Cuenca and National Criminal Activity (Cuenca) A citizen was arrested Sunday afternoon for the possession of illegal substances in the vicinity of El Arenal. According to the police report, the arrest was carried out by the personnel of the Group of Motorized...
The Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES) has determined the child support requirements that will be in force in this 2020. These payments (or “pensions” are calculated based on the number of children, the income of the parent and, also, any degree of disability of the child. The new annual pension table consists of […]
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One of the most important reasons expats move to Cuenca is for the availability of excellent health care at reasonable rates. And that includes dental care. Because dental care in the U.S. is more expensive than any other developed country in the world, millions of people, especially seniors and children go without much needed dental […]
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The subsidy for diesel fuel will not be targeted this year. This according to Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner who made the assertion during a radio interview in Quito on Wednesday. “I understand that, this year the decision of the president (Lenín Moreno) has been clear, diesel will not be touched,” he said. Sonnenholzner did say […]
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Sometimes, when I sit down to write this column, I’ve got a whole lot of pent up thoughts that I’m just waiting to pour out onto the page. Sometimes, just one simple word is stuck in my head and that makes me build an entire column around it. Today is more of the later. I […]
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A deadly rollover crash, just outside of downtown El Paso, Texas (USA), involved a drunk driver, border patrol and migrants from Ecuador. One migrant, 19-year-old Dennys Coronel Quezada, from Santa Isabel, lost his life on Monday night in the accident on the border between the United States and Mexico. Police say Border Patrol agents spotted […]
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Repairing the cracks in the road and slopes, the fissures in the concrete and stopping the many landslides at the Challuabamba Terminal of the Pascuales-Cuenca Poliduct, is going to cost at least $35 million according to a study recently released by the Public Company of the National Polytechnic School (EP-EPN). EP-EPN was hired to do the […]
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“Physical medicine and rehabilitation are aimed at facilitating, maintaining or returning the greatest degree of functional capacity and independence of the patient to return to their daily activities,” said Yolanda Neira, head of the rehabilitation service at the Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital (HVCM). During 2019, the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service of the HVCM provided […]
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Through March 15, the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) will carry out a rabies vaccination campaign in the canton of Cuenca. Vaccination brigades are now mobilized in the neighborhoods and communities of the canton in search of dogs and cats to immunize them. The vaccine is free and is applied every year. Also, the vaccine is […]
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Ludwig Van Beethoven and Luis Humberto Salgado are separated by two centuries. One was German, the other Ecuadorian. The two were innovators of their times and created great musical works. One is the most interpreted composer in the world, the other is the “Ecuadorian Beethoven.” Michael Meissner, conductor of the Symphony Orchestra of Cuenca, is a researcher and […]
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The stretch of Calle Padre Aguirre between Presidente Córdova and Mariscal Sucre, once again has become exclusively for the use of pedestrians. This happened after a provision of the Mobility Management Directorate (DGM), of the Municipality of Cuenca, was approved that seeks “to provide greater spaces and security for the movement of passersby.” Pablo Osorio, […]
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The Secretary General of the Presidential Cabinet, Juan Sebastián Roldán, announced on Wednesday that the four points raised in the meeting between the Cabinets of Ecuador and the United States were accepted in the official visit between the President of the United States, Donald Trump, and President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador. The meeting was the first […]
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Two Iranians have been caught using fake Israeli passports as they attempted to leave Ecuador to fly to Spain. The two, a man and a woman in their 20s who are natives of the city of Ahvaz, the capital of the province of Juzestán in western Iran, were caught by Ecuador’s passport control in Guayaquil […]
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The Bribes case involving 21 people, among them former public officials and businessmen, is a complex plot. Rafael Correa, Jorge Glas , Alexis Mera , María de los Ángeles Duarte and 17 others are accused in this case for the alleged offense of accepting bribes . According to the Prosecutor’s Office, each suspect had a […]
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