“I’m running around like a chicken with my head cut off.” Now that’s not really a pleasant thought when you stop to think about it. Because, for those of you who have never seen it, a chicken DOES run around for a while when its head gets cut off. It’s disturbing....

There is concern in the city about alleged threats made to prosecutor Valerie Rojas by an apparent family member of Juan Andrés V., alias “Mangajo”. The alleged intimidation was disseminated through a video published on social networks on Wednesday. According to Leonardo Morales, an attorney representing Rojas, the video clearly shows a direct threat against his […]

The Mayor’s Office of Cuenca is urging all city officials to increase transparency in how they use and award public resources, said Juan Pablo Galán, municipal director of Public Procurement. The decision comes after the contracting processes of some public companies were declared questionable by the National Public Procurement Service and several contractors and councilors. […]

The Ecuadorian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, José Valencia, announced on Wednesday that Ecuador will allow Venezuelan emigrants who have visas to third countries, to pass through its territory. The foreign minister said in an interview that these migrants will benefit from a “permit of transit,” that is authorized at the terminal border […]

The civil works of the tram are already in the hands of the city. The ACTN consortium signed the delivery of the works to start up the system, one of the critical nodes that stop the definitive operation. During a meeting this week with President Lenin Moreno, Cuenca Mayor Pedro Palacios announced that the responsibility and […]

Three years have passed since the approval of the “Ordinance for the Control and Management of Urban Fauna and the Protection of Domestic Animals of Compañía de Cuenca.”  This ordinance, that was approved by the Cantonal Council of Cuenca in July 2016, requires that a shelter for abandoned dogs be built.  Yet the Center for “Management […]

On Tuesday, the Pumapungo health center health a seminar on the causes of suicide and the ways to prevent it. The event was attended by students from the educational units César Dávila, Manuela Cañizares, Zoila Aura Palacios, users of the health center and the Zonal 6 Health coordinator, David Ordoñez. The day featured different activities […]

In Azuay, some millers and dough-makers still prefer old fashion grinding and milling, especially for ‘choclo’ (local corn) or typical corn products. They insist that it’s much tastier and healthier. However, this is a dying art. Some of the products you can get from these flours or dough are the tamales, humitas and machica. For […]

An Ecuadorian company Ecuambiente—located in the Ecuadorian Amazon—is tackling and ecological problem and helping to develop a new industry. They are producing a material called ‘plastic wood’ out of plastic waste. This material can be used to make tables, boards, chairs and many furniture items. The company has been manufacturing this material since 2013, but […]

Remote working is becoming more and more popular throughout Ecuador. Although primarily found in Quito, this working alternative has started to become more appealing to both employees and companies in the country’s other major cities. Some of these “remote” jobs do require an employee to fill some office time during the week, while others are […]

A group of students from the Espol University created a new vegetable-based ice cream product called Healthice. The product was presented in the Expo-fair BIDA (Biology, Research, Development and Application), as a biology project. Right now, the ice cream prototypes come in three base flavors; red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper and celery. The students […]

Two pages from a historical vital records book have been stolen from the National Historic Archive in Quito. These two pages belong to a deathbed will of Eugenio Francisco Xavier de Santa Cruz y Espejo, a prominent colonial era physician and political activist. This document dates back to 1795. The Ministry of Culture issued an […]

The ‘Impro a la Carta’ (Improvisation a la Carte) Theater Group is performing a no-script comedy show in ‘Break’ Cultural Café. Their show is performed in Spanish every Thursday night. The group allows the audience to write a topic on a piece of paper and the comedians will have to make it work. Jose Andrade […]

Right now, the Austro Region Branch of the Bank for Development of Ecuador (BDE), covering Azuay, Cañar and Morona Santiago, has $91 million available for credits to be assigned to any Decentralized Autonomous Government (GAD) in the region. This budget triples those of previous years, according to Boris Palacios, BDE manager for Zone 6 (Austro […]

The IESS, Azuay Branch, signed a contract on September 6th with 5 different private medical institutions to become external service providers for IESS insurance. These new providers are: Medimuz, located on Avenida Paucarbamba and Diez de Agosto; Clinica and Maternidad Alban in Control Sur; BF Medical chain stores; Centro de Especialidades Medicas Medivalle in El […]

The Prosecutor’s Office along with the National Customs Service of Ecuador (Senae) and the National Police, recently identified and seized contraband merchandise valued in $1,974,600. The merchandise arrived by plane to the Guayaquil Airport early this month, and it was found on September 6th. Three pallets filled with boxes were declared as “printers and computer […]

The artisan Alfonso Uyaguari has set up his guitar exhibition in preparation for the World Tourism Day activities, to be celebrated on September 27th. This is one of the many exhibitions located in La Casa del Coco, as a part of the bigger event that seeks to promote the artisan and crafter economies in the […]