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By Robert Bradley Cuenca is a musical city. Within a five block radius of my home there are two saddlers, at least three cabinetmakers, a couple tailors, a few jewelers, a thriving farmers market, more bakeries than I can count and twice as many restaurants. People...
Although media coverage has focused on the disagreements within the ruling Alianza País party in recent weeks, the conservative opposition Creo and SUMA coalition is also arguing among themselves. Defeated Creo presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso is accusing...
By Frances A. Hogg In Cuenca, it is rare to witness people arguing on the streets. Road rage is an anomaly and respect for others is an admired and expected trait. This pleasant state of tranquility eventually affects even the most angry, stressed-out and belligerent...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda event - Títeres - There will be a workshop on puppet carving Saturday and el domingo from 9-14:00 in the Ciencia y Tecnología (Science and Technology) building at the UDA. Articles about - La Traviata - The opera was...
After enduring weeks of Twitter attacks from former president Rafael Correa, President Lenin Moreno responded with one of his own Thursday morning. It said, simply: “Síndrome de abstinencia,” (abstinence syndrome), and was accompanied with a graphic describing...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - La Traviata - The third performance of the opera will be Fri. at 20:00 in the teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz. Tickets are available at the La Victoria stores. Cost: $15, 20, 25, & 30. Closing ceremony - The...
Our friends from Quebec City, a town not known for its long, leisurely summers, don’t ever put away their gas grill. Come rain, sun, snow, or ice (there’s a LOT of ice in Quebec City!) they’re grilling. Like many folks, they crave the taste of foods cooked over an...
By Louis Bourgeois The bird which best represents North America, and the national bird of the U.S., is the eagle. The bird which best represents Andean South America, and the national bird of Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile, is the condor. There is a saying among...
By Liam Higgins Former President Rafael Correa leaves Ecuador for Belgium on Monday and for new President Lenin Moreno it can’t come soon enough. Correa has been attacking Moreno’s new government on an almost daily basis in recent weeks, mostly through his Twitter...
Mario sells cotton candy in the streets of El Centro, Cuenca, just like his father had. The business had been one for poor men with poor families even then. Lately, things seemed to get even harder as the days and weeks wore on to months and years. No one in...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Cine - The Club de Cine Catarsis will show the Danish film, "Dancer in the Dark" (Bailar en la Oscuridad) Thurs. at 19:00 in the Club in the Pumapungo complex (Calle Larga y av. Huayna Cápac)....
By Bartley D'Alfonso If there’s one thing we gringos love to celebrate, it’s our beloved 4th of July national holiday. Yesterday was the 241st anniversary of U.S independence, when the original thirteen colonies declared that we were a new nation and no longer...
By William Bonds In April 2016, to the dismay of international markets, Ecuador elected socialist Lenin Moreno, Rafael Correa's heir and former vice-president, as the country’s new head of state. Global markets were hoping for a surprise win from Guillermo Lasso, a...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Storytelling - There will be a program called "Cuentos para adultos con orejas" (Stories for adults with ears) Wed. at 20:00 in the Casa Beco (Juan Montalvo 10-24 y Gran Colombia). <Just make sure...
Government-owned Tame received no bids from commercial air carriers to assume majority ownership in the struggling airline. The technical committee in charge of the bidding did not say if it planned another round. In May, the committee said that two unnamed commercial...
Guayaquil-based CuencaHighLife correspondent Fernando Pagés Ruiz shares his 4th of July grilling secrets. In this video, he shows how to use Cheetos as a charcoal starter (although Doritos will work too), how to coax the flame into a healthy conflagration using a...
Ecuador’s minister of public works and former Cuenca mayor Paúl Granda met with city officials Monday to review the status of the tram project. The meeting was a follow-up to last week’s meeting in Quito between President Lenin Moreno and Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera...
Blame Monday’s cool temperatures in Cuenca on Peru and Bolivia. According to the National Meteorology Institute (INHAMI), a south-to-north flow of winter air from Peru and Bolivia is responsible for below normal temperatures in Ecuador's central valley. The high...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Colonia vacacional (summer camp) - The Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno is organizing an arts summer camp for kids from 6-18 from 17/7 to 17/8. Register between 10-13/7. Articles about - Exhibit - In...
Calling it a “victory for free speech,” journalist Martín Pallares celebrated a judge’s decision Monday that threw out a defamation suit brought against him by former president Rafael Correa. Pinchincha Contraventions Court Judge Fabricio Carrasco ruled that the...
