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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...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Paz Interior Cuencana (Cuencana Interior Peace) - This meeting was at 3:00 in el Sono. Articles about - Cultural Agenda 21 - Cuenca is one of the Ciudades Piloto (Pilot cities) for the international "Agenda 21"...
Two weeks ahead of Ecuador’s presidential runoff election, the Cedatos-Gallup presidential poll reports that the small advantage for center-right candidate Guillermo Lasso is shrinking. The Cedatos poll is important for Lasso since it the only one that has given him...
The Ecuadorian government announced Friday that it is willing to give up majority control of Tame Airlines if it can find the right private investor. In November, President Rafael Correa said that auditors were conducting an internal review of Tame and that the...
By Ramiro Crespo Only in Venezuela and Ecuador have the judiciaries failed to disclose the names of people involved in the corruption scandal acknowledged by Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht in the Americas and Africa. Ecuador prosecutor General Galo Chiriboga...
By David Kaufman In recent years Cuenca, Ecuador’s third-largest city, has quietly emerged as one of the most popular expatriate communities in the world. Set on the banks of the Tomebamba River in Ecuador’s southern highlands, the city is a 45-minute flight from the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Fri.) agenda events - A teaching concert by the OSC A crafts workshop using recyled materials Traditional childrens' games A bolero show Concierto - the Symphony Orchestra of the U. of Cuenca honored the Congregación de...
By Greg Grandin On April 2, Ecuador will hold its runoff presidential ballot, the first major Latin America election since Donald Trump’s unexpected November victory. Polls could be wrong, but so far all but one of them indicate that Ecuador’s next president will be...
Since 2006, the level of access and quality of education have made impressive gains in Ecuador, according to a new study. Researchers from the National Education University in Azoguez, Ricardo Restrepo and Efstathios Stefos, released findings Wednesday that access to...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Book launch - "Mickey Mouse a gogo" by Paúl Puma was presented Thurs. in the sala "Alfonso Carrasco." It's set in 2100 and is about a clone who wants to escape from a technological dump. Articles about - XIII...
Beginning in some neighborhoods next Thursday, Cuenca’s gas trucks will replace beeps with music. The change from the staccato beeps LP gas truck drivers use to alert customers of their arrival, is mandated in Cuenca’s new noise ordinance. According to municipal...
Immigration officers at Guayaquil’s José Joaquín de Olmedo Airport refused to allow Lilian Tintori, wife of jailed Venezuelan protest leader Leopoldo López, to enter the country on Wednesday morning. In its explanation of the denial, the government said that the...
Alms is a word seldom used today. It is better relegated to another era, many of us might think. However, set against a backdrop of poverty, it is a word and concept very much alive to Ecuador. I see it often in the cities, towns and hamlets I visit. In my travels, I...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Wed.) agenda events - (finally - more than one agenda item although two are already finished as I write this and the other two are this evening and already started as I write this.) Another question - do you want me to include...
Lenin Moreno said Tuesday that he will participate in a one-on-one “dialog” with Guillermo Lasso but will not a debate. He called debates, “nasty, contentious, and pointless,” citing those in last year's U.S. presidential campaign. Lasso, who says he favors a...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda event - Martes de Cine - The Tuesday movie at the Alianza Francesa at 19:00, is about Patrice Lumumba, leader of the independence movement in the República del Congo. Articles about - Theater - The theater group "La...
Attorney General Galo Chiriboga announced Monday that the list of Ecuadorian officials bribed by the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht will not be released until June. The decision, by the U.S. Department of Justice which is investigating the case, is a blow to...
