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By Nicholas Casey Irma Rosales, tired after decades of tending her tiny store, sat back one morning with a box full of photos and remembered the stranger who was shot in the local schoolhouse 50 years ago. His hair was long and greasy, she said; his clothes so dirty...
By Jamil Moscoso The first recorded use of pyrotechnics in Cuenca dates back to the early 1600’s, only decades after the city’s founding by Spanish conquistadors. In fact, explosives were first used in the city on May 28, 1614 to enliven the processions during the...
The bullet-riddled body of a news photographer was found in central Mexico on Friday, state officials, putting 2017 on track to become the deadliest year yet for journalists in the notoriously violent country. Edgar Daniel Esqueda, 23, who worked with Metropoli San...
By Robert Bradley I’ve been busy producing an exhibition and art show for the Municipal Museum of Art Modern. VINCULO: Reunion de Arte y Artesanias Municipal Museum of Art Modern (MMAM) November 1 to November 10 Working in consort with the University of Cuenca,...
Editor’s note: Only 75 miles northeast of Cuenca, the Sangay volcano is the least accessible and least studied volcano in Ecuador. Even its name is shrouded in mystery. In 2016, University of Wyoming of Geology professor Kennith Sims led a team of scientists to Sangay...
The vendors who make a living renting umbrellas and selling fruit and cold drinks to tourists on Manta’s beaches are up in arms about a city project that has removed tons of sand. The federal government is also awaiting an answer from the municipal government. The...
When people think Ecuador they think the Galapagos and while those enchanted islands are incredible there's a lot more to this Andean country. Adventure seekers will love the active volcanoes, Romeos will make the most of the cheap red roses and fine chocolate and...
For the first time since 1970, Ecuador’s inflation rate is negative through the first three quarters of the year and economists predict the trend will continue through the fourth quarter of 2017. Prices, as measured by Ecuador’s National Institute of Statistics and...
Jueves, 5/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Book launch and signing - "Orfila" by Javier Vásconez and illustrated by Roger Ycaza, will be presented el próximo miércoles a las 19:00 in the Corredor Sur bookstore (Pres. Córdova...
Heart disease is the number one killer of middle-and upper-income men and women in North America, Latin America, and throughout the world. An epidemic of obesity and its resulting complications, most importantly type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure, increase the...
President Lenin Moreno has named former Housing Minister Maria Alejandra Vicuña as acting vice president following the pre-trial jailing of the elected vice president, Jorge Glas, on Monday night. Moreno made the decision Wednesday following conversations with Justice...
Miércoles, 4/10/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events Documental - The documentary, "Jaime Roldos," showed Wed. morning. Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Cine - El Cine Club will screen "Eraserhead," by David Lynch Thursday a las 19:00 in...
What memories do you have of your father’s touch? Or did he ever even touch you? Perhaps you knew his touch through physical discipline. Or, maybe he used his hands to demonstrate his love. Did he guide you with his touch? A father's touch is very powerful. It’s an...
Construction companies and real estate agents are applauding the questions that President Lenin Moreno has chosen to include on the upcoming national referendum. In particular, they like the one that would eliminate the 2016 Law of Goodwill, which substantially...
By Edd and Cynthia Staton Mug cakes aren't the only food category where Cynthia and I arrived late to the party. A much more basic topic hiding in plain view has until recently eluded us for years. Our daughter's home in New Jersey is in that raising small children...
After three days of meetings, the leadership of Alianza Pais (AP) says it is unable to reach a consensus on calling for the resignation of Vice President Jorge Glas. This, despite Monday night judge’s order that sent Glas to jail. On Saturday, AP officer and National...
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 to Jaime Guzmán, most of the preparation work will be conducted as...
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. in the the postgraduate building of the Faculty of Architecture. Upcoming and ongoing agenda...
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 tribal mind, the egoic mind, and the spiritual mind. In North America,...
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, Morris Garcia. “As I was saying,” he grimaced, wiping his ankle, “these are the only iguanas in the...
