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Jueves, 27/7/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Thursday agenda event - Meeting - There was a meeting this morning in the Casa de Chaguarchimbana with the neighbors and "frentistas" (people with homes and/or businesses fronting the street) (ista - your suffix for...
By Louis Bourgeois I first came to Cuenca, Ecuador in October 2013 after exploring for four years in other Latin American countries. After one night in a hostel in El Centro with the help of a new friend I located an apartment in the area near Féria Libre, Rio...
We all want to eat more naturally, and it would appear that the sweetener stevia, sourced from a plant, fits the bill. But, is it as natural as all that? First, a few facts about stevia froÂÂm the Global Stevia Institute: Indigenous South Americans discovered stevia...
Representatives from the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) took a tour of Cuenca’s tanvÃa project Tuesday and are considering providing financial support. One of UNOPS’s objectives is to identify infrastructure projects in developing countries that...
By John Keeble Cuenca’s expat community, perhaps the world’s first to be built primarily by the Internet, has come of age — it has grown and changed from a few hundred adventurer-expats in the pre-boom years to a large population enjoying a retired lifestyle of good...
Miércoles, 26/7/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Ciclo de Cine - The film series sponsored by the Cine Club Catarsis will close with "Irreversible," Thurs. a las 19:00 in the Mjuseo Pumapungo. Free. Danza - The Universidad...
Twenty-one years ago today, more than half of all Ecuadorians were in front of their televisions cheering on Cuenca’s Jefferson Perez when he crossed the finish line in Atlanta, winning the 20-kilometer Olympic race walk. His Olympic gold medal is the only one ever...
President Lenin Moreno has ordered a review of taxes he says are hurting Ecuador’s construction and real estate industries. During his weekly address to the nation on Monday, Moreno said that a 2016 law aimed at controlling land speculation was having unintended...
Martes, 25/7/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Pictorial Show - "La Gravedad siempre gana" (Gravity always wins) <My butt will attest to the truth of that.> by Gabriel Zamora will open on jueves a las 19:00 in the Museo Municipal de...
Editor's note: This is the first of an eight-part series by writer / photographer Brian Buckner about hiking in the Cuenca area. The series covers urban hiking, rural hiking, hiking in the Cajas Mountains, people you meet along the trail, transportation options, what...
By Emiliano RodrÃguez Mega Paola Ayala knew it was a gamble to dial down her physics research at the University of Vienna in May 2015 and spend most of her time at Yachay Tech University, a nascent institution in rural northern Ecuador backed with an estimated $1...
Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series about long-time Cuenca expats and the changes they have seen over the years. By John Keeble What was Cuenca like before the gringo invasion? Frank Illing, owner of Wunderbar and Café Austria, can be considered an...
If it were not for a high-profile passenger, last Friday’s peripatetic morning flight from Quito to Cuenca would have probably not rated more than a single news headline. As it was, the incident has resulted in the resignation of the Tame CEO, an examination of...
Lunes, 24/7/2016 Hola, Todos - I will not translate El Mercurio starting este viernes, 28/7 hasta el miércoles and will be back el jueves, 3/8. Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Encuentro Binacional de Narradores (Binational Storytellers' Meeting)...
The Ecuadorian company that pioneered Hass avocado production in the country has won international recognition for its oil products. Uyama Farms also won two awards for its organic avocado oils from Valorization of Agricultural Products (AVAP) in Paris last year. The...
Since political polling began in Ecuador in the 1970s, no sitting president has been more popular than Lenin Moreno. That is the conclusion of Guayaquil university graduate student Alexandra Ledesma. Ledesma participated in a recent survey by Perfiles de Opinion that...
Photos and text by Bartley D'Alfonso Among the many attractions for moving to and living in Cuenca are the city's many cultural events. Some people, in fact, call Cuenca the cultural capital of South America. Those who appreciate classical music were treated to two...
By Michael Littmann With all the nasty fighting and name-calling by gringos offering their "expert opinions" of IESS' new pricing structure in the CuencaHighLife comments section, I am somewhat surprised that no one has made reference to the quality of health care...
Domingo, 23/7/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Teatro - "Teatro de la Vuelta" will celebrate 15 years with performances of "Plush" on 26, 27, & 28 de agosto a las 20:00 in the Sala "Alfonso Carrasco" at the CCE. Cost: $5.00 & $7.00....
Two weeks ago, Lenin Moreno cleared out the Rafael Correa-era management at the government-owned print and broadcast media. Last week, the new management laid out revised editorial policies and announced a goal of making public media self-supporting. Behind the...
