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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...
By Martin Weil A two-alarm fire sent flames leaping from the roof and attic of the Embassy of Ecuador early Wednesday morning in the Columbia Heights area of Northwest Washington. At least three firefighters were injured in the blaze. The blaze was on top of the...
As of Tuesday afternoon, more than 200 questions had been submitted for possible inclusion on a national referendum called by President Lenin Moreno. According to Secretary of Policy Management, Miguel Carvajal, many more questions are expected today, the deadline for...
A fight that resulted in injuries broke out early Tuesday afternoon after two Cuenca Citizen Guards asked a small group of informal vendors to move from their positions near the corner of Calles Presidente Borrero and Marsical Sucre. Following the order, the vendors,...
Martes, 26/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Teatro - "Elízabeth o la Esclavitud" (Elizabeth or the Slavery - I think that should be your word for the day.) <And I think we should all consider by whom or what we are enslaved, and how do...
Willagers in the Peru Amazon have shut down 50 oil wells in protest against the negotiations of a new oil field development contract between Lima and Canadian Frontera Energy Group. The Amazon communities, who have been complaining for years about the environmental...
Ecuador’s government needs fresh faces and new ideas, President Lenin Moreno said Monday night. “We need an on-going renewal of government which means bringing young people into the process,” he said. “The public consultation will allow voters to participate in this...
With a contract manager selected to finish construction of Cuenca's tranvía, the city is now looking for a company to manager its operation. "We have two offers from transportation management companies, one from Medellín (Colombia) and the other from Tenerife (Canary...
Lunes, 25/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - CIDAP - The crafts shop, "El Barranco," was reopened, and a new space was created in the Cafetería del CIDAP <never knew they had one> where you can enjoy Belgian waffles. Articles about -...
By Matt Weinberger One day, not too soon — but still sooner than you think — the smart phone will all but vanish, the way beepers and fax machines did before it. Make no mistake: We're still probably at least a decade away from any kind of meaningful shift away from...
Ecuador Energy Minister Carlos Perez has announced an ambitious plan to increase the country’s oil production from 540,000 to 700,000 barrels a day by 2021. "The plan is to reach 700,000 barrels a day by the end of 2021 and I believe this is a goal that's achievable,”...
National Court Judge Miguel Jurado has authorized Ecuador’s attorney general’s office to use “any and all useful information” provided by the U.S. justice department in its prosecution of the Odebrecht corruption scandal. The court ruling is necessary when legal...
By Louis Bourgeois Working on my farm the other day, my wife watches me and suggests that I could take down a section of fence, making a much shorter trip as I carried heavy bags of soil to a new planting bed. I thanked her for the suggestion but shared that I liked...
Domingo, 24/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event- Ceremonia Cívica - The "Abdón Calderón" Military High School No. 4" will celebrate Flag Day with a ceremony proclaiming the Flag Bearers, Standard Bearers, and Escorts for the 2017-2018 school...
By Robert Bradley The news is laced with tragedy, destruction, fear, and foreboding. Seemingly, at every turn, there is danger beyond understanding or even recognition while we are subjected to chattering pundits who pontificate on who did what to whom. It can be so...
By Liam Higgins Former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa escalated his attacks on President Lenin Moreno this week, for the first time suggesting a plan for his return to power. Moreno, who is attending United Nations meetings in New York, responded by voicing his...
Viernes, 22/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Teatro - The 1st performance of "Amor de Don Perimplín con Belisa en su jardín" will be hoy a las 22:00 <Can that be right? It's hours past a lot of your bedtimes.> en La Guarida Centro...
