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Lenin Moreno says he has not ruled out a run for the presidency to succeed Rafael Correa but says he has a lot of soul searching to do before he makes a final decision. With Correa taking himself out of presidential contention in 2017, Alianza Pais has identified...
“Putting the Fun Back Into Fundraising!” is the theme of Hearts of Gold fourth Christmas gala Friday night, December 4. The highlight of the evening will be an “auto lotto” in which a new car or a $15,000 cash prize will be awarded to the winner. The Christmas Gala...
Hola, Todos - Are you still trying to figure out if it's today or tomorrow? Don't feel bad - I've spent several days (like Wed. or Mon.) that weren't Saturday thinking it was Sat. One of the dangers of retirement - every day is a weekend. Pagina cultural - Teatro -...
By Viktoria Vidali For every expat, moving to a foreign land means acclimating to a new culture, defined as "those shared patterns of belief, knowledge, and conduct typical to a particular area of the world." Depending upon your character, adapting to the culture can...
The body of a 40-year-old woman found hanging from a tree near her Long Island, New York home has left forensics experts trying to determine if her death was a murder or suicide. Lilia Aucapina, a native of Cuenca, had been missing since October 10. A mother of two,...
By Susan Burke March Nuts are healthy additions to your diet — as long as you stay clued in to how much you’re eating. Nuts are very high in fat, with some containing as much as 80% of their calories from fat, but the fat is considered “good fat,” the type of fat that...
Hola, Todos - I think I need to clarify how and when these translations are sent. After the El Mercuiro newspaper comes out at some unseemly hour of the morning and sometime before midnight, I read, translate, and send it to my original list of subscribers. While...
According Bolivian President Evo Morales, the reason Rafael Correa is leaving the Ecuadorian presidency at the end of his current term is for his family. Under terms of a constitutional amendment expected to be passed in December by Ecuador’s National Assembly, Correa...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Filatelia - The Abraham Lincoln Center, in honor of Thanksgiving Day, will inaugurate a show with the Asociación Filatélica Austral Ecuatoriana (The only word that´s not a cognate is "austral" which is "southern") tomorrow at 19:00....
(Economía) – Cada día son más las personas y empresas que apuntan hacia una economía online, la creación de empresas 100% en servidores es hoy una realidad, es decadente crecimiento de las fuentes de empleo en América latina y en otros continentes ha hecho que cada...
In just six years, residents of Ecuador have moved from the middle of the pack of Latin American countries to second place in feeling secure in their communities. In the 2015 Gallup Law and Order Index, Ecuador ranks only behind Chile in confidence in local police,...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Well, the Agenda is back and page 5A of El Mercurio is the cultural page once again. At least on Tuesdays. Música - there will be a concert, "Arreglos Inéditos de Sanjuanitos Ecuatorianos" (Unpublished arrangements of Ecuadorian...
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...
The non-profit organization Ecuador Cares explains its work for abandoned children and the elderly at Hogar León in Cuenca. The focus is the girls who must leave Hogar when they turn 18, many of whom will have limited skills to face life on the outside. Ecuador Cares...
Consumers will begin to pay lower prices on imported products beginning in January and, by June, they will see price drops of as much as 45%. The government imposed tariff surcharges on most imported items in March to offset the effects of a strengthening dollar. The...
By Christopher Lux For Trish Tiura, it all began when she took an abandoned puppy home from one of Cuenca’s Mercado. market. She says puppies are routinely left behind at the city’s markets on Saturday evenings. "People bring them to sell and when they don't sell the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - The page (in El Mercurio) has turned into something called Intercultural and doesn't have the Agenda items for upcoming events. Articles about - Trompo: el juego que une...
(Internacional) - A raíz de los atentados de París, los políticos en los Estados Unidos y Europa reclaman que el movimiento de los refugiados y los migrantes a través de las fronteras de Europa hizo posible para los militantes islámico estado (ISIS) para infiltrarse...
Based on current poll numbers, it appears likely that a member of President Rafael Correa’s Alianza País party will succeed him when he leaves office in early 2017. Correa has said that he is confidant that País will maintain control of the President Palace in the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - No Agenda items, but articles about - The 5th La Orquídea Film Festival winners were awarded yesterday. El mágico mundo de las marionetas de Francisco Cisneros (the magical world of the marionettes of Francisco Cisneros) He has a...
