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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 announced Monday night by President Lenin Moreno. Voters will be asked if they want to...
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" Centro Cultural (La Mar y Luis Pauta). Cost: fifty cents. <Now that'll sure put a big hole...
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 committed to pre-trial detention. Glas was booked into the El Condado...
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” that relies on an authoritarian approach to meet its objectives. “Our...
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 though previously thriving in large, action-packed cities, she now wanted to live in a small...
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 ordinance is a response to citizen complaints and injuries suffered by 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 in the Architecture Department Building at the U. of Cuenca. Panelists from Belgium, México...
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 party member calls the “distraction factor” have proven to be the tipping point. "The...
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. I’ve recognized that in every genre the subject of mindfulness in some...
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 about 2%, strong numbers in consumer spending, telecommunications and...
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 population <than monolingual gringos who can't even cross a street without a facilitator>....
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 the leadership of his Alianza Pais (AP) party. AP officers, most of them loyal...
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 talented people who aspire to express themselves with visual arts or writing...
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 are unarmed and concentrated in the city’s tourist areas, are...
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 abbreviation you need to remember) played Friday in the teatro "Jaime Roldós Aguilera" in Cañar. Upcoming and...
By Judd Gregg The European Union has assessed a major fine against Google. In addition, the leaders of the European Union want to assess a large tax on the revenues of Amazon, Facebook and Google. France wants to tax all the social media platforms that are being used...
Sunday October 1 2017 is World Vegetarian Day! Founded in 1977 by the North American Vegetarian Society (NAVS) and endorsed by the International Vegetarian Union in 1978, October 1 is the kick-off of Vegetarian Awareness Month. How can you eat more healthfully? In a...
Miércoles, 27/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Ciclo de cine (Film series) - The Club del Cine "Catarsis" will screen "La infancia de Iván" (The childhood of Ivan) by Andrei Tarkovsky Thurs. a las 19:00 in CIDAP. The series...
By Sylvan Hardy Although the recognition has been slow in coming, Ecuador is finally getting serious notice from the highly opinionated, highly caffeinated international community of coffee experts. For decades, the coffee produced in the lower valleys near Quito and...
José Conceição Santos has doubled-down on his charge that Vice President Jorge Glas received bribes from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. In early August, Santos implicated Glas in the scandal in testimony and taped conversations with Ecuadorian officials...
