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Ecuador’s National Assembly has taken the first step to begin an impeachment trial for Vice President Jorge Glas. On Wednesday, Glas was convicted of corruption by the National Court and sentenced to six years in prison. Other charges against him are pending. The...
President Lenin Moreno says he will ask Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for help in eliminating visa requirements for Ecuadorian citizens traveling in the European Union (EU). “I will ask him to intercede on Ecuador’s behalf so our citizens have the same right of...
Ecuador has warned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange not to interfere in the internal affairs of Spain or other countries with close ties to Ecuador. In particular, Ecuador's foreign minister cautioned the Wikileaks founder to stay out of the Catalonian separatist...
I first became acquainted with Pedro Espinosa’s work as I was coming back from a weekend in the country with some Ecuadorian friends. We were passing through San Joaquin on our way back to Cuenca when a hillside house caught my eye. I wondered who in Ecuador designed...
During a 40-minute meeting Saturday, President Lenin Moreno and Pope Francis focused on ways to protect the Amazon basin which Ecuador shares with six other South American countries. Moreno, who is on the first European trip of his presidency, is visiting with...
The Way It Is There is a thread you follow. It goes among Things that change. But it doesn’t change. Tragedies happen; people get hurt Or die; and you suffer and get old. While you hold it you can’t get lost You have to explain about the thread But it is hard for...
Ecuador’s Cedatos / Gallup public opinion poll shows Ecuadorians strongly support President Lenin Moreno’s call for a public referendum and that a large majority will vote “yes” on all seven questions. In a poll taken from December 6 to December 12, 74.3% of...
The Cuenca mayor’s office confirmed Friday that work on the long-delayed tranvía project will resume Monday morning. Except for minor work carried out by city crews in the historical district, the project has been stalled since October 2016 when Spanish project...
The Cuenca Dispatch newspaper and the CuencaHighLife website have merged under a new company, Ecuador Media Marketing Services, Cia. Ltda. Partners in the new business are Michael Soares, founder of The Cuenca Dispatch, and David Morrill and Jonathan Mogrovejo...
President Lenin Moreno says he will wait for the courts to rule on an appeal to Vice President Jorge Glas’ six-year prison sentence before seeking an official replacement. During an interview with a Spanish television network during his current European trip, he also...
Jueves, 14/12/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event cancelled and rescheduled - La Noche de Ópera - The Opera Night scheduled for Thurs., "La Guarida", has been cancelled and rescheduled for 15/1/2018. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Magazine...
Body Temperature Have you ever wondered how 98.6° Fahrenheit or 37° Centigrade became “normal” body temperature? In the 1850’s, a German physician named Carl Wunderlich collected data on 25,000 patients, taking their temperature multiple times. Wunderlich was the...
A U.S. expat arrested in September on charges that he drugged and kidnapped two Colombian prostitutes has been found innocent and released from prison. Thirty-three-year-old Jon Poland, identified as Jhonathan Matthew P. by National Police at the time of his arrest,...
A three-judge National Court of Justice tribunal has sentenced Vice President Jorge Glas to six years in prison for his role in the Odebrecht corruption scandal. The sentence, announced just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, is the maximum penalty for the crime of illicit...
Miércoles, 13/12/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Teatro - "Lluvia" will play from hoy until el viernes a las 20:00 in the sala "Alfonso Carrasco". The play is a fusion of works by Tennessee Williams and Uruguayo Ecuardo Galeano. Concierto...
Change is inevitable, that’s for sure. I think it’s how it is dealt with that’s the issue at stake. I’m afraid that I often do what I set out not to do. As the years have passed, I find I have to be more vigilant of certain responses I have to change. It’s a very...
By Sylvan Hardy In 2014, when expats Rick Lewis and Tony Spada toured the indigenous markets of Northern Ecuador, especially the most famous one in Otavalo, they were blown away by the sophisticated designs and high quality of the handmade wool and alpaca products....
The new Parque de la Libertad, on the north side of the historic district, will open at the end of February, Cuenca planning director Pablo Abad said on Monday. “We are completing the planting of the green areas and construction of sidewalks,” he said. “We are also...
Martes, 12/12/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Ffilme - "Dunkirk," directed by Christopher Nolan was shown Tues. in "La Guarida" Centro Cultur cal (Mariscal la Mar y Luis Pauta (Convención del 45). <Were the Saturday matinees when I was...
By Sylvan Hardy When Diego Mejía describes good coffee, his metaphors turn to fruits, flowers and spices. “Can you taste the wild rose?” he asks a friend sampling the espresso he just served. “Maybe there’s a hint of cinnamon as well, no?” Mejía, who was named...
