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I read an entry in Gringo Post the other day. Here it is. We will be flying into Guayaquil. We are bringing our older dog of nearly 15 years and our 2nd dog of nearly nine years. We are looking for transport from Guayaquil to Cuenca via Santa Isabel and Giron because...
By John Keeble Soon after the last ice age, when I was a young reporter on the London Evening News, some impertinent chap suggested subverting the stiff upper lips of commuters by wearing badges declaring – my apologies for using such language – their willingness to...
By Nacha Cattan At the nightclub door, a security guard checks every bag, pocket and makeup pouch with a mini flashlight. In the bathroom, another stands watch as drug dealers sell cocaine in bags marked with skulls. That guard escorts revelers into a stall where they...
By James Bargent and Mayra Alejandra Bonilla Thousands of police and military swept through the north Ecuador district of Buenos Aires last month in an attempt to control the illegal mining boom that has ravaged the region, but it may be too late to stop the country’s...
Aeroregional has been cleared by the civil aviation authority to begin service to Quito Monday, August 5. The airline announced Thursday that it will offer special introductory rates during its first weeks of operation. Airline representative Jaime León says...
Jueves,1/8/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Book drive - 200-300 children from the city and the rural communities attend the Tambo de Lectura reading program in the Semillero de Artistas in the CCE. A book drive to provide reading material for...
According to MayoClinic.org, detoxification (detox) diets are popular, but there is little evidence that they eliminate toxins from your body. But, evidence never stopped hoaxers from marketing products as “amazing”, and “miraculous,” and it appears there is a growing...
By Gideon Long When Richard Martínez took over as Ecuador’s finance minister in May last year, the country’s accounts were a mess. President Lenín Moreno was picking up the pieces left by the previous leftwing government, which for a decade had financed Ecuador...
More than 200 books in Israeli literature translated into Spanish have been "published" on the streets of different cities in Ecuador. The Libros Libres de Israel Project or Israel Free Books aims to share Israeli culture in the South American country and encourage...
By Jeff Van Pelt People love to debate how much crime there is in their town, whether it is getting worse, and where it is the worst. A more profitable enterprise is to look at how to avoid being the target of crime wherever you are. The information in this article...
Miércoles, 31/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - XIV Bienal catalogue - The bi-lingual, 540 page catalogue for the last Bienal held from 23/11/2018 to 3/2/2019 will be presented el jueves, 8/8 a las 19:00 in the Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno...
Ecuador’s national football federation said that Deportivo Cuenca will be allowed to play Friday following the payment of $30,000 to a former goalkeeper and his agent. The federation said, however, that the team must pay much larger sums against its debt in the coming...
As the number of Venezuelan immigrants continues to grow, Cuenca officials say the city has reached the limit of its ability to provide assistance. “We need financial support to continue to provide services and we have appealed to President Lenin Moreno for help,”...
Martes, 30/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Teatro - The Teatro Brujo will present "El Diablito" el viernes y sábado próximos a las 20:00 in the Prohibido Centro Cultural. Festival de Artes Selva - The Simbiosis festival de Ciencias y Artes...
Although Mayor Pedro Palacios says the city is making “impressive progress” in efforts to put Cuenca’s long-delayed tram into operation, some municipal councilmen say there needs to be a firm schedule. Following his upset victory over incumbent mayor Marcelo Cabrera...
My German grandfather once told me, “On revient toujours à son premier amour.” I understood just enough French to know what he meant was “the first cut is the deepest.” France was my first major country crush. I had seen other countries before — fooled around a bit...
Lunes, 29/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Nada. Otras cosas - Titular - Poca asistencia a megaparques (Low attendance at megaparks) - Despite the summer vacations, there were few people in 3 of the 4 megaparques last weekend, although low...
Cuenca’s professional football team, Deportivo Cuenca, could go out of business if it can’t pay its bills. “The financial situation is bleak and unless a solution is found very quickly, the football team will not play this weekend,” says former club president Mario...
By Robert Bradley Cuenca street artists who enjoy painting large-scale pieces are familiar with El Vado. Bajada del Vado is famed for the often dramatic street art climbing the steep draw, some crumbling even more rapidly than the wall they use as a canvas. The...
Sábado, 27/7/2019 Hola, Todos - Actividades - De la pagina cultural - Feria - <for you shoppers out there> - There was a crafts and other products fair Satureay the Portal Artesanal. <Bolívar y Huayna Cápac>. Bicentennial - The bicentennial of Cuenca's...
