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An innovative Art Exhibition at idiomART February 15 to March 1 tells the story of Cuenca’s shelter dogs and the humans who love them. Cuenca is invited to attend the opening reception of the exhibit on Thursday, February 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. with Wine to the Rescue...
The National Assembly failed to override President Daniel Noboa’s partial veto that reinstated a VAT increase. In fact, efforts by members of the Social Christian and Citizens Revolution blocs to gain the 92 votes necessary for an override backfired, as the anti-VAT...
Viernes, 9/2/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Concierto sinfónico - The Percuta Quenk ensamble and percussionist Fidel Zaldumbide will be featured in tonight's performance by the Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca a las 20:00 in the Teatro Pumapungo. There will be a series...
By Sydney Lupkin Sparks flew on Capitol Hill Thursday as the CEOs of three drug companies faced questions from the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions about why drug prices are so much higher in the United States than they are in the rest of the...
By John Olson and David A. McTier Neil Simon was indisputably the most successful and prolific playwright for the Broadway stage in the 20th Century. As a lifelong New Yorker, most of his plays were set in the “Big Apple” and Simon appears to have had a love-hate...
In four polls taken during the last week of January and first week of February, Ecuadorians expressed overwhelming support for President Daniel Noboa’s “war” on terrorist gangs and cartels. Following a series of prison riots and the takeover of a television station in...
Universidad Católica de Cuenca is one of the few Universities that is rooting for academic excellence while providing services directed towards the Cuenca community. Two years ago, it opened the first Institute of Neuroscience in the city, providing mental health...
By Jeri Clausing Not long after I posted my first picture from Quito on Facebook, the comment I was expecting came in: "Isn't Ecuador blowing up right now?" Hardly, I thought, slightly amused as I sat in my room in the historical Casa Gangotena hotel here, listening...
In what Ecuador’s Trade Ministry calls “a victory for the economy,” the National Assembly on Wednesday approved a trade agreement with China. The agreement was signed by the two governments in May 2023 but stalled when former president Guillermo Lasso dissolved the...
Miércoles, 7/2/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Un nuevo espacio para los amantes de las orquídeas (A new space for orchid lovers) - Ecuagenera has opened a new million-dollar showroom at Gonzalo Cordero Dávila y Federico Proaño to display its dozens of species of...
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday decriminalized euthanasia and ordered lawmakers and health officials to draft rules and regulations that would allow the procedure. Judges voted 7 to 2 in a decision likely to draw protests from the Catholic church and other...
The show will go on, says Cuenca Mayor Cristian Zamora, despite the army’s recommendation that some Carnaval events be cancelled. “We will follow all safety guidelines to protect the public but we have no plans to cancel any events associated with the Carnaval...
Hours after Ecuador's National Assembly rejected it, President Daniel Noboa restored his proposed Value Added Tax increase in legislation to fund the fight against narco traffickers and other budget expenses. In his partial veto, the president allowed four other tax...
The drive from the high valley of Paute to the sprawling beaches of Ecuador’s central coast takes all day. We left a little after dawn and arrived just in time to order a celebratory cocktail as our fatigue and the blinding heat of the afternoon faded into the...
By Alexandra Valencia Police in Ecuador and Spain have arrested at least 30 people in simultaneous operations as part of an investigation into Albanian organized crime, the Ecuadorian attorney general's office said on Tuesday. Prosecutors from both countries carried...
By Liam Higgins “Social media makes jokes when Ecuador faces the biggest crises in its history,” says former presidential Communication Secretary Leonardo 'Pipo' Laso. “We desperately need serious national dialog to find solutions but what we see are silly memes and...
Lunes, 5/2/2024 Hola, Todos - Actividades - GAD de Jadán anuncia agenda por Carnaval (GAD of Jadán announces Carnival agenda) - The parish government of Jadán is inviting the public to its Carnaval activities on el domingo, 11/2 in the parish center. The events start...
By Ann Logue The great baby-boomer retirement wave is upon us. According to Census Bureau data, 44% of boomers are at retirement age and millions more are soon to join them. By 2030, the largest generation to enter retirement will all be older than 65. The general...
The Russian food safety regulator, Rosselkhoznadzor, has partially banned imports of bananas from Ecuador, the world’s largest exporter of the fruit, after claiming it found dangerous pest in shipments, the agency said in a statement on its website on Friday. The ban...
Former President Rafael Correa is denouncing what he says is an attempt by Attorney General Diana Salazar to connect him to the Metastasis corruption case. He says alleged references to him in telephone conversations involving narco trafficker Leandro Norero cannot be...
