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Hiking alone high in the Andean páramo amidst the knob and kettle formations of the Andes offers a unique sense of wildness. I don’t see footprints of domestic animals or the signs of the hand of man in many of the places I seek out. I always feel as if I could...
Miércoles, 30/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Música - "Noches del Museo" <But don't expect Ben Stiller.> will feature an hour of music from the Venezuelan ensemble "Monagas" Thursday a las 20:00 in the Museo Remigio...
President Lenin Moreno announced Tuesday that management of the government’s digital — or electronic — money system will be turned over to private banks next year. Ecuador’s Central Bank (ECB), which has managed the program since its inception in 2014, will function...
Martes, 29/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events Teatro - "Barrio Caleidoscopio" by Carlos Gallegos will be performed el viernes, a las 20:00, in the La Guarida Centro Cultural. On 15/9 a las 11:00 y (and) 20:00, the last two (Numbers 199 &...
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is offering its services to the Galapagos Islands National Park to keep poachers out of the park's protected waters. According to Sea Shepherd executive director, Paul Watson, the organization will dispatch a ship currently in the...
National Court Judge Miguel Jurado ordered Vice President Jorge Glas to remain in the country during his trial on 10 counts of illicit association in his handling of government contracts with the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. Jurado agreed with Ecuador...
By Louis Bourgeois With two tries Catty became pregnant in May 2015. The reality and excitement of having our first baby, at 38 and 63, respectively, was intensified with the first ultrasound. We would be having a little girl. Catty and I explored names, first using...
On the night before Vice President Jorge Glas appears in court to face charges in the Odebrecht bribery scandal, President Lenin Moreno repeated his pledge to find and prosecute those guilty of corruption. “We will proceed without fear to pursue the guilty and make...
Lunes, 28/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event Simposium Internacional de Neurociencias <All cognates, all yours)> - The symposium will be from 28-29/9 in the Teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz and deal with the themes of human interaction with...
By Jonathan Look In 2011, at 50, I took early retirement from my job as an air traffic controller, left Texas and began traveling the world. Since then, with the exception of a few short visits back to see family, I’ve been hopping from bases as diverse as the Chiapas...
A judge has found the crew of the Chinese fishing ship Yuan Yu Leng guilty of environmental crimes for fishing in the protected waters of Galapagos National Park. In addition, she ordered the factory ship to be sold with the proceeds going to strengthen protections of...
Domingo, 27/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - Revista virtual (Virtual magazine) - the Laboratorio Nerv is calling for participants for it's 2nd edition of the online magazine. If you are interested in publishing your drawings, photographs,...
Vice President Jorge Glas will make his first court appearance Tuesday morning along with 10 others accused of illegal enrichment and illicit association in the Odebrecht corruption scandal. Glas faces a 10-count charge for his meetings and consultations with...
With the Quito public bus strike looming in the background, the Cuenca municipal council begins debate this week on raising fares on the city’s bus system. The Quito strike was called after the city council refused to raise bus fares from the current 25 cents to 30...
By Ray Horsley I'd like to share some Cuenca highlights, especially after my first post which was kind of negative about phone and internet problems. Others have written on the subject, but there are so many joys about this place for new arrivals I can't help being...
By Robert Bradley You don’t really need to speak Spanish here. Place the emphasis on “need”. You will not starve, or inadvertently sign up for riding classes when you asked for reading glasses. However, you will not be able to join in the national discourse — or even...
Viernes, 25/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Teatro - "Solo, solo, solo" will close its season with the last performance Saturday a las 20:00 in the sala "Alfonso Carrasco." Cost: $5 & $7 with 2x1. Seminario académico <Are you all...
My eye and I are ready for the surgery to remove the oil so I can once again have vision in both eyes. However, without mentioning it earlier, my doctor has decided to take a long overseas trip and if he does the surgery now, he won't be available for the follow-up...
By Ed O'Connor “Thar she blows, Cap’n.” If that sounds like something from Moby Dick by Herman Melville, your thoughts are headed in the right direction. Of course, if you were “educated” in today’s union controlled public school system you probably don’t have a clue...
Ecuador’s National Assembly voted unanimously Friday afternoon to authorize criminal prosecution of Vice President Jorge Glas on corruption charges. The vote came at the request of Ecuador’s National Court of Justice following a 10-count indictment of the vice...
