabled person. Her handicap was the inability...
Martes, 20/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Moreno: la mesa no queda servida (Moreno: the table is not served) - President-elect Lasso and outgoing President Moreno met with their respective Vice Presidents and transition teams. Moreno...
Lunes, 19/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - From el sábado, 17/4/2021 - Facultad de Artes organiza cuatro talleres para adultos (Faculty of Arts organizes four workshops for adults) - The Arts Department of the U. of Cuenca is organizing 4...
The Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee has tightened Covid-19 health protocols, including the reduction of hours private vehicles are allowed on city streets. Beginning Monday, April 19, cars can circulate only from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Previously, the restriction...
When I was young I spent a year with a team of artists and anthropologists documenting the Inuit culture of western Alaska. One of our autumn trips was to a remote inlet to record a seal hunt. It was late September. When the weather unexpectedly turned snotty we...
Everyone over the age of 18 in the Galapagos islands will be fully vaccinated by May 31. The plan, announced Friday by Vice President Maria Alejandra, is intended intended to revive tourism, which the islands’ economy depends on. According to the governing council of...
Jueves, 15/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Vacunas para las áreas rurales, piden (Asking for vaccines for rural areas) - Mayors of Azuayan cities outside of Cuenca are worried because of the low presence of vaccination teams in rural...
The Cuenca Soup Kitchen reminds expats that many Ecuadorians are suffering the hidden consequences of poverty. More than 40 percent of children in Ecuador live in extreme poverty, much of it the result of the Covid pandemic. One of those hidden consequences is the...
Miércoles, 14/7/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Detenidos por corrupción en Petroecuador (Arrested for corruption in Petroecuador) - Ayer, Attorney General Diana Salazar, led 25 raids and the arrest of 9 people including the Comptroller...
Martes, 13/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Inauguran dos exposiciones de artistas (Two art exhibits open) - Cristina Urgilés Martínez opened "RespirArte...como te vivo Cuenca" ayer at the Casa Patrimonial del Alfarero (calle Lamar y...
Lunes, 12/4/2021 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Old articles from el sábado, 10/4 - Un museo para conocer el cacao ecuatoriano (A museum to get to know Ecuadorian cocoa) - <Just what all of you choloholics have been waiting for.> After more...
By Bruce Wilson This is just my experience and my opinions so take them as that. Just read and contemplate it. I've had a feeling for a long time that the pandemic had mostly petered out. In September 2020 in Machala, I asked the front door guards at the mall and a...
Folks occasionally write to me when they are considering moving to Ecuador from Canada, or the U.S. This is largely due to my writing commentary for CuencaHighLife....
