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National police have arrested a man identified at José Víctor Y. for two recent Cuenca murders. Prior to Sunday's arrest, police said the considered the perpetrator a "serial murder." The suspect is accused of the murders of Disney Maybelline O. and Rosa Regina C.,...
President Rafael Correa is accusing the polling organization Cedatos, the Citizen Participation Corporation (CPC) and media outlets of attempting to manipulate the outcome of the last week's presidential runoff election. In an exit poll released shortly after the...
By Dawisson Belem Lopes Atacama is a cool and arid region that occupies a continuous strip for about 1,000km along the coast of the northern third of Chile, reaching as far as the Peruvian border in the north. As the driest desert zone on Earth, it is a good metaphor...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Libros recomendados (recommended books <although if I have to translate that, how do you expect to read the books?> Biografía del Silencio by Pablo D'Ors, published by Siruela 2017 Dime Quién Soy by Julia Navarro, published by De...
By Andres Schipani Ecuador’s president-elect swept to victory this week partly on the coat-tails of Rafael Correa, the country’s mercurial leader, who anointed him as his successor. But, he insists: “I will be making the decisions in the next government. I will apply...
Cuenca's historic center committee is taking aim at graffiti in the city's historic district. The committee has organized a work minga on Saturday and is equipping volunteers from 29 organizations with solvent, gloves, brushes, and paint in a campaign to eliminate...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Carmen - Bizet's Carmen will be presented today at 20:00 by the Department of Arts in the U. of Cuenca. The work, "basada en el teatro fisico para sequencias actorales en las que se incorporá particuras musicales...
My morning routine includes listening to podcasts from a variety of NPR radio shows as I walk on the Tomebamba. Yesterday, I was in stitches listening to the food safety expert describing how most people’s kitchen sinks were best suited to hosting a riotous party for...
By Ernesto Londoño Lenín Moreno, Ecuador’s president-elect, has described being a paraplegic as a blessing. People who walk, he explained a few years ago, keep their gaze trained forward and upward. “When you don’t have legs, you look down,” he said in 2012, when he...
Property and business owners in Cuenca’s historic district say they are still waiting for a definite schedule of when the tranvia will go into service. “We ask and we ask and never get a clear answer,” says clothing store owner Jorge Ramos. “Knowing this affects our...
President-elect Lenin Moreno met Thursday with 60 ambassadors from foreign countries and said his office would be open to all of them. “My door will always be open and my intention is to establish cordial, cooperative relationships with all governments of the world,”...
Hola, Todos - I will be translating this Saturday's paper and not Sunday's. Another instance of lack of energy to do two demanding things in one day - especially if one of them takes 10 or 12 hours. Pagina cultural - Header event - Exposición - The show "Pintura,...
By William K. Black Ecuador has just staged another successful democratic election — as even the Wall Street Journal now reports, based on international election observers from the Organization of American States (OAS) that have no love for the Ecuadorian party that...
Juan Pablo Pozo, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), said Wednesday that the council will review alleged voting irregularities but only if they are backed up by credible evidence. His comments came hours after a news conference by defeated presidential...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Header event - Teatro - "MI-RA-DA" (L-OO-K or whatever) will be staged from today to el sábado at 20:00 in the CCE. The work was created in a a creative scenic arts laboratory. <Makes it sound like they were creating Frankenstein's...
Juan Pablo Pozo, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), announced Tuesday that Lenin Moreno’s victory in Sunday’s presidential election is “confirmed and is irreversible.” With 99.65 percent of the vote counted, Moreno holds a 51.16 to 48.84 percent lead...
By Rob Gray Before coming to Ecuador, I had put together a rather detailed plan to do a commercial permaculture farm that benefited from the integration of raising both plants and animals. In our first year, we chose to work solely with plants and as we improved the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Tues.) agenda events - Martes de Cine - Tuesday's movie at the Alianza Francesa was "El gran hombre" (The great man). Children's stories - The book "Las alas del tiempo" (Wings of time) was presented today at 10:00 in the Museo...
By Jason Kopp The growth of Islamic extremist activity in Latin America is a major security threat to our country. And Iran’s influence in Latin America demands a new national security strategy in the region. That is all according to a new report released by the...
Guillermo Lasso continues to claim that Sunday’s presidential election was "illegitimate and fraudulent" and says he will insist on a recount. With 99.5% of ballots counted, Ecuador’s National Electoral Council (CNE) reported Monday night that Lenin Moreno, former...
