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Cuenca’s transportation director says the city’s tranvia system will require nine months to train personnel and to test tramway and computer systems before it offers service to the public. According […]
Martes, 3/10/2017 Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Today’s agenda events Dance – There was a dance performance by the Compañía de Danza Contemporánea of the U. of Cuenca Tues. […]
By Louis Bourgeois Carolyn Myss influenced my understanding of the evolution of consciousness and my awareness of the energy body. She describes the basic three levels of consciousness as the […]
By Lisa Grainger As if on cue, the marine iguana lifted its stumpy nose from its black-scaled body and sneezed, sending a shower of droplets onto the feet of our guide, […]
By Thea Riofrancos On March 8, 2012, a few hundred marchers set out from Pangui, Ecuador, a town in the southeastern Amazon, near the construction site of the massive, open-pit […]
As expected, Ecuador’s voters will decide whether Rafael Correa will be allowed to run again for president. The question is one of seven that will appear on a national referendum […]
Lunes, 2/10/2017 Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Upcoming and ongoing agenda events – Filme – “Taxi Driver” by Martin Scorsese will show Tuesday a las 19:00 in “La Guarida” […]
A national court judge ordered the arrest and jailing of Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas Monday afternoon. The order follows the recommendation of Attorney General Carlos Baca that Glas be […]
In the most impassioned speech of his young presidency, President Lenin Moreno said Saturday that he will govern by listening to the people, not by following a “rigid, preordained philosophy” […]
By Arlene Anderson “The time for a complete change was long overdue,” says Gloria Gilbere, a single 70-year-old, who made her move to Ecuador in the summer of 2016. Even […]
A new municipal ordinance prohibits the detonation of fireworks from 1 a.m. until 6 a.m. and requires new safety measures around detonation areas. According to the Cuenca municipal council, the […]
Domingo, 1/10/2017 Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Upcoming and ongoing agenda events – Encuentro – The 4th Encuentro Precom3 OS Patrimonio will be Monday y el martes from 8:00 […]
For the first time, members of Alianza Pais (AP) are calling for the resignation of Vice President Jorge Glas. New revelations about Glas’ relationship with his uncle and what one […]
By Robert Bradley My reading habits are pretty broad. I enjoy the derring-do of Jack Reacher with the same enthusiasm as when I read literary fiction, biographies, periodicals, or poetry. […]
Ecuador’s economy grew at an unexpectedly strong rate of 3.3% in the second quarter of 2017, the central bank reported Friday. Although bank director Verónica Artola was expecting growth of […]
Viernes, 29/9/2017 Hola, Todos – I will be taking time off from el próximo viernes, 6/10 to el miércoles, 11/10 to do volunteer work elsewhere and for a more helpless […]
If there was any doubt about the biggest question that could appear on the forthcoming public referendum announced by, it was dispelled Thursday night when President Lenin Moreno met with […]
Text and photos by John Keeble Great dreams often founder on practicalities.They can be starved by everyday difficulties such as lack of space and stimulating interactions. Cuenca is rich in […]
So far in 2017, eight Cuenca Citizen Guards have required hospitalization following attacks by informal, or unlicensed street vendors, in the historic district and at city mercados. The guards, who […]
Jueves, 28/9/2017 Hola, Todos – Pagina cultural – Today’s agenda events – OSC – The String Group No. 2 of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca (OSC – this is an […]




















