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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...
By Robert Bradley I rarely agree to write time sensitive features because I don't appreciate the, "gotta get it out by... " deadlines that some people thrive on. Immersing myself in the rhythm of Cuenca is not the same as being absorbed in the tempo of Cuenca. The...
When passengers on a Tame flight bound for Cuenca were diverted to Guayaquil Thursday morning, they assumed the delay would be short and that they would soon make their destination. Instead, the flight was sent back to Quito and the captain announced that the flight...
Viernes, 22/7/2017 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Friday's agenda event - Exibición - A group of art students in their 2nd cycle at the U. of Cuenca opened an exhibit of their Fri. in the Casa de las Posadas. <It's nice that budding artists from 5 year old dancers...
By Olivia Gass Ecuador’s new President, Lenín Moreno, is an unusual politician for more reasons than just his idiosyncratic first name. Moreno is a paraplegic who was shot during a robbery-gone-wrong in 1998. In the course of his convalescence, Moreno turned to...
In a Thursday ceremony honoring six police officers, President Lenin Moreno praised Ecuador’s national police for making the country safer. “Today, Ecuador has the second lowest rate for murder and violent crime in Latin America, and the fourth lowest in the western...
Jueves, 20/7/2016 Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Tattoo - José Luis Zhinín González, who represents a new generation of tattoo artists, was invited to participate in the 9th edition of the Panama City Ink Fest on 11, 12, & 13/8. <Not...
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...
