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It is difficult for me to describe the moment: it was like being drenched by a hard rain or feeling the chill of dread when you realize the novel you are reading may not have a happy ending. I met a friend in a local cafe last week. I invited her to come down and tell...
The government of Panama announced a series of health restrictions in response to a deadly surge in Covid-19 cases. The country’s health ministry blames the new cases on “careless personal behavior” and says the new measures are required to stem the spread of the...
Although the Cuenca Emergency Operations Committee (COE) has canceled a number of large Christmas and New Year’s events, it says it does not have the authority to restrict gatherings of family and friends. “Without a national state of emergency, we cannot restrict the...
As I walk to and fro on the face of the earth, alone in those vast and desolate landscapes, the people, places and things I encounter shuffle the orderly deck of reality. They accomplish this by converting the abnormal into the norm. I move through the high paramos of...
By Stephen Vargha Where would we be at Christmas without Antonio Vivaldi? The Cuenca Symphony knows that answer: Vivaldi has made music magical for Christmas. The Italian composer’s renditions make us merry and bright every year. So, the symphony with the...
Jueves, 17/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Otras cosas - Titular - Sin recursos propios las Prefecturas (Prefectures without their own resources) - The Provincial GADs are claiming debts and budget cuts from the Government. The prefects of Azuay and Cañar took to...
Editor's note: Cuenca for Expats, an Intercultural Experience is a comprehensive introduction to Cuenca taught in English and designed specifically for expats interested in learning more about their adopted home town. The instructors are experts in their fields, many...
By Jeremy Kryt Mexico’s House of Representatives passed a bill on Tuesday aimed at reining in the powers of “foreign agents.” Critics say the move is intended to restrict the role of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) operations related to the country’s drug...
Hundreds marched and shouted on Wednesday in Parque Calderon, protesting lack of job security for healthcare workers, the prohibition on sales of New Year’s Eve dummies and fireworks and deep budget cuts to the Azuay provincial government. A day earlier, an estimated...
Just over half of all planned doses of coronavirus vaccines have been bought up by high-income countries such as the U.S., Japan and Australia, which means as much as a quarter of the world’s population will be unable to get vaccinated until 2022, researchers reported...
Sixty-two percent of the International Monetary Fund’s lending in response to the coronavirus pandemic has gone to 21 countries in hard-hit Latin America, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday. Georgieva told a panel hosted by the Americas...
While health care workers in Europe and North America are beginning to receive the first Covid-19 vaccines, Ecuador’s front-line workers will have to wait until January. “We are still negotiating with the vaccine makers and could receive some shipments by the end of...
Martes, 15/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Festival apunta a recuperar los villancicos tradicionales (Festival aims to recover traditional Christmas carols) - Singer Diego Zamora, Embajador Turístico del Ecuador, is organizing the Festival...
In the coming weeks, major airlines including United, JetBlue, American and Lufthansa plan to introduce a health passport app, called CommonPass, that aims to verify passengers’ coronavirus test results — and perhaps soon, vaccinations. CommonPass notifies users of...
The town of El Troje, 12 kilometers from Colta in Chimborazo Province, is under total lockdown following the Covid-19 deaths of four of its 462 residents in a single day. No one is allowed in or out of the town which also reports 14 others seriously ill with the...
The Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, the crown jewel of Peru's tourist sites, closed its doors Monday for an indefinite period for security reasons amid protests by locals over train services, officials said. "Due to the announced stoppages in the Machu Picchu district...
Lunes, 14/12/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Hoy, parcial observación del eclipse (Today, partial observation of the eclipse) - There was a solar eclipse Monday desde las 9:30 a las 10:30 which was most visible from the central and south of...
By L.P. Wirth No matter how diligently you read public blogs, here are some insider scoops on unusual things and more than seven oddities in Panama that caught me off-guard. When we arrive in a new country as an expat, unexpected surprises may loom; oddities. Some...
By Robert Bradley and David Morrill Editor’s note: Pandemic Profiles is an ongoing series that looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of Cuencanos and Cuenca expats. The story Eduardo Gonzalez tells is this; “I was strung out, overfed on processed...
Ecuador registered 1,049 murders through the first 10 months of 2020, the highest count since 2014 according to National Police. October was the year’s deadliest month with 134 murders. Cities with the greatest increase in homicides were Naranjal with 150%; Duran,...
