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Editor’s note: CuencaHighLife writer Christopher Lux recently accepted a teaching position on the coast and needed to relocate there from Cuenca. Since he had a car and a hired truck, he thought it would be a cinch. He was wrong. On my way to the coast, I left my car...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Feria - "Posada Concierto: Feria de Saberes" (In Concert? Knowledge Fair) at el Sono (calle Borrero 6'83) from 24-26/12 from 10-21:00 with 30 local producers presenting. Máscaras - the Alianza Francesa has organized the "Gira de...
Cuenca’s José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital was the first hospital in Ecuador and one of the first in Latin America to use stereotactic radiosurgery. Doctors report that the procedure, performed on Tuesday, was successful in removing a brain tumor from a 55-year-old...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Coros - 4 choruses will sing traditional "villancicos" (Christmas carols - your word for the day is a seasonal one - you think you'll still remember it next Christmas? If you're my age, still learning Spanish, and said yes, you are a...
Después de que una jueza en Brasil dictara el bloqueo de 48 horas a la aplicación Whatsapp millones de usuarios optaron por instalar aplicaciones como Telegram o Viber – el bloqueo se dio debido a una investigación que se está llevando a cabo desde hace uno meses en...
City officials and University of Cuenca architects presented their plans for the redesigned San Francisco Plaza Wednesday and vendors who currently occupy the plaza announced they are ready for a fight. The plans were unveiled in the Chamber of Industries auditorium...
The redesigned, relaunched version of CuencaHighLife celebrates its first year of publication as the most widely read English-language website in Ecuador. “We want to thank all of our readers for making us number one,” says partner and general manager Jonathan...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Biblioteca (Library) - the Biblioteca Ciudad de Cuenca (Cuenca City Library), located in the ex Escuela Central, will be inaugurated on Friday. Gastronomía - the Alianza Francesa will have a gastronomy workshop this Saturday from 9:00....
By Susan Burke March The holiday season is upon us, and this year you’re aiming to find some special gifts for some special loved ones. Gifts that show you care — that no one else will have, and one that is sure to remind the recipient of you. If you haven’t visited...
Microsoft ha desarrollado un nuevo navegador para acompañar a Windows 10 este año. Con el nombre código Spartan, el desarrollo de este navegador se mantuvo en secreto por muchos meses, hasta que por fin vio la luz con el nombre de Edge. Después de varios meses de uso,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Conferencia - Andrés Zambrano will talk about the writing of García Lorca tomorrow at 16:00 in the Dep't of Design a the U of Azuay. Teatro - "Un Pueblo Llamado Desesperación" will play Wed (16/12) at 20:00 and Thu (17/12) at 11:00 in...
American-born photographer Thomas Ives has worked for international news and feature magazines for over 38 years. His photo essays and images have appeared in National Geographic, Time, Geo, Stern, Newsweek, Life, Smithsonian, and many others publications. He...
En Noviembre, el CEO de Apple, Tim Cook comenzó su campaña de publicidad personal sobre el iPad Pro al declarar que la nueva tablet de Apple "era el sustituto ideal de un laptop" para mucha gente. A juzgar por la mayoría de las reseñas y comentarios sobre el iPad Pro,...
An air passenger arriving at Los Angeles International Airport was detained when he tried to smuggle pork tamales into the U.S. from Mexico. The passenger arrived from Mexico on Monday November 2nd, and was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture...
Decked out in more than 300,000 lights, the days filled with holiday markets and fairs, the nights with dinners and parties, Cuenca is beginning to look a lot like Christmas. On Sunday, the annual Santa Claus run along the Rio Tomebamba featured hundreds of jolly...
An employment survey shows that Ecuador’s construction and oil industries have cut their work forces by more than a quarter in 2015, with more cuts predicted for 2016. Financial consulting firm Deloitte also reports that workers who remain in those industries should...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Teatro - Theater group Barojo will present "La niña de los fósforos" (The Little Match Girl) which reflects on the real significance of Christmas this Thu. at 20:00 in the teatro Pumapungo. Máscaras - a group show of ceramic and other...
Newly released crime statistics put Ecuador in third place among all Latin American countries for lowest murder rate. Only Chile and Bolivia have lower homicide rates. InSight Crime, an organization that tracks crime statistics in the Americas, calls Ecuador's...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Taller - the Alianza Francesa will have a French gastronomy workshop on Sat 19/12 from 9-12:30. Register at 2825-298. (You could probably do it in French if your Spanish isn't up to a phone conversation.) Cost: $15. Teatro - the...
President Rafael Correa says that a review of Ecuadorian banks shows that they are in a strong position to withstand the current economic downturn. “The banks are very secure with high levels of liquidity,” the president said during his weekly sabatina television...
