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The city of Cuenca wants to make the historic district more pedestrian-friendly by creating “superblocks” in the area around Parque Calderon. The municipal transportation office announced the project will begin in early 2020. A superblock is a Spanish urban planning...
Text and photos by Jeremiah Reardon Brrr! When I stepped off the bus in the Cajas Mountains this past September, I freaked! I couldn’t believe how cold it felt. It was the coldest I'd been in the dozen times over three years I'd hiked in the Andes. I just wanna get...
Lunes, 25/11/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Exposición de filatelia - The XIII Exposición Nacional y Congreso Filatélico "Philacuenca 2019" (XIII National Exhibition and Philatelic Congress "Philacuenca 2019") will be martes in the Museo...
The National Institutes of Health: News In Health November 2019 Have you ever had to get an X-ray, MRI, or other medical scan? Do you know what these tests involve? Or what they can do? Medical scans help doctors diagnose everything from head trauma to foot pain....
Colombia's President Ivan Duque has opened a "National Dialogue" that he said will include citizens from all walks of life after days of massive protests rattled the government in the Latin American country. The conservative leader gathered mayors and governors from...
Municipal buses are the top transportation choice for almost half of Cuenca residents, according to a survey conducted in September. The survey shows a two percent increase in bus transport preference over results of a similar survey in 2016. Taken during...
As of November 17, the 321st day of the year, there have been 369 mass shootings in the U.S. That works out to more than one a day. It has happened so many times now that the only salve offered for a recent mass shooting at a Southern California high school, which...
By Susan Burke March Over the past few weeks, you may have noticed a big improvement in El Centro. The city government has sponsored a number of 'mingas' in recent weeks, to restore the walls and structures marred by graffiti — including public and private property,...
By Nick Estes Evo Morales is more than Bolivia’s first indigenous president — he is our president, too. The rise of a humble Aymara coca farmer to the nation’s highest office in 2006 marked the arrival of indigenous people as vanguards of history. Within the social...
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...
