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National Assembly President José Serrano said Wednesday that the assembly will consider rolling back the inheritance and capital gains taxes passed in 2016. According to Serrano, the taxes appear be a drag on economic recovery. Serrano met with Patricio Alarcón,...
Miércoles, 19/7/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Visita a museo - There was a visit to the museo Remigio Crespo Toral Wed. Kids involved with the Somos Familia (We are family) <Do you remember that song?> visited. The program is to...
Guillermo had never liked being told what to do. He only liked doing the telling. All who knew him knew this about him. If they didn’t, then they came to know his rage, as poisonous and swift as any Mamba bite. When he was little, his mamá had grated on him with her...
On a recent Sunday I was on my usual walk along the Rio Tomebamba when I was stopped by three young people, characteristically nervous. Sure enough, they were college students wanting or, perhaps having to, interview a gringo for a class assignment. The young woman's...
Ecuador's government says financial conditions are forcing it to break its agreement with OPEC to reduce oil production “There is a very serious need for funds for the fiscal treasury in our country, hence we’ve taken the decision to gradually increase output,”...
Thanks to new U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) rules, you can expect to spend more time at the airline boarding gate if you’re traveling to the U.S. Ecuador's two international airports both reported delays due to the new rules. Beginning Wednesday,...
The new editor of the government-owned newspaper El Telégrafo says he’s getting rid of the ideology. Appointed Monday by President Lenin Moreno, career journalist Fernando Larenas told the staff that the newspaper will be independent of direct government control. “We...
Martes, 18/7/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Taller - Writers María Rosa Crespo and Oswaldo Encalada Vásquez are holding a workshop of semiotics and cultural studies this week in the museo Remigio Crespo Toral. The workshop will be in the...
Poachers in Ecuador have long known the hefty prices their country's rare frogs can fetch. But now environmentally conscious firms are starting to sell the amphibians too — to try to save them from the black market and threatened extinction. In San Rafael, just...
Although there have been other studies of Cuenca’s English-speaking expats by the Universities of Cuenca and Azuay, none have been as extensive as the one completed earlier this year by the city of Cuenca and the United Nations Development Program. The study, Estudio...
Lunes, 17/7/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Paja toquilla - A free <a word guaranteed to get the attention of retired gringos> workshop on "Enseñanza de Tejido de Sombero y Manualidades en Paja Toquilla" (Teaching of Hat Weaving and...
Millions of Venezuelans signaled their disapproval of President Nicolás Maduro’s plan to hold a constituent assembly by casting ballots on Sunday in a vote unlike any other in this nation’s history. More than 98 percent of voters sided with the opposition in answering...
Constructed in 1998 to host the South American Games, Cuenca’s Miraflores Park is about to get a make-over. Located on Av. Las Americas on the city’s north side, the park has hosted dozens of regional and national sporting events and has the area’s only International...
Domingo - 16/7/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Sunday's agenda events - Exposición Fotografía Creativa - A photo exhibit of work produced by students in the "Taller de Fotografía Creativa" (Creative Photography Workshop) opened Sunday in the ex Escuela Central...
After years of taking a back seat to Western style, indigenous fashion is re-emerging in Ecuador, thanks to a new generation of designers who are re-imagining traditional clothes. “Make the turn snappy!” says Juana Chicaiza, who founded the modelling agency “Awkis y...
A recent post on an expat social media forum suggested that if Ecuador's Social Security system (IESS) follows through with its rate hike for voluntary membership there will be a mass exodus of norte americanos from the country. Well, it turns out that those leaving...
More than a million households in Chile are without power following record-setting snowfall over central and southern areas of the country Friday night and Saturday. In Santiago, 300,000 homes were without electricity Saturday and much of the public transit system...
For the first time, President Lenin Moreno is expressing public frustration at the amount of time Vice President Jorge Glas spends defending himself against corruption charges. With Glas at his side during a Friday cabinet meeting, Moreno said it was time for Glas to...
Only two companies have posted bids for the $32 million contract to complete Cuenca’s troubled tram project. The city says it will select the winning bid by the end of July and that new company will assume responsibilities immediately afterward. According to Edison...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Teatro - "El Misterio de la Cantina" (The Mystery of the Cantina) performed by the Kuso Clowns will be Saturday a las 20:00 in the Imay Centro Cultural (El Batán 4-70 y El Oro). Cost: $4, $5, & $8. Charla -...
