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Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Thursday´s event - Book presentation - "Arquitectura popular del Azuay y Cañar 1977-78" by Patricio Muñoz Vega was presented posthumously in the main lecture hall of the Department of Architecture at the U of Cuenca. Articles about - "A...
For the second consecutive year, Buenos Aires is the most expensive city in Latin America for expats. The Argentine capital ranks 41 among 209 cities in an international survey, according to the annual Cost of Living survey by consulting firm Mercer. The report noted...
Those living near the Cotopaxi volcano can breathe a sigh of relief, at least for awhile. Ecuador’s Office of Risk Management decided Wednesday to downgrade the threat of the volcano from yellow to white. This follows recent reports by the country’s Geophysical...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Today's events - Festival de la Diversidad Sexo Genérica (Sex Gender/Generic Diversity Festival - or something like that) - 3 works will be today at 20:00 in the Teatro Pumapungo. (I think they're dance performances.) Upcoming events -...
Changes to Cuenca’s proposed animal protection ordinance angered animal rights supporters Tuesday night as the municipal council debated the final wording of the legislation. The scope of the ordinance was narrowed to cover only household animals, or “companion pets,”...
Work hard, play hard! Saturday morning finds this worker sleeping on a pile of empty cement sacks at a construction site in Vilcabamba. His young co-workers smiled when they saw me quietly studying him: his gentle posture, beat up hands, broken fingernails, strong...
Hola, Todos - I was proofreading the whole translation and I erased the whole dang thing. So this reconstruction will be a lot more abbreviated. At least I've already read the articles to be translated. Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - El Observer Magazine - The...
By Lizbeth Diaz and Natalie Schachar At least eight people were killed in clashes in southern Mexico over the weekend when police and members of a teachers' union faced off in violent confrontations, a senior state official said, piling fresh pressure on the country's...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Ongoing events - Exhibición - The "Manos Magicas" exhibit is open at CIDAP from 9-17:00, M-F. Articles about - Exhibición - "Colonias ecuatorianas en la celebración de los Raymis en Estados Unidos" (Ecuadorian colonies in the US and the...
The recent protests in front of Ecuador’s Mining Ministry in Quito have, for the most part, been small and orderly. They have received little attention from the press. That could be about to change. The country’s two major indigenous organizations, CONAIE and...
Foreign Trade Minister Diego Aulestia travels to Geneva this week to explain to the World Trade Organization (WTO) why Ecuador extended surcharges on imports for another year. In 2015, the WTO allowed the surcharges on the condition that they end this month. The WTO’s...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Finished event - Ciclo de Cine Coreano Contemporáneo (Contemporary Korean Film Series) - There were two films Sunday - Bienvenidos a Donmakgol and "Ebrio de Mujeres y Pintura." Articles about - A new space for ancestral knowledge - It...
By Dante Angelo French urban planner Pierre LeBlanc recognized the potential of Cuenca’s historic district the first time he set eyes on it, 13 years ago. He says that now is the perfect time to see that potential realized. “There are fabulous possibilities here,” he...
Please don’t call me an expat. I’m an immigrant. Maybe that realization came to me because I grew up with three of four grandparents who emigrated from Europe to the United States in the early 1900s. While one grandmother was born in the U.S., her parents emigrated...
By Edd and Cynthia Staton Looking for a dining spot with good food, affordable prices, and a fun atmosphere? The brightly colored flags flapping over the street side courtyard of El Jalepeño, a new Mexican restaurant on Av. Paucarbamba — in the former location of...
By Liam Higgins According to a Quito political science professor, the story of an alleged U.S. spy operation intended to destabilize the Ecuadorian government is an “amateur production that combines fraud and slapstick.” According to Rodrigo Salazar, “The spy charges...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Events - Cine contemporáneo (contemporary film) - Films will be shown from Fri. to Sun. at 19:00 in the Teatro Sucre. Saturday's film is "Un día duro" and "Bienvenidos a Dongmakgol" (which doesn't sound like it's in Ecuador), and Sun....
Despite a furious finish, played almost entirely in front of the opponent’s goal, Ecuador lost its chance to advance to the Copa America semifinals Thursday night, falling to a disciplined U.S. team 2-1. Ecuador fell behind 2-0 on goals by Clint Dempsey and Gyasi...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Thursday's (finished) events - Nueva Festival - The New Festival continues in the Salón de la Ciudad with the horror film "La casa del final de los tiempos" (The house at the end of times) at 17:00 and "La niña de los tacones amarillos"...
Women are as old as they feel and men are old when they lose their feelings. — Mae West While in general, dietary guidelines encompass all adults, there’s a divergence when it comes to the nutrition and health of men and women. And so, in honor of Father’s Day this...
