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Almost 13 million Ecuadorians, including many foreign residents, will go to the polls to select a new president and National Assembly on February 19. Voting in Ecuador, as it is in most Latin American countries, is compulsory for all citizens over 18 years (including...
By Joanna Bender When Pete Breckinridge and Michelle Bakeman, the husband and wife team behind the popular Popacuchu Café, closed and sold their thriving business recently, locals mourned its passing, especially Michelle’s one-of-a-kind desserts. The couple is still...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's Wed.) agenda event - Exposición - The photography exhibit by Gabriela Parra closes today at 20:00. It is in the lobby of the CCE theater. Upcoming agenda events - Libros - Juan Cordero will present 3 new books about the history...
The Development Bank of Ecuador (BDE) says it will only provide $3.4 million of the $6.8 million originally budgeted for the San Francisco Plaza project. The bank says the reduction is due to the fact that the city has failed to provide documentation proving the...
By Fernando Pagés Ruiz If you’ve traveled along the Ecuadorian coastal plains, you’ve seen the traditional Ecuadorian stilt homes, standing proud above the grass, built of stiff guadua cane and palm-leaf thatch. (Article continues below photo) Driving down to...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's events (they'll be over by the time you get this, but they're all repeat announcements.) Danza - The Compañía de Danza Contemporánea of the Cultural Unit of the U. of Cuenca celebrated its 17th anniversary with a performance set...
Ecuador's foreign ministry said Tuesday afternoon that it has temporarily suspended the internet access of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Assange, who has lived in political asylum in Ecuador's London embassy since 2012, has been directing the release of emails...
It didn’t take Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera long to make good on his promise to restart tram construction. The mayor and city transportation officials told hundreds of workers Monday morning in El Centro that they now worked for the city and not for the Spanish...
Yes indeed, living abroad can definitely be an adventure. After five years in Ecuador though, you’d think that my husband and I would’ve already acclimated pretty completely to the cultural differences between here and the States. We thought we had — until about month...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Call for artists - The City of Cuenca and the Museo de la Ciudad are inviting plastic artists who want to show their work in the "Cuenca, Ciudad Artistica" (Cuenca, Artistic City) exhibit on 9/11. Call 099 822...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera says the city is ready to take over project management for construction of the tram. He says he will make a decision today. Cabrera declared a state of “transportation emergency” on Saturday after announcing that negotiations had broken...
By John Metcalfe and Linda Poon For the next several days, more than 30,000 mayors, ministers, policymakers, and urbanists will flock to one of Latin America’s largest and best preserved historic centers to make a plan for the future. They’re gathering in Quito for...
You may have seen the image on Facebook: a poster on a “Wholefoods” storefront window asking customers and employees to avoid “gendered” speech, such as “Hello Sir,” and “Thanks Brother.” It’s actually misleading. The Whole Foods Market in the United States does not...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's agenda events - Concurso - The Perroween pet costume contest was today at 11:00 in the Hotel Oro Verde. Cost: $5.00. (Wonder if they had a category for the "mascota" (pet - your word for the day and now we've got that over...
Only days after announcing that an agreement had been reached with the Spanish company managing construction of Cuenca's tram, Mayor Marcelo Cabrera says the deal has fallen apart. On Saturday, the mayor declared a “state of urban mobility emergency,” a move that...
Text and photos by Bartley J. D’Alfonso In the past, someone sporting a tattoo conjured images of that person as being a military veteran, or a non-conformist rebel, or maybe even a former jailbird. But thanks to new innovations in this growing industry, tattoos have...
By Rob Gray I was up before 5 a.m. as I knew there was a lot of work ahead of me. Our Wednesday mornings at Gran Roca look a lot like a game show. How much produce can you get ready for sale before the time runs out? At that point, I have to leave with what I have and...
By Robert Muggah They are typically given the choice to leave immediately or stay, and be killed. Central America’s desperate citizens, or deseperados, are fleeing their homes in record numbers. Since 2010, the United States and Mexico have apprehended nearly one...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Friday´s agenda events - OSC - Vanesa Regalado sang with the symphony in the Museo Catedral Vieja. Conference - "Los blancos también lloran: el melodrama de la nación" (Whites also cry: the melodrama of the nation) was in the library of...
I don’t know where I heard this story but I’ve always loved it. Soraya Esfandiary was a beautiful girl studying in Zurich when the Shah of Persia saw a picture of her and decided he wanted to marry her. Although the marriage was a happy one at first, the Shah needed a...
