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A defiant Eduardo del Pozo says he will not apologize to President Rafael Correa for comments he made during a June radio interview. Del Pozo, Quito vice-mayor, has been sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined $90 for “dishonoring” the president. The sentence, issued...
Quito Vice-Mayor Eduardo del Pozo has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for comments he made about President Rafael Correa during a June radio interview. A Quito court ruled that del Pozo “discredited the honor of the President.” Del Pozo’s attorney said the judgement...
By Scott Fugit Photos by Dee Fugit Original art by Terrilynn Dubreuil I am a tired explorer at the end of a long day. My legs are heavy after hours of investigating Cuenca’s narrow streets, busy markets, and endless craft shops. On the home stretch, we happened across...
Hola, Todos - There will be no Periodico starting tomorrow until I get reading glasses made. I have no idea how long that takes. Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda items - all repeats. Seems like there's less going on - an effect of a bad economy? "Jornadas de la...
Cuenca’s municipal utilities company, ETAPA, is urging customers to limit their use of water for non-essential purposes. According to Ivan Palacios, ETAPA manager, the flow of water from the Caja Mountains watershed has slowed due to dry weather conditions and levels...
The second strong earthquake in a month injured several people and knocked out utilities in some areas of Quito Sunday night. The 4.6 magnitude quake occurred at 7:22 p.m. and was centered in the same location as a August 9 earthquake, about 11 kilometers northeast of...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Dialogando Saberes (Talking about knowledge) - This program and "La voz de los sin voz" (The voice of the voiceless) are two programs that will be presented Tue. at 19:20 in the Museo Pumapungo. It will be an...
By Susan Burke March Chef Paúl Abril spent a number of years working in restaurants after graduating from the University of Cuenca’s Culinary Arts program, three of them in a Japanese restaurant. But like so many entrepreneurs with a passion he decided to strike out...
By Sylvan Hardy He preaches, he cajoles, he pleads. He laughs, he cries. Sometimes, he dances and sings. Almost always, the hand-picked audience applauds — and, laughs, cries, sings and dances with him. Called sabatinas, because they are held on Saturday, the...
Included in a large Chinese shipment of earthquake relief supplies last month were 10,000 AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition. Puzzled relief workers in Manta decided not to hand them out to those left homeless by the April 16 earthquake and called Ecuador’s defense...
In a revision of an earlier forecast that Ecuador's economy would grow by 1 percent, the Central Bank said Thursday that it will in fact contract by 1.7 percent in 2016. The revision confirms the fact the the country is in recession. The Central Bank said that the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Fri) agenda events - Campamento - There was a free camp Fri. with physical and mental tests, orienting, camping, survival, games and dynamics. More info at 099 530 6564 or 096 728 2154. (Boot camp?) Concierto - Mateo Kingman...
Leaders of the opposition to Venezuealan President Nicolas Maduro called Thursday’s march the “largest national mobilization in decades” and said protests would continue until the government agrees to a national referendum that could oust Maduro from power. Although...
Brazil rode a strong second-half performance from Neymar to trump Ecuador 3-0 in 2018 World Cup Qualifying action on Thursday, earning their first-ever win on Ecuadoran soil in the process. Gabriel Jesus led the scoring with a brace, but the win was very much on a...
By Brian Buckner Don’t you hear that train a comin’, a comin’ round the bend…” Wait, wait, wait! That’s putting the caboose in front of the engine a bit now, isn’t it?! Maybe not. Regardless of your position on Cuenca’s Tranvía de los Cuatro Rios and its workforce, it...
Hola, Todos - Your periodicos will be back until next Tuesday when I get my second surgery with another couple of days to recover and to get reading glasses. Do farmacias carry non-prescription cheaters? I am now reading the paper with my "bad" eye, but I won't have...
Although it has been a dominate force in Latin American football for most of the last century, Brazil has never had much luck playing in Quito. The last time they beat Ecuador there, in fact, was 33 years ago. “We hope to change history on Thursday,” said new...
Well my friends, I gathered the courage and I did make the jump towards a new life, a new future. (Click here, to read about the dilemma I faced.) I'm not going to lie and say that I've arrived at the happy ending of a fairy tale. I hope not. I hope this is the...
Claiming that the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff failed to prove that she committed financial crimes, Ecuador has recalled its ambassador to Brasilia. "The Government of Ecuador rejects the blatant subversion of democratic order in Brazil,”...
By Nicholas Farrell No, it is not the house of my dreams but it will do: a sturdy five-bedroom 20th-century farmhouse, plus spectacular barn and outbuildings with great potential, on two acres of land inside a nature reserve, one mile from a rare and precious...
