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Toquilla-hat knitting course becoming popular in Cuenca

Toquilla-hat knitting course becoming popular in Cuenca

by | September 2, 2019 |

The Economuseo in Cuenca has been providing toquilla-hat knitting courses for the last few years. Since then, over one thousand individuals from the urban area and countryside have taken classes to learn this craft. One of the main goals in offering this course is to drive these new knitters to open up the market and […]
European Union provides funding to help post-earthquake communities

European Union provides funding to help post-earthquake communities

by | September 2, 2019 |

“Citizenry: rethinking the post-earthquake territory,” is a new initiative brought to Ecuador by the European Union through its Association for Peace and Development Foundation, which is part of the META program (Manabi and Esmeraldas Active Territories). This program is promoting civilian participation in the reconstruction and planning processes of the different cantons affected by the […]
Cuencano athlete sells homemade pasta in his spare time

Cuencano athlete sells homemade pasta in his spare time

by | September 2, 2019 |

The Pan-American champion in 50 KM race walk, Claudio Villanueva, has been working alongside his mother distributing homemade pasta around various Cuenca shops. “Once I finish my training, I’m already receiving calls from my clients for new orders,” said Claudio, at the moment of leaving his training in Parque de la Madre. Back at home […]

CRIME REPORT AND ACCIDENT REPORT

by | September 2, 2019 |

Cuenca Area Traffic Accidents Sometime after 10:00PM on Monday, August 26th, a traffic accident at the intersection of Vega Muñoz and Miguel Vélez streets left 5 people (3 adults and 2 children) injured. Authorities are still trying to piece together the cause of the accident between two vehicles. One of the injured people was taken […]
Municipio only approves 54 percent of remaining projects in participatory budget

Municipio only approves 54 percent of remaining projects in participatory budget

by | September 2, 2019 |

In the portfolio of pending works of the Municipality, 440 projects that have been approved from a list of 810 projects requested by urban parishes. The projects have been prioritized between asphalting roads, park improvement and security issues. The director of Governance of the Municipality of Cuenca, Andrés Peñafiel, indicated that the lack of budget makes […]
Imbabura had to deal with a fire of its own

Imbabura had to deal with a fire of its own

by | September 2, 2019 |

A forest fire affected the Imbabura province last week, on August 22nd. It burned well over 24 hours without being controlled and affected around 100 hectares. The fire is suspected to have started because of a common farming practice of burning final remains of each crop. Right now, the region is in its dry and […]
A funny thing happened on the way to the Coliseum

A funny thing happened on the way to the Coliseum

by | September 2, 2019 |

Well, actually, it wasn’t the Coliseum. It was a restaurant (“Coveña”) in Yunguilla that we like to frequent. We go there about once a week for the fried fish they serve. It’s really outstanding. Anyway, turns out the place has a “Gringo” happy hour every Friday starting at 5pm. Some friends told us about it, […]

Chamber of Transportation of Cuenca (CTC) is installing security cams in all urban buses

Published on September 02, 2019

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn A project has begun to reduce crime within bus units and to provide a safer environment to the 300,000 daily users of the bus system. In total, 475 public transportation buses will have this new security cams. As of now, this new security cam system has been installed in only 12 […]

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