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By Stephen Kurczy Latin America and the Caribbean are on course for back-to-back years of recession for the first time in 35 years, but the pain isn’t being spread equally. With some of the highest jobless rates of any age group in the region, young Latin Americans...
No es una muy buena noticia para los agentes inmobiliarios, propietarios de tiendas de China, de la Cámara de Comercio, etc., pero cuando se reúne una nueva versión del mapa de riesgos de tragedias en Ecuador, se muestra una mayor posibilidad de terremotos...
The new manager for Cuenca’s Tranvía de los Cuatro Rios said Thursday that construction of the train system will not be complete until the first days of 2017. The announcement followed the resignation earlier in the week of Gerard Fernandez, who had managed the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Comedy show - Ave Jaramillo will perform his show, "Vivir Mata" (To live, kills) on 19&20/5 at 20:30 in the República Sur. Cost: $8.00. Ceramics show - Fabiola Roura Herrera is showing show 25 pieces at the...
It’s not good news for real estate agents, china shop owners, or the Chamber of Commerce, but when a new version of Ecuador earthquake risk map is compiled it will show an increased possibility of devastating earthquakes in Satna Elena and Guayas Province. Although...
By Rob Gray The secret to wellness and weight control can be said in just two words that you already know. It is what and how humans have eaten for their entire history save for the last 100 years or so. Like all other animals, the human body evolved to eat the foods...
By Scott Fugit Photos by Dee Fugit The year was 2006, when a landmark event occurred in my life as a coffee drinker. Surrounded by the plush lobby of the DuPont Circle Hilton in Washington, DC, I patiently stood among ambassadors in suits, diplomats carrying...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Upcoming events - Tributo - There will be a tribute to the punk rock band the "Ramones" this Fri. at 20:00 in La Barraca (Pres. Borrero y Bolívar) with Los TKX, Anónimos, and Diablos del Circo from Quito; and Vandan and Animosh from...
Se está debatiendo en la Asamblea Nacional una nueva legislación para reconstruir todo lo que el terremoto ha destruido. La ley de la solidaridad o como dice su nombre completo, Ley Solidaria y de Corresponsabilidad Ciudadana Por Las Afectaciones del Terremoto, fue...
Among the provisions of earthquake reconstruction legislation being debated by the National Assembly is one that will tax those who earn more than $1,000 a month. The Law of Solidarity — full name, Ley Solidaria y de Corresponsabilidad Ciudadana por las Afectaciones...
I decided to return to my new West Side home from El Centro by a different route the other day. Gran Colombia is under construction for the new Tranvía, but there are sidewalks and dirt paths all the way to Las Americas. From two blocks away, I heard the voices of...
Hola, Todos - Sorry about the non-issue yesterday, but the warnings I've been getting from MailChimp about GMail not delivering stuff originating from MailChimp seem to have come true. I thought they'd just not deliver at all. What they did was deliver my template...
Gerard Fernandez, project director for Cuenca’s Tranvía construction, resigned on Monday, saying he was stepping down for "strictly personal reasons." The resignation follows a week in which the project missed deadlines agreed to with business owners in the historic...
By Benjamin Berger When I arrived in Ecuador in 2013, I had no intention of starting a business. In fact, I had no intention of staying here for more than a few months. But life is full of surprises, and now, two years later, I find myself married, living in Cuenca,...
The national Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced Sunday that Cuenca’s Marsical La Mar Airport will open Thursday afternoon. Earlier, airport officials said that normal operations would resume either Sunday night or Monday morning. The airport was closed...
The death toll from the April 16 earthquake stands at 660 and national and local officials say they don’t expect it to go significantly higher. “I have heard an estimate for a final count of 700 and this seems correct,” said Ecuador tourism minister Fernando Alvarado....
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Sunday events - Ruta a las parroquias (Route to the Parrishes) - An introduction to the rich cultures and crafts of Sayausí and the Parque Nacional de las Cajas started Sun. in the Parque San Sebastián. Misa (Mass) - today at 9:30 in...
President Rafael Correa said Saturday that the government will sell some of its assets to cover the cost of rebuilding coastal communities destroyed by the April 16 earthquake. Among those assets are a new hydro-electric generation plant on the Azuay - Morona Santiago...
By Sandy Felker What I love about Cuenca is how deceiving buildings are from the street. You can pass by a doorway dozens of times and never pay the slightest attention, and then one day you’re invited inside and it’s like passing through the looking glass — from the...
Cuenca's Mariscal La Mar Airport remains closed following a Thursday morning accident in which a Tame Airline flight from Quito skidded off the runway. Officials said Friday that the airport was expected to reopen Tuesday but added later that the reopening could not...
