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By Sylvan Hardy Within a matter of weeks, President Rafael Correa has rewritten the script for Ecuador’s political future. Beginning a month ago in interviews with several news outlets, including Forbes Magazine, Correa said he would not seek another term as president...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Concierto - on 26/11 at 19:00, Jorge Ortega will present a concert with the "Arreglos inéditos de Sanjaunitos ecuatorianos" (Unedited arrangements of Ecuadorian Sanjuanitos) (have no idea who those Sanjuanitos are) in the Catedral...
Ecuador stands alone as the only unbeaten South American team following the first four games in the qualifying round for the 2018 World Cup in Moscow. It is the first time the country has been atop the continental football rankings. The Tri-Color defeated Venezuela...
George Evans is best remembered by most Cuenca expats as a gracious restaurant host, circulating easily among the guests at California Kitchen. For others, he was a friend when they needed one most. When Dave Nelson cut open his forehead in a fall in front of the...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Música - "Ladrillo de Cristal" (Crystal Brick) will be presented this Fri at 19:30 in the Museo Pumapungo with musicians Juan Diego Arias, Bernardo Arias, Juan José Bermeo and Ricrdo Sánchez. Exposición - the work "De polo a polo"...
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...
Rusia ha desplegado su flota de bombarderos estratégicos para duplicar el volumen de ataques aéreos contra objetivos de islamista en Siria, anunció el Ministro de defensa Sergey Shoigu. Vladimir Putin ha ordenado un crucero para coordinar las operaciones con las...
Cuenca has been cited as a exemplary model for its use of public spaces by international urban planners organizing next year's United Nations Habitat III conference in Quito. The planners are looking for outstanding models for what they call “sustainable urban...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Programa - la Dirección Cultural Cuenca del Ministerio de Cultura (Department of Culture, Cuenca of the Ministry of Culture) is holding a meeting to promote the program "Abriendo el cubo gris" (Opening the gray cube) (But please don´t...
By Susan Burke March If you are a nature lover, there’s a special way to experience the unique and distinctive flora and fauna of Cuenca and Ecuador. Cuenca-based PassifloraCourses offers educational programs to help you fully appreciate the local nature, culture and...
Para todos los usuarios de los terminales OnePlus One, OnePlus 2 y OnePlus X ¡tenemos buenas noticas! Ya que hoy la empresa OnePlus confirmo mediante un comunicado en su foro que, dichos terminales recibirán la actualización a Android 6.0 Marshmallow para el primer...
For Cuenca expats, it's one of the few times during the year when they can dress up and support their favorite charity at the same time. Last week, the non-profit organization Ecuador Cares hosted what may have been the largest gathering of expats in Cuenca history,...
By Wendy Jane Carrel Paute is a charming Ecuadorian canton located in the countryside about one hour (18 miles with stops) northeast of Cuenca. You can get there by car or with basic bus service on the Paute or 24 de Septiembre lines from Cuenca's Terminal Terrestre....
President Rafael Correa appears ready to make good on a commitment that he will leave office at the end of current term, in 2017. The announcement made at a Saturday press conference came as a surprise even to members of his of own Alianza Pais political party. Correa...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Música - a Latin American show at Parque De La Madre yesterday. Exposición - of the work of Ecuardo Solá Franco at the Museo Municipal de Arte Moderno until 13/12 to commemorate 100 years since his birth. Fotografia - "Cuenca," a...
By Sylvan Hardy In an August guest column on this website, expat Tom Ashdown explained why he returned to Cuenca after spending two years in Spain and Italy. Like other expat Baby Boomers, Tom had fond memories of Europe from his days as a university student. He...
The fifth edition of Cuenca’s Orquidea Film Festival kicked off yesterday with red carpet treatment for special guests at the University of Cuenca’s Carlos Cueva Tamariz Theater. The scene of a fire two weeks ago, the main auditorium of the theater was undamaged. The...
By Dave Nelson I don't think that bodily ailments are generally a fit subject for exposition. They come on, last a few days or a week or two and with some treatment and/or patience they go away. But, of course, this time it was different. It began October 5 with...
The Cuenca-based charity organization Ecuador Cares attracted a full house to the Oro Verde Hotel on Tuesday night, as 480 supporters and 95 volunteers filled the conference hall. The evening included dinner and an auction to raise funds for abandoned children and...
Hola, Todos - Pagina cultural - Revista - release of the magazine "Mamakuna" on 20/11 at 18:00 on the UNAE campus. Película - the movie "El Maquinista" showed today at El Prohibido. (Of course no time given, but it would have been over by now anyway.) Teatro -...
