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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...
National Police made two more arrests in the Odebrecht bribery scandal over the weekend, one for alleged illegal payments to the project manager of a $370 million petroleum pipeline from the port of Guayaquil to Cuenca. In Saturday raids in northern Quito, Ramiro...
The Central Bank of Ecuador is talking to private bankers about assuming management its “electronic money” system. Launched by the government in December 2014 as way to extend banking services to people without bank accounts and to reduce the amount of physical cash...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Drawing and caligraphy workshop - There will be a workshop for children and youth from 3/7 at 9:00 in the Economuseo Municipal Casa del Sombrero (Rafael María Arízaga 7-95 y Luis Cordero). Articles...
By Jason Steinhauer Those distracted by our recent political theater may have missed an extraordinary international incident at the end of May: Russia and Ukraine got into a Twitter war about history. A brief recap of what occurred: Russian President Vladimir Putin...
By Robert Bradley Riley was my trusted companion for sixteen years. He was a big dog, an Airedale Terrier, who sagged the scales at nearly one hundred pounds. He wasn't real smart but he was real good looking. July 1st is the anniversary of his passing. Calling Riley...
Ecuador’s economy showed unexpectedly strong 2.6% growth in the first quarter of 2017. According to Central Bank director Verónica Artola, the positive numbers are fueled by exports, primarily to the European Union. “We are over the hump,” Artola said, referring to...
By Lee Shrader A little background. My wife and I studied Spanish in the U.S. Our teacher took groups to Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala and Ecuador. We explored Panama on our own. For several years, we came to Ecuador for two-week homestays. We decided to...
Vice President Jorge Glas is blaming National Assembly impeachment efforts against him on the women. In a radio interview Friday morning, the vice president lashed out at a group of women belonging to the minority Creo legislative delegation for pushing efforts to put...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Libro - "Perpetuum Mobile" by Efraín Jara Idrovo will be launched mañana at 14:00 in the Edificio Terrassa (av. Tres de Noviembre). The program includes a jazz concert. Festival de Cortometrajes - "Planos...
An earthquake measuring 6.3 degrees on the Richter scale, centered 20 miles offshore of Bahia de Caraquez, was felt in much of Ecuador late Friday afternoon. There were four afershocks recorded until midnight, the largest measuring 4.9. The 6.3 magnitude quake, which...
Ecuador’s Social Security Institute (IESS) is in financial trouble and the government is holding emergency meetings in search of solutions. At the heart of the crisis is a debt of almost $3 billion that the federal comptroller says the government owes to the system....
It had been dark in there for almost a year but I was used to it. I was almost six years old and my home in the dusty shed was lonely but tolerably comfortable. With a little straw on the floor and a sliver of sun creeping in under the door during the afternoons it...
Joint pain is a common symptom of a many of diseases. Osteoarthritis is joint inflammation that results from cartilage degeneration and could be caused by trauma, such as a sports injury, or from repetitive stress. Anyone from a barber to a pianist to a dancer can be...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Festival de la Lira - 31/7 is the last day to submit your book to participate in the 6th competition of Poesía Hispanoamericana Festival de la Lira. Submit your work at the Bienal de Cuenca (Bolívar...
If you’re from the U.S. and assumed you’d miss out on an old-fashion 4th of July party in the park this year, you’re in luck. Supermaxi supermarkets, La Europea delis, along with co-sponsers Cuenca Dispatch, GringoTree, Hearts of Gold, and CuencaHighLife, are hosting...
