by Karla Betania Sanchez Arismendi | Jul 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Jorge Peñafiel is a 27-year-old Cuencano, with 12 years of experience cycling. He is also the founder and general manager of Ciclo Rutas Ecuador, a bicycle store located on Av. Remigio Crespo. In 2014, Peñafiel started importing Strider impulse bicycles for children...
by Robert Bradley | Jul 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
The capacity for friendship is God’s way of apologizing for our families. Much has been made of the length of time expats stay in their adopted home. I guess the average is 3.63 years. I am making the number up, but it is close, and illustrates the facts that we live...
by Karla Betania Sanchez Arismendi | Jul 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Due to complaints from motorists, members of Cuenca’s Civil Guard and the National Police, have begun a security operation to remove “limpia parabrisas”, or windshield washers, from busy intersection. “The goal of this operation is to restore the security to the...
by Jonathan | Jul 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Reverse Global Warming? Ambitious, no? Let’s pick the idea apart. Reading the weekly science newsletter in grade school piqued my interest. Preparation for the International Geophysical Year was “front page!” Scientists from around the world, the U.S. and the Soviet...
by Jonathan | Jul 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
The “Defensor del Pueblo” or Ombudsman’s job is to guarantee that the rights of Cuenca citizens are being respected. The man charged with that responsibility is César Zea, who recently assumed his Ombudsman’s responsibilities. “I hope to solve the problems of the...
