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By Akia Rahming I've been living in Ecuador for nearly a year now. While there have been a lot of differences from my home country of the Bahamas, the biggest is definitely the switch in language. While the official language of the Bahamas is English, Ecuador is a...
By Sandee LaMotte and Virginia Langmaid The spread of Covid-19 among members in a household after one person is infected is "common" and occurs quickly after illness onset, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The person...
My long-ago girlfriend, Sherry, finally won me over. I remember distant times when I could hardly wait for her to get home so I could re-play the latest singer-songwriter composition I heard that moved me nearly to tears. She was always patient, and always sweet....
Editor’s note: This is the third in an ongoing series that examines how the Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the lives of Cuencanos and Cuenca expats. By Robert Bradley and Sylvan Hardy Jeff and Joe Fithian are “freshies": twin brothers who moved to Cuenca less than a...
Viernes, 30/10/2020 - Hola, Todos - Agenda - Martes, 3 de noviembre: 8:00 - Te Deum - Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción. 9:30 - Entrega de ofrendas en conmemoración al Bicentenario de Independencia de Cuenca (Delivery of offerings in commemoration of the...
Bolivia’s outgoing parliament approved a motion recommending that ex-interim president Jeanine Anez and her ministers face justice for responsibility over last year’s unrest which left around 30 people dead. The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, meeting in joint...
By Kristen Rogers In the deadly fall wave of the 1918 flu pandemic, millions of people were doomed because they didn't know what we know now about how viruses and respiratory illnesses spread. We might face a similar fate if some people continue to ignore what a...
Jueves, 29/10/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Ecuagenera se reactiva con el OrchidFest 2020 (Ecuagenera reactivates with OrchidFest 2020) - Ecuagenera reopened el 24/10 with OrchidFest 2020 which will run until el 3/11. The show has over...
By Karla Betania Sánchez Arismendi A couple of weeks ago, I received a message from Abby Osman, a retired counselor and educator now living in Cuenca. "Were you contacted to donate blood for a man who is at Hospital Del Rio?" I immediately checked my email and, in...
By Abby Moore There's plenty of advice out there designed to "prevent aging," when in reality, we all age. Rather than fearing the process, aging should be approached with health and longevity in mind. And it turns out, the path to get there is relatively simple....
By Robert Bradley It was clear from childhood: J.T Neira needed a bigger piece of the sky. It surely wasn’t that he did not enjoy his hometown of Cuenca, but he knew there was a whole world to see, and he wanted to be part of it. And so, at an early age, Neira took a...
Miércoles, 28/10/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - Del cuerpo del periodico - Escenarios del Mundo comienza hoy (Stages of the World starts today) - The theater arts festival starts today and ends el 15 de noviembre. This year there will be 10 in-person presentations...
By Stephen Vargha The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca (Cuenca Symphony Orchestra) has an ambitious schedule for the remainder of the year, and they want everyone to know what is new for all to enjoy. Their concerts have something for people with all sorts of tastes. The...
By Elisabetta Povoledo, Raphael Minder and Isabella Kwai Protests broke out in several Italian cities on Monday and Tuesday after a government decree aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus went into effect. Hundreds of demonstrators in Catania, Milan, Turin...
By Lenny Charnoff The other day a long time customer said that “Cuenca Salmon reminds me of Trader Joe’s in the United States”. I said, “Thank you, for the compliment. I appreciate the positive comparison. Can you tell me why?” “Here’s why,” she answered. “With points...
President Nicolas Maduro said Venezuelan scientists have isolated a molecule that inhibits the Covid-19 virus and will ask the World Health Organization to evaluate its potential use on a global scale. The active ingredient is a derivative of a plant’s ursolic acid...
Responding to recommendations by medical groups that events and travel for the Cuenca independence holiday and Day of the Dead by cancelled, the government said the holidays cannot be stopped. “We cannot nullify holidays since it would violate Ecuador’s Law of...
Martes, 27/10/2020 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Homenaje literario (Literary tribute) - The Centro PEN in Ecuador organized about 2 years ago with writers, poets, journalists, and defenders of freedom of expression joining to talk, debate and...
Ayni -- the Quechuan word for “reciprocity, or, working together" -- is the name of a new Cuenca artisan cooperative which hosts its grand opening beginning at 10 a.m. on Thursday, October 29. The gallery, located on the ground floor of the Casa de la Cultura, Luis...
It’s truly a fall gale of epic proportions, as turbulent winds of uncertainty pummel us from one high anxiety to another. “It’s the pandemic, it’s the social unrest, it’s climate change and the wildfires. It’s the election, it’s upcoming holidays, said Vaile Wright,...
