by Robert Bradley | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Composing a weekly column for CHL requires careful listening. Although folks often offer vignettes, eager for me to pluck and dissect into a story, writing is not something that can be rushed, manufactured, or harvested too early. Oftentimes I will be notified of a...
by Michael Soares | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Ipromised myself that I would take time off until the end of November to write my next column. I primarily just needed a breather from all the crazies who troll me online waiting to threaten me or say the dumbest things in the world to me. But this morning, the...
by Jonathan | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Editor’s note: Cuenca Profiles is an series of occasional features about Cuenca expats and Cuencanos with special skills, talents or experiences that we hope our readers will find informative and entertaining. If you were born between the years 1980 and 2000, you’ve...
by Jonathan | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
On the afternoon of November 3, 1820, hundreds of Cuencanos formed a cordon around Plaza Mayor — today’s Parque Calderon — trapping 110 Spanish soldiers inside. Their mission, according to leader Tomas Ordonez, was to “throw off the yoke of colonial domination and...
