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Mass protests, many of them violent, continue to rage in Bolivia, Chile and Colombia despite calls for elections and dialog. According to the United Nations, 58 people have died in the three countries since late October and more than 4,000 have been seriously injured....
The last holiday of 2019 will be the longest of the year, the government decreed on Friday. To boost tourism and post-Christmas commercial activity, the Ministry of Tourism announced that Monday, December 30 and Tuesday, December 31 will be added to the official...
Every year, on the fourth Thursday of November, USAmericans celebrate the feast of Thanksgringo by cramming a giant bird into their stoves and sharing a tense meal with annoying relatives. Most Americans hate turkey which is why they slaughter so many of them at this...
Long-time Cuenca expat Jennifer Martin, 64, died Tuesday afternoon after she collapsed on an Av. Ordoñez Lasso sidewalk. Emergency responders were unable to resuscitate her and listed heart failure as the cause of the death. Jennifer moved to Cuenca from Austin, Texas...
Ecuador’s Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (Conaie) pledged its support to the national strike in Colombia that began Thursday. “We stand with our brothers and sisters of Colombia and are gratified to see that the fight for people's rights has spread...
Jueves, 21/11/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición - There is an exhibit of paintings of children at play in the Salón del Pueblo of the CCE. Mural - "Esta es mi ciudad" is a mural on the lower level of the multifamiliares del IESS,...
Dairy milk sales are down, but sales of plant “milk alternatives” are growing. There's an ongoing fight in the U.S. for the right to call plant-based milk substitutes 'milk' with senators from dairy states Wisconsin and Indiana re-introducing a bill to "require...
By Jason Daley Archaeologists excavating a site in Salango, Ecuador, have discovered evidence of a burial ritual that might even make Indiana Jones shiver. As the researchers report in the journal Latin American Antiquity, excavations at a pair of 2,100-year-old...
Having failed in his first attempt, President Lenin Moreno hopes the revised, shortened version of the Economic Reform Law will be a winner with the National Assembly. The new legislation was submitted Wednesday night to the Assembly president’s office and will be...
Miércoles, 20/11/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Bienal - The Casa de la Bienal (Bolívar 13-89) plans to exhibit the winners of past Bienals - some of the most notable Latinamerican art. The 54 item collection is stored in the Casa and MMAM...
By Robert Bradley One of the joys of reviewing local cafes is noticing how they influence my understanding of Cuenca. I am always intrigued when visiting a visually creative space and meeting interesting people practicing their expression of circumstance -- being on...
The Cajas are an amazing range of the Andes Mountains and I’ve certainly enjoyed hiking and exploring deep in their rugged realm. These mountains can be very challenging and, as I’ve written before, folks do “go missing” in this unforgiving terrain to literally never...
Colombia’s government has announced plans to close its borders, part of a string of measures to contain mass strikes and protests planned this week amid sweeping unrest in South America. Tens of thousands are expected to join protests on Thursday against the rightwing...
The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that it will continue working with Ecuador to advance economic reforms after the country’s National Assembly rejected a bill proposed by President Lenin Moreno to address a large fiscal deficit. Ecuador reached an...
President Lenin Moreno’s office said Tuesday that there are no plans to call for early elections following Sunday’s rejection of the government’s economic reform law in the National Assembly. “The option of changing the election schedule is not on the table,”...
I am very encouraged by the number and intensity of the various uprisings and demonstrations going on around the world. The poor, the dispossessed, the mistreated, the left out, are finding themselves able to have an impact on government policies (here in Ecuador,...
Martes, 19/11/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Opera contest - The last phase of the "Ecuador Opera Competition" will be el martes, 26 de noviembre in the teatro Pumapungo a las 20:00 with the 16 finalists out of 60 competitors (I think). A...
Editor's note: CuencaHighLife recently sat down with Jim Gala, founder and director of Cuenca's Jazz Society Cafe and the Jazz Society of Ecuador and asked him about his decision to settle in Cuenca and to relaunch his jazz career in Ecuador. CHL: What brought you to...
Prosecutors in Sweden have dropped an investigation into a rape allegation made against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange in 2010. Assange, who denies the accusation, has avoided extradition to Sweden for seven years after seeking refuge at the Ecuadorian embassy in...
The government announced Tuesday it is ending a bilateral health cooperation agreement with Cuba. The agreement, in effect for a decade, has brought hundreds of medical specialists to Ecuador to work in medically under-served communities. The announcement was made by...
