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Twenty-two cats have been rescued from a cave in Quito following the death of their owner. The body of the cats' owner, identified only as Oswaldo, was found in the cave where he lived in the El Panecillo district of Quito, adjacent to the San Diego cemetery....
A long-time dream of cycling advocates, the city of Cuenca will soon begin planning a cross-city bike route connecting Av. Las Americas at Av. Primero de Mayo in the west, to the industrial park in the northeast. On Friday, the city signed an agreement with the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Teatro - "Sueño de una noche de carnaval" (Carnaval Night's Dream) will be presented tonight at 20:00 in the sala "Alfonso Carrasco Vintimilla." Upcoming agenda events - Articles about - CCE - The Casa de la...
Criticizing a government program to recruit Cuban doctors, presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso said Thursday that Ecuador may have gone too far in its ‘open border’ immigration policy. In particular, he said the country should make sure those who want to stay...
The long-delayed reconstruction of Cuenca’s San Francisco plaza will begin next month, Mayor Marcelo Cabrera announced on Thursday. Funds for the project, totaling $1.53 million, have been transferred to a city operating account. Cabrera said the plan to relocate...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Fiesta de la Francofonía - The Alianza Francesa has organized two concerts for this fiesta. The first was Thurs. in the teatro Pumapungo with Rod Barthet, and the second is Fri. at 20:00 in the teatro Sucre with...
The days leading up to Easter in Ecuador has a very exciting vibe. We were just in Quito, and throughout that big city and here in Cuenca, all the mercados are stocked with salt cod, and restaurants have put out special signs advertising the arrival of fanesca!...
By Stephanie Pappas The sprawling Refinería del Pacífico near Esmeraldas is an enormous industrial complex stamped out of the tropical forest in Ecuador. So, when herpetologists discovered a new species of snake outside the petrochemical plant's gates, their minds...
The University of Cuenca recommendation for a higher city bus fare should be delivered to the Cuenca transportation department (EMOV) by the end of April, study leaders say. Bus companies have been demanding that the city of Cuenca allow a fare increase for years and...
By Frederic Puglie Bolivia is doubling the amount of land devoted to coca production, while Colombia says illegal production of the plant used to produce cocaine has spiked to its highest levels in at least two decades. Rising bilateral tensions put in doubt Mexico’s...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda event - Casting call - The folkdance group Wayrapamushkas of the U. of Cuenca is forming a children's group, "Guagua Wayra" (Yup, same guagua as in guaguas de pan in noviembre.) for kids 6 and up. Register at av. 12 de...
Public internet connectivity is on the rise in Cuenca, according to Boris Piedra of the public utility company ETAPA. “We will have 100 wifi hotspots by the end of April,” he says. “This was a goal we set two years ago we are proud to say we will achieve it.” There...
A rare weather pattern called ‘niño costero’, or coastal child, is the reason some areas of Ecuador and Peru are receiving record amounts of rain, weather experts say. The phenomenon is characterized by higher than normal coastal water temperatures, which are...
Four presidential election polls released on Monday and Tuesday give Lenin Moreno the lead over Guillermo Lasso going into the April 2 presidential runoff. Under Ecuadorian election law, no new poll results can be released after today. The biggest surprise in the new...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Tues.) agenda events - Día de la Poesía - There was/is a poetry recital marathon that started at 19:00. (There was a long list of poets, so I wonder how long they'll keep reading? Until everyone else gets bored and goes home?)...
Cuenca’s foundation festival next month will include more than 100 activities, organizers say. Proposals for events are being accepted until Friday, March 31. The Committee for Festivities says the foundation festival, scheduled for April 8 to 12, will include...
Although reducing Ecuador’s growing national debt is a central campaign theme for conservative presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso, he says now is not the time to cut government subsidies for LP gas and gasoline. He also says he will increase, not reduce, the Human...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Mon.) agenda events - Concert workshop - There was a workshop Mon. on arranging music, spontaneous composition techniques, and vocal improvisation Mon. in the CCE. Articles about - Museo Pumapungo - An exhibit, "Cuenca, música...
Hundreds of public employees in Cuenca and Gualaceo were called into work Sunday afternoon to help with the clean-up following heavy rains that flooded streets and residential neighborhoods. Dozens of rural roads and highways were blocked by landslides and the...
Guillermo Lasso warns that Ecuador’s Social Security system (IESS) is going broke and will soon be unable to pay pensions and cover health care costs for its members. His opponent in the April 2 presidential runoff election, Lenin Moreno, responds that the government...
