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By Paul Barrett Ecuador last week paid Chevron Corp. $112 million in an arbitration case dating back to the 1970s. The accord, while dealing with obscure contractual matters, could have ramifications for bigger court fights between the two fierce adversaries. The...
By Susan Burke March If you’ve not yet visited Vilcabamba, now is the time. While Cuenca’s weather reflects the few degrees cooler temperatures during these “winter” months (June, July and August), in Vilcabamba, it’s eternal spring. Located at 5,000 feet elevation,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming Agenda events - Guitar seminar - Maestro Bolívar Ávila will lead a 30 hour seminar from 25-29/7 in the Centro Cultural Sono ( Borrero 6-83 y Pres. Córdova), where you can also get additional info. Cost: $50.00 Libro de ensayos...
Statistics make an overwhelming case that Ecuador is in economic recession. The Central Bank has reported three consecutive quarters of negative growth, including recent numbers showing the economy contracting three percent in the first quarter of 2016. Unemployment...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming Agenda events - Libro - General Editor Luis Eduardo Vivanco of Diario La Hora (a newspaper), will launch his new book in Quito on 1/8/2016. (No one ever promised you that the events were all in Cuenca.) Seminario de guitarra -...
Expats Peter Dudar and Sally Mar are on a mission to house the 9,000 victims of the April 16 coast earthquake who are still without comfortable shelter. On Saturday, the couple explained their concept of a climate- and eco-friendly domed tent at the “Hello People”...
By Ana Vanessa Herrero Margelys Cardona sits in her hospital bed in Caracas, Venezuela, eating a cracker slowly, surrounded by flies and cockroaches as she thinks of happier times when she wasn't starving and in desperate need of a kidney transplant. She's pale and...
A veterinarian’s examination has determined that several dogs were involved in Tuesday morning’s killing of 31 ducks in Parque Paraiso. Based on a statement from a park guard who was nearby when the attack occurred, it was first believed that only one dog had been...
By David Fagerlie Moving to Cuenca was not a spur-of-the-moment decision for my wife and me. Our journey of coming here was born from what I learned from older people I worked with for the first eight years of my career as a social worker. When I first started this...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming/ongoing Agenda events - Correction - Students in the School of Design (and not Arts) at the U. of Azuay are showing their projects at the ex Escuela Central. Pintura - Paintings and drawings by Eduardo Segovia and Boris Ordóñez...
According to Cedatos-Gallup, Ecuador’s largest public polling organization, President Rafael Correa’s approval rating has fallen to 33%, the lowest of his 10-year presidency. The poll also shows that 75% of population believes the country’s economy has been...
Hola, Todos - I will be taking a "vacation" starting on Monday, August 1 through August 9 or 10 to work on another volunteer project and will be back to translating on the 9th or 10th. Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - "Taller de Narrativa Científica" (Workshop on...
Cuenca park managers say they will begin strict enforcement of the city’s dog city leash law following a Tuesday morning massacre of ducks in Parque Paraiso. Thirty-one ducks were killed and 14 were injured in the attack that a park security guard believes was carried...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming agenda items - Humor - "Pancho y Ave" will present their stand-up comedy show, "Contra la crisis" (Against the crisis) Thurs. in the Repúblic Sur (Pres. Córdova 5-55 y Hermano Miguel). Cost: $8:00. (Don't ask me what time -...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera and local business leaders agree on one thing. A year from now, with the tranvía and airport in full operation, the city’s economy — particularly the tourism sector — will be poised for a strong rebound. In the meantime, the delays in tram...
'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free — From: Simple Gifts. (Traditional Shaker song) A summery country road, a farmer with his dog returning to the village after collecting chilena grass for his cuy, a campesino mounted on his...
By Melissa Healy Researchers modeling the rampant spread of the Zika virus say that, like a wildfire consuming a parched landscape, the epidemic that has caused a plague of birth defects in Brazil is already showing signs of slowing and is likely to largely...
By Philipp Horn Ecuador is known for promoting the ‘Buen Vivir’, or Good Living, development policy agenda. But the government’s response to a recent earthquake brought its commitment into question. Disasters have a way of revealing the gap between what a government...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming event - El Festival de Artes Vivas de Loja 2016 (2016 Loja Performing Arts Festival) - This major performing arts event will be from 17-27/11. Articles about - The XXIV Assembly of Museums - The Consejo Internacional de Museos...
According to Fernando Salazar, director of Cuenca’s transportation department, the success of the city’s new tranvía depends on how well it is incorporated into other forms of transportation, particularly the bus system. In its planning process, Cuenca is looking at...
