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By Mac Margolis There are many ways Brazilians could be rid of their much reviled president, Michel Temer, who was recently caught on audio tape allegedly consorting with a bent business man in the basement of the palace residence. Congress could impeach him, or send...
Only four days after the government announced that Tame Airlines’ Cuenca-to-Guayaquil flighs would be suspended for a year, it announced Monday that they will resume in July. The reason for the sudden change? Give the credit to former Cuenca mayor Paúl Granda, now...
Saying the government has set a goal of adding 250,000 new jobs a year, Ecuador’s new Minister of Labor Raúl Clemente Ledesma says his priority is young workers. “We have too many young Ecuadorians who are not working or working at jobs beneath their skill level,”...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - "La Inmortal" (The Immortal) - This play will premiere at the Teatro Sucre and run from 7-10/6. Articles about Los Raymis - The Andean world celebrates 4 large festivals - the Raymis. The best known...
An earthquake measuring 6.2 degrees on the Richter scale was recorded Monday morning, just west of the Ecuador-Peru border. The quake occurred about 60 miles west of Loja and was felt strongly in Loja and in the area near the Cerros de Amotape National Park in...
The deterioration of completed tranvía work in Cuenca’s historic district is mostly the fault of former project manager, Consortium of the Four Rivers of Cuenca (CCRC), according to Cuenca transportation officials. Broken paving stones and traffic barriers, as well as...
In an open letter on Saturday, Ecuador’s National Anti-Corruption Commission demanded that the National Assembly relieve Ecuador Comptroller General Carlos Pólit of his official duties and put him on trial for corruption. The commission is also asking President Lenin...
Peru is protesting a wall being built by the Ecuadorian government in Huaquillas, opposite the Peruvian town of Aguas Verdes, claiming it violates a 1998 peace treaty. Ecuador says the wall is necessary to stop smuggling. The concrete border wall, approved by the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Sun.) agenda events - Domingos culturales en familia - There was show with Magician Juan Estrella in the Museo de la Ciudad. <There's something every Sunday if you're looking for somewhere to take the kids.> Upcoming...
Although Ecuador’s investigation into the Odebrecht bribery scandal is in the early stages, the national prosecutor’s office has already identified what it claims is part of the network used to make illegal payments. Working with the Internal Revenue Service,...
By Robert Bradley There are few activities for me that are more satisfying than preparing dinner with music playing in the background, with a glass of wine nearby. Savoring the finished product is great, but the act of cooking is equally enjoyable. We are challenged...
Just three days after government-owned Tame Airlines said it was extending its suspension of flights between Cuenca and Guayaquil to 120 days, Ecuador’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) authorized the carrier to drop the route for a full year. In the same...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Fri.) agenda events - Música - The Otavaleño group Ñanda Mañachi, one of the top groups playing traditional Ecuadorian music of the Andes, performed Fri. night in Teatro Casa de la Cultura. Upcoming agenda events - Festival de...
By Jim Wyss To casual visitors, this colonial town in southern Ecuador looks like it was torn from the pages of history. With its cobbled streets, soaring cathedrals and bustling markets, it exudes a lazy, old world charm. But Cuenca is also on the cutting edge of a...
Ecuador national police arrested five people Friday in early morning raids in connection to the Odebrecht bribery scandal. Among those taken into custody was an uncle of Vice President Jorge Glas, a former mayor of Latacunga, and the president of a giant agribusiness...
The Cuenca municipal council has reached agreement with pyrotechnic artists and event organizers to reduce the explosiveness of this month’s Corpus Christi festival and to end all activities in Parque Calderon by midnight. Corpus Christi, or Setenario as it’s commonly...
You are what you eat, but sometimes no matter how well you eat, you may experience heartburn. What is the difference between heartburn and GERD? Like so many other diseases, health experts link GERD (gastroesophageal reflux) in part to diet, but most certainly the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Art event - There was a talk and exhibit Thurs. in the Sucré, Salé, Café (parque Calderón) on "Prácticas artísticas contemporáneas y estados del arte actual en clave de conversación informal" (Contemporary...
By Alexandra Valencia Ecuador's new president, Lenin Moreno, said on Monday he would seek to refinance the Andean country's "expensive" foreign debt in a bid to ease pressure on its economy. OPEC's smallest member has steep public debt due to short-term bonds and...
Cuenca’s municipal transportation department has set April 2018 as the completion date the tranvía. It is the fourth deadline to be announced since January 2015. Mayor Marcelo Cabrera said that a new project management company, to be named July 3, will have nine...
