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Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Pre-evento - A pre-event to the "Octavo Congreso Mundial de Juventudes Cientificas" (8th World Congress of Young Scientists) will be held in Cuenca on 22/8 at 18:00 in the Biblioteca del Museo Pumapungo. ...
During his Saturday television broadcast, President Rafael Correa praised the Puerto Bolivar project in Machala as an economic model that will validate what he calls 21st century socialism. “The mistake of the old socialism, is that governments wanted to control the...
By Ed Konderla Author’s disclaimer: Let me apologize up front to any friends and acquaintances I piss off by writing this article. My wife and I first came to Ecuador in November of 1997 as part of a large ARCO oil and gas petroleum project. We had lived and worked in...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda items - Revista - The Aug-Sep issue of El Observador Magazine is in circulation with articles about politics, the rights of Mother Earth and an interview with Alexandra Kennedy. Grimorian Fest - The event to promote new...
In a series of Tweets on Wednesday and Thursday, President Rafael Correa thanked supporters of the Rafael Contigo Siempre campaign but said he will not seek another term in office. "I feel great gratitude for this wonderful show of support but my decision is made,”...
Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar Airport suspends all operations at 10 p.m. tonight as work begins to upgrade the runway. The airport has operated under landing and take-off restrictions since a Tame jet skidded off the runway during a wet weather landing April 29. The runway...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's (Thu.) agenda events - Sono - the Centro Cultural Sono continues its 8th anniversary celebration today with "Gescultura" at 19:00 and a poetry recital by the Ninacuro Cartonera collective at 20:00. Free. (Ninacuro makes soap,...
Excitement. Adventure. Anticipation. Oh, yes, and a healthy dose of trepidation, too. Can you feel them? If the answer is yes, the idea of moving abroad has likely taken hold of you. In fact, you may just be taking it so seriously that you’re ready to take action. Or...
By Susan Burke March Bad news for Cuenca can be good news for travelers. It was discouraging news when we heard of the recent plan to close Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar Airport…again. As reported recently in CuencaHighLife.com, the next runway-resurfacing project will...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Correction - Film series - the films of Sebastián Cordero will be shown next week and not this week with "Ratas, ratones y rateros" on Mon, 22/8, "Crónicas" on 23/8, "Rabia" on 24/8, "Pescador" on 25/8, and "Sin muertos no hay carnaval"...
The organizers of the Rafael Contigo Siempre campaign to amend the constitution to allow President Rafael Correa to seek a third full term in office have delivered 1,248,000 signatures to the National Electoral Council (CNE) in Quito. If validated, the signatures...
Tranvía de Cuatro Rios worker's hands Not for want of hard labor! — Thomas Ives Photo created August 16, 2016 in Cuenca; Copyright, Thomas H. Ives 2016, Contact: codexoceanus@gmail.com ________________ Thomas Ives is an American-born photographer who has worked for...
By Julia Belluz If you think this has felt like the summer of sadness, you are not alone. Every week, sometimes every day, seems to bring more stomach-turning news. In June, there was the Orlando nightclub shooting, where dozens were killed and injured in the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda events - Stand-up comedy - Mexican actor Franco Escamilla will be performing Wed. at 20:00 in the teatro Carlos Cueva Tamariz with his show "Y Ya..." (Even if you speak Cuencano Spanish, you might need to bring a...
Protesters gathered Monday outside the mayor’s office in Cuenca demanding that the municipality fight the federal government to stop new mining operations. The group wanted to meet with Mayor Marcelo Cabrera but met instead with Cuenca Vice-Mayor Ruth Caldas....
By Liam Higgins Despite a severe economic recession and the added burden of recovering from a major earthquake, President Rafael Correa maintains one of the highest approval ratings in Latin America. In Ecuador, his numbers are the highest of the last seven presidents...
Although Ecuador has yet to win a medal in this year’s Olympic competition in Rio, it may walk away with one by default. And it would be gold. The country’s Olympic Committee and a number of private citizens have been in talks with the International Olympic Committee...
By Alyson Penn "Tell me, what is your favorite brand of watches? Your favorite brand of chocolate? Your favorite brand of champagne?" "Now, what is your favorite brand of roses?" It is with these questions that Alejandro Henao piqued my interest when introducing me to...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing agenda items - Taller de Foto - A Poetic Photo Book workshop given by Jennifer Monsalve from Colombia started on 9/7 and will last to 15/9 with hours from 10-13:00 at the Casa de la Cultura. Go to Iristrigal18@hotmail.com for...
A year after explosions initiated three months of spectacular emissions from Cotopaxi, including dropping heavy ash fall in rural areas west of the mountain, the volcano appears once again to be at rest. Geologists say don’t be fooled. “This is still one of the most...
