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Susan’s note: I admit it, I’m a National Public Radio fan. I take an hour-long walk in the morning and listen to podcasts of NPR shows I’ve missed. Yesterday I […]
Guillermo Lasso, who narrowly lost to Lenin Moreno in the 2017 presidential election, announced Friday that he will be a candidate in the February 2021 election. Lasso, a centrist-conservative, was […]
The Colombian Ombudsman’s office is demanding that Ecuador and Peru relax requirements for the entry of Venezuelans into the two countries. On August 26, Ecuador began requiring passports and visas […]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro should spend his country’s money on food, not on missiles, Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Thursday, amid renewed verbal sparring between the neighboring countries. Maduro […]
I’ve been touring the countryside photographing villages in the agricultural region that supplies our mercados. It is a wonderful adventure that reminds me that time need not be so accelerated, […]
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Suriname signed a pact Friday, setting up a disaster response network and satellite monitoring to protect the Amazon jungle. At a summit in […]
By Margaret Winter Maritsa Ochoa, 69 years old, arrived penniless in Cuenca on August 22 after a three-week odyssey from Venezuela through the mountains. She is nearly blind and too […]
Jueves,5/9/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exposición – “Mnemografías,” a show by Miguel Betancourt opened Thursday in Saledentro. He works in inks and watercolors on […]
By Maureen & Bruce Stewart & Sylvan Hardy In business for only four months, Calvo & Co. on Calle Los Alamos, just west of Av. Las Americas, is setting a […]
In November of 2018, an outbreak of measles in in the Orthodox Jewish community in the Williamsburg and Borough Park neighborhoods in Brooklyn, New York foretold the beginning of an […]
For the first time since taking office, Cuenca’s new city government is suggesting a start-up schedule for operation of the city’s beleaguered tram system – the end of the year. […]
Miércoles, 4/9/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Conciertos – The OSC will perform the 9 symphonies of Luis Humberto Salgado in three concerts on the […]
Four medical clinics have been closed in Cuenca for lack of operating permits, unqualified staff and poor sanitation. In addition, the Agency for Quality Assurance for Medical Services (Acess) said […]
As part of a new anti-crime campaign, President Lenin Moreno and Interior Minister María Paula Romo claim that Ecuador’s criminal justice system is going soft on criminals. Meeting with police […]
In a Tuesday court appearance, former presidential aid Pamela Martínez corroborated earlier testimony by an assistant that she managed financial contributions demanded by former president Rafael Correa to the Alianza […]
Martes, 3/9/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Exposición – There is a showing of works by stained glass artist Guillermo Larrazábal at the Museo Pumapungo […]
New law enforcement measures announced last week by President Lenin Moreno went into effect on Monday. Called the “Great Crusade for National Security,” the plan involves the assignment of army […]
The National Customs Service is reminding travelers of the items and quantities of items that can be brought into Ecuador without paying taxes. Although the list has not changed significantly […]
Lunes, 2/9/2019 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Taller – There is a straw weaving workshop this week at the Economuseo Municipal Casa del Sombrero (Rafael […]
By Amy Gorin You hear about calories all the time. But what are they really? A calorie is technically the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of […]




















