Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Visitors to Cuenca can now learn about oak barrels and how rum is made, as well as the history of one of the most traditional companies in the city. Fusing history, tradition and mixological art certainly represents a great challenge, especially in a city like Cuenca where innovative initiatives are the […]
Ecuador’s rum history becomes a tourist attraction
Published on December 02, 2019
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For those of you who have been here a while and used to visit Café Eucalyptus, you may recall the iconic painting that hung in the center of the old colonial space. It was of a bullfight in Spain. But it wasn’t a normal bullfight, it had a big twist to it. It was created […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!
CRIME AND ACCIDENT REPORT
Cuenca and National Criminal Activity (Cuenca) Miguel Alfredo SJ, former chief of the Tungurahua Small Business Savings and Credit Cooperative, a fugitive for three years, was captured last Wednesday night in Cuenca. The Azuay Prosecutor’s Office said that there was a conviction of 10 years in prison, issued in 2016, for the crime of corruption. […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!
Three female Ecuadorian scientists highlighted in Science magazine
The desire to determine why the tropics are more biodiverse, demonstrate the importance of preserving the rivers in the region and produce for the first time in history, one modern and updated list of all species of vascular plants of the Americas, have been some of the motivations of three Ecuadorians who authored lead publications […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!
Remigio Crespo neighborhood faces problems from bar and disco clientele
Sidewalks converted into canteens, street quarrels, bustle until the wee hours of the morning, are the main problems affecting the inhabitants of Remigio Crespo Avenue, which is now characterized as an area full of bars and discos. The last incident that caused citizen anger happened committed last Thursday, when a group of motorcyclists physically assaulted […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!
Pumapungo birds making a short-term move for park renovation
For the next 30 days, the house of the “Bird Rescue and Quarantine Center” of the Pumapungo Museum in Cuenca, will be the subject of architectural cleaning, improvement of conservation spaces and input storage. In order to comply with this process, the birds of the Center will be transferred to another space within the same […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!
Electric Vehicles get a new charging station in Cuenca
Electric vehicles that circulate in Cuenca have a new energy station to charge them at. This is the first charging station implemented in the city that was created by students of the Catholic University of Cuenca in the laboratories of the University of Cuenca. There is no exact number of how many of these vehicles are […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!
Ecuador still struggling with a lack of health specialists
After three years of training, in 2009, doctor Byron Mendoza earned completed his specialty training at a Uruguayan university. He went to Uruguay for his training in endocrinology because he could not gain a postgraduate program for his specialty here in in Ecuador. He has now been an attending physician at Enrique Garcés Hospital in […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!
Cuenca distributes community alarm systems to 19 neighborhoods
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Conviction rate for femicides hits 86 percent across Ecuador
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Petroecuador official pleads guilty to money laundering in Miami
On November 14th, in Miami, Former Petroecuador official Raúl de la Torre pleaded guilty to charges of money laundering. “Between 2018 and June 2019, De la Torre, who then worked as a foreign official in Petroecuador, conspired with other Petroecuador and Ecuadorian government officials and with certain other people, in a scheme to receive millions […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!
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