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On December 10, 1869, Wyoming Territorial Governor John Allen Campbell, citing a “progression of understanding,” signed an act of the Territorial Legislature granting white women the right to vote, the first U.S. state or territory to grant suffrage to women. On...
The district office of the Ministry of Health reports that new cases of Covid-19 remain low and that the feared surge due to the Cuenca holidays has not developed. There was a slight increase in cases in the week ending on Friday from the previous week, 227 compared...
Ecuador is promising a “far reaching” investigation into a landslide Wednesday at an illegal gold mine near the Colombian border that killed five people and injured at least five. “The government will spare no effort to determine who is at fault in this tragedy and...
By Robert Bradley In 1973, the Organization of American States (OEA), created to address social and financial inequality in the Americas, designated Cuenca as the headquarters for its efforts to promote artisan crafts. Five years later, the Centro Interamericano de...
Jueves, 19/11/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Internos dejan en libertad su habilidad con las artes (Interns release their skill with the arts) - A group of inmates at the Centro de Privación de la Libertad Azuay (Azuay Center for the...
By Marcelo Rochabrun Grace Yarango is only 18 and she’s already helped take down a president. Now she -- and many other of Peru’s millennials and Generation Z youth -- have their eyes on bigger prizes: changes to the constitution and reforming a widely reviled...
Miércoles, 18/11/2020 Hola, Todos - I can't remember when I last took a break, so I'm going to take next week off. Actividades - De la pagina cultural - TitiriCuenca tendrá una programación inclusiva (TitiriCuenca will have an inclusive program) - This year's Festival...
It was still very dark outside as I lay on my pallet in the corner of the room. The sapos called incessantly. The ground was damp from early morning rains and that always causes them to be more vocal. I imagined they had gathered together to present me with their...
By Erin Colton-Enberg Whether you are ready to settle down and retire or recently graduated from college looking to start your adventure Medellin Colombia could just be the location you are looking for. Living in Medellin, Colombia Whether you are ready to settle down...
The Ministry of Health said Tuesday that it plans to vaccinate 65 percent of Ecuador's population against Covid-19 in the first half of 2021, with the remainder to be vaccinated in the second half of the year. The vaccinations will be administered first to health and...
Martes, 17/11/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Enfoque híbrido dan a Festival de Culturas Urbanas (Hybrid approach for Festival of Urban Culture) - The Alianza Francesa will inaugurate its 3d edition of the Festival de Culturas Urbanas in...
By Stephen Vargha The Cuenca Symphony Orchestra ends an eight-month Covid-19 lockdown with two live concerts Thursday and Friday at the Casa de la Cultura theater at Luis Cordero and Presidente Córdova. Both concerts are at 7 p.m. and are free to the public. Seating...
By John Keeble It is 3 a.m. and pitch black as we struggle up the first steep climb towards a dream – to summit the ice and snow peak of Volcán Carihuairazo a few kilometres from the mighty Chimborazo in Ecuador's volcanoes region. The night sky, before we turned on...
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in an ongoing series that looks at how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of Cuencanos and Cuenca expats. By Robert Bradley and David Morrill Jeff Salz, a four-year resident of Cuenca, first visited South America in 1973 to...
Lunes, 16/11/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - No hay nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Racionan el agua (Rationing water) - See Monday's CHL article for story. Designan tesoreros únicos de campaña (Sole campaign treasurers designated) - The CNE approved the maximum...
By Julia Buckley It was the good news that gave the world hope. On Nov. 9 it was announced that one of the candidates for a Covid-19 vaccine, made by Pfizer and BioNTech, was over 90% effective in preventing volunteers from contracting the virus. Then, on Nov. 15,...
The public company that provides drinking water to Cuenca announced Saturday that it has instituted scheduled water cut-offs in Ricaurte and Sayausí as a result of ongoing drought conditions. Director of the company’s drinking water division, Fabián Cazar, said...
Unlike news reporting, where timeliness and deadlines prevail, composing a weekly column requires diligent patience. Folks often offer vignettes, eager for me to quickly pluck and dissect the highlights into a story, but a written commentary is not something that can...
By William Cooper U.S. politics have become criminalized. A steady drum beat of words and deeds -- from “lock her up” chants, to prosecutions of President Trump’s associates, to Trump pushing for Joe Biden’s indictment -- has eroded the bright line between politics...
Ecuadorians who took advantage of a law that suspended payments for a variety of debts and services for six-month are now required to pay up. Provisions of the Humanitarian Law, passed in April, that allowed deferral of rent, utilities, mortgages and other debts,...
