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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 Música - there will be a concert, "Arreglos Inéditos de Sanjuanitos Ecuatorianos" (Unpublished arrangements of Ecuadorian...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...
The Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS) is moving money from its pension reserve to cover costs of the health care system. Government opponents claim that the move shows that IESS is in trouble due to lack of federal support. According to IESS, annual costs of...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Música - the show "El Ladrillo de Cristal" (The Crystal Brick) (Sounds like what the Brick Manufacturers´ Association would hand out to top salespeople at their annual convention.) will be tomorrow at 19:30 in the Museo Pumapungo with...
Within the space of three days, high levels of activity have prompted the National Risk Management Secretariat to raise the danger levels of the Tungurahua and Reventador volcanoes from yellow to orange, the second highest alert level. A red alert signals extreme...
Although the latest design for Cuenca's San Fransciso Plaza was made public on Wednesday, opinions about it are essentially the same as for the previous design: no one likes it. “It looks like a parking lot with some kiosks thrown into the middle of it,” says Cuenca...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Nothing in the agenda section of activities. An article about - The organ at the Catedral de La Inmaculada has been restored and will be played at a recital on Sat. at 20:00 by Miguel Juárez, an Argentinean living in Quito. The...
By Susan Burke March Do you approach the holiday season with a feeling of dread, instead of delight? Is it because you fear you’ll throw caution to the wind and, by the time you have the courage to get on the scale in January, you’ll find you’re four or five pounds...
