Cuenca News

Viernes, 22/3/2024 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Agenda cultural – 23/3, 8:00 – Recorrido – Guided visits to Cathedrals – Catedral Vieja. 24/3, 9:00 – Feria – Ramos ecológicos (ecological branches) <I think for Palm Sunday – there are some endangered species of palms you should not harvest.> – Calle del Artista. 25/3, 20:00 -Concierto...

“We need the government to protect us,” says Yesenia Hidalgo, president of the Ecuadorian Association of Magistrates and Judges (AEMJ). She claims that judges, prosecutors and public defenders face continuing threats from criminal organizations, especially in cases involving drug gang members. “We have witnessed murders of some of our associates and we expect the threats...

Miércoles, 20/3/2024 Hola, Todos – Actividades – 50 años del Festival de Cuy (50 years of the Cuy Festival) – The 50th Cuy Festival will be el domingo, 24/3 starting a las 9:00 in the central plaza in Ricaurte. In addition to cuy, there will be other dishes typical of Ricaurte. The celebration marks the...

Lunes, 18/3/2024 Hola, Todos – Titular – Enfermedades raras en el país suman 106 (Rare diseases in the country total 106) – The death of Paola Roldán on el 12/3 rekindled the debate in Ecuador on rare diseases, the suffering of those afflicted, and the possibility for those patients to opt for suicide. Roldán was...

Domingo, 17/3/2024 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De El Mercurio del sábado, 17/3 (1 article): Sembrarán 100 mil plantas nativas por el Día del Agua (100,000 native plants to be planted for Water Day) – The City of Cuenca with EMAC (a municipal business) and the Gobierno Provincial announced the “Siembratón es vida 2024” campaign...

Viernes, 15/3/2024 Hola, Todos – I hope you all had a happy Pi Day yesterday (March 14=3/14=3.14159). I celebrated with pizza and made a rhubarb pie. There were 2 packages of rhubarb at the Coral on Wed. afternoon, so unless they restocked, now there aren’t any. I didn’t post Periodicos on lunes or miércoles because...

Ecuador’s Health Ministry reported Thursday that the country has recorded seven deaths and more than 8,000 cases of mosquito-borne dengue fever since the beginning of 2024. As the rainy season begins in the coastal region of the country, more cases are expected in what health officials say is the worst outbreak in years. They say...

Over the objections of several priests, Archbishop Marcos Pérez has appointed Father Francisco Calle as the official Cuenca diocese exorcist. According to the Archbishop’s office, the position had been vacant for several years. Pérez said that Calle would be available to diocese priests who request his services. “Father Calle will first make an assessment of...