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By Franklin Foer Until recently, it was easy to define our most widely known corporations. Any third-grader could describe their essence. Exxon sells gas; McDonald’s makes hamburgers; Walmart is a place to buy stuff. This is no longer so. Today’s ascendant monopolies...
Cuenca was named the "Best Destination for Short Vacations in South America” at the World Travel Awards (WTA) ceremony last night in Cancun, Mexico. Mayor Marcelo Cabrera was on hand to accept the first-place award. Cuenca joined Bogota, Buenos Aires, Guayaquil, Lima,...
By Robert Bradley Writing has been difficult these last few weeks. I've been distracted by daily life. Rather than wander Cuenca viewing life through the magic lantern of my camera, I've been shopping for a new lamp shade, someone to repair a tablet. Where once I...
More than a hundred angry business and property owners blocked traffic Friday morning on Av. Las Americas at the Simon Bolivar redondel, protesting delays in tram construction. Work on the tram in the area has been idle for nine months. “We keep hearing that a...
Viernes, 8/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Cuentos y poesía (Stories and poetry) - "Pancho" Aguirre and Fidel Román will share stories and poetry from around the world hoy a las 20:00 in the sala "Alfonso Carrasco" in the CCE. Cost:...
By Jean McCord I had my gun but could I use it? There I was, alone, waiting for the killer to appear. Could I really judge whether to shoot — or not? The route to this life-changing moment started tamely, about twenty-five years ago. I had written the first draft of a...
Following a Thursday meeting with rectors of the country’s federally funded universities, Secretary of Higher Education Augusto Barrera announced that university funding will remain at current levels through 2017 and face smaller cuts for 2018. The agreement followed...
Ecuador's exporters of flowers and seafood say they expect to lose millions of dollars because of cancellation of flights to Miami and Fort Lauderdale due to Hurricane Irma. Tourist agencies will also be affected as travelers are unable to fly out of south Florida....
A massive 8.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Mexico early Friday morning, killing at least five people and triggering a tsunami. The quake, which was felt as far away as Mexico City and Guatemala City, struck 74 miles (120 kilometers) off the...
Jueves, 7/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - "Plush" - Performance #200 will be Saturday, 15/9 a las 10:00 in the teatro Casa de la Cultura. "Festival Internacional de Artes Callejeras: Arte Calle 2017 - The organizers of this...
According to national and international law enforcement experts, Ecuador faces a growing danger of drug war violence from neighboring Colombia. “Conditions are deteriorating throughout Colombia with the resurgence of the drug trade and the dismantling of guerrilla...
Can they actually prove that chocolate is good for you? Well, it’s mighty hard to do! I just ‘Googled’ “chocolate health” and see a myriad of reports suggesting that chocoholics enjoy better heart health, lower blood sugar, lower blood pressure. The headlines also...
Miércoles, 6/9/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Wednesday) agenda events - Teatro - The Barojo Experimental Theater Group presents "La Boda de Dorimena" (Dorimena's Wedding) Thursday and Friday at 20:00 in the Atrapa Sueños Centro Cultural (Juan Bautista...
Representatives of the country’s major public universities say they are shocked at the size of funding cuts for higher education in the new national budget. Meeting Tuesday on the campus of the University of Milagro, rectors and vice-rectors said that the cuts could...
The governments of Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia and Panama plan to designate a thousand square kilometer area of the Pacific Ocean as a marine conservation zone. Representatives of the four countries say they hope to agree on a final plan later this year. Ecuador...
The Cuenca municipal council voted Tuesday to increase urban bus fares from 25 cents to 30 cents, a decision that angered both the bus companies who provide public transit services and students who demand that the rate remain unchanged. Under the new fare structure,...
In a stunning defeat before the home crowd in Quito, Ecuador fell 2-1 Tuesday afternoon to Peru in a World Cup qualifying game. The result ended the team's chances of competing next year in Moscow. The defeat was especially painful given Ecuador’s impressive start in...
The Fernandina volcano in the Galapagos Islands appears poised for a major eruption, according to geologists at the Ecuador Geophysical Institute. Fernandina is the westernmost island in the Galapagos and the most volcanically active. “From what we observed on Monday,...
Following last week’s 2-0 loss to world number-one Brazil, Ecuador’s national football team must win today against Peru in Quito to remain in contention for a berth in the 2018 World Cup championship. Even with a victory and two more in the final round of competition,...
Several members of the National Assembly want to put the president of the country’s Judicial Council on trial for interfering with the justice system. At the heart of their case, they say, is a series of emails showing Gustavo Jalkh and former president Rafael Correa...
