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Viernes, 18/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Premier - "Mi Tía Toty" will premier at a special performance hoy, a las 20:00 in the Multicines del Milenium Plaza. Toty Rodríguez and director León Felipe Troya will attend the event....
Editor’s note: This is the eighth of an eight-part series by writer / photographer Brian Buckner about hiking in the Cuenca area. To read the earlier installments, see the links at the bottom of the article. For me, it’s about a myriad of things. You can entertain...
The 45-day closure of the Esmeraldas refinery for equipment repairs means Ecuador will need to import gasoline. Because the government subsidizes the cost of gasoline for domestic use, the importation will come with a surcharge. The cost of the gasoline is in addition...
Jueves, 17/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Exibición - An exhibit of experimental art opened Thurs. in the Lakomuna collective (Escalinata de El Otorongo). Música - A new series of sessions started Thurs. in the "Rizoma, Plataforma...
By Louis Bourgeois My new life in my country home in San Jose de Balzay began in October of 2014. When I arrived I had but two weeks to move out of my rented apartment in Cuenca and begin to furnish the house. As things would have it, my new landlord hadn't completed...
Bananas are some of the world’s most convenient health food. They come in their own little snug jacket, protected from the elements, ready-to-eat whenever you are. When they’re just ripe, they’re firm and mellow, but let them age a bit and they turn sweet and...
Late afternoon light is warm and kind to most scenes. I enjoy using it to illuminate human faces and creating a particular mood since it softens the hues of the natural color palette. You can see it in this photograph of two boys playing soccer. Even the concrete and...
Miércoles, 16/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Wednesday's agenda events - Teatro - Carlos Gallegos and his company, "Teatro de la Vuelta" (Theater in the Round? Theater of the Return?) will present "Barrio Caleidoscopio" from hoy hasta el sábado (from Wed. to...
Despite an investment of $2 billion in upgrades, President Lenin Moreno agreed Tuesday with Ecuador oil minister Carlos Perez that the government-owned oil refinery at Esmeraldas is in “critical condition.” The center of a massive corruption scandal involving dozens...
The organization representing Cuenca taxi owners is seeking permission to operate vans, jeeps and SUVs but says it would need to charge more for the service than currently allowed. According to Bolivar Sucuzhañay, president of the Union of Co-operatives of Taxis of...
Martes, 15/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Tuesday's agenda events - Competition - La Superintendencia de la información y Comunicación (Supercom) presented the requirements for the 1st National Short Film Competition Tues. The contest, "Orgullosamente...
“Thank God, they’ve finally started.” Rosa Chuchuca’s sentiment was shared Tuesday morning with two other women who sold clothing and household goods at San Francisco Plaza and who were relocated three weeks ago to Calle Padre Aguirre. The three stood at the northeast...
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was recorded Monday afternoon just east of Cuenca but no damage was reported. The quake occurred at 5:30 p.m. at a depth of 32 kilometers. According to the municipal risk management office, some residents in high-rise condominiums and office...
The Ecuadorian navy has captured a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel in the internationally protected Galapagos Island preserve Monday morning. Authorities say that the ship had 300 tons of fish, including protected species of sharks, in its hold. The ship, Fu Yuan Yu...
Lunes, 14/8/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event Barrio Caleidoscopio (Kaleidoscope Neighborhood) - Cacho Gallegos will present this show from 16-19/8 at 20:00 in hte sala Alfonso Carrasco in the CCE. More info at jgarridoateatral@gmail.com....
Editor’s note: This is the seventh of an eight-part series by writer / photographer Brian Buckner about hiking in the Cuenca area. To read the earlier installments, see the links at the bottom of the article. By Brian Buckner I’m going to make this one pretty easy,...
Ecuador’s former attorney general, Galo Chiriboga, was taken into custody Monday morning and questioned for more than eight hours by federal prosecutors in the Petroecuador and Odebrecht bribery scandals. No details were released about why Chiriboga was detained...
On the outskirts of Ecuador's port city of Guayaquil lies the Cerro Blanco reserve, one of the last remaining dry forests in the country. Dry forests are named as such due to the ability of the vegetation to survive long periods without rain, using natural water...
Ecuador’s poverty rate has dropped from 38.3% of the population to 24.2% since 2006, according to a United Nations Report on Worldwide Poverty and the Ecuadorian Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). "The government of Ecuador has made a priority of reducing...
Although abortion is illegal in Ecuador, the ministry of health has announced it will no longer play a role in law enforcement. In a Friday directive to its regional office, the ministry said that the new emphasis is for the health of women and confidentiality....
