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Money available for small businesses

Money available for small businesses

The National Corporation of Popular and Solidarity Finance (Conafips), is in the process of evaluating savings and credit cooperatives where $15 million granted by the Development Bank of Latin America (CAF), will be allocated. This amount will be channeled into small...
Citizen gets bus driver suspended

Citizen gets bus driver suspended

Ever feel helpless when one of the city or inter-city buses cuts you off? Or blows by you in a non-passing lane?  Well, you CAN do something about it. A driver of an intercity bus that ran the Tarqui-Cuenca route, was suspended last week after passing a truck in a...
In Tram accidents, practice makes perfect

In Tram accidents, practice makes perfect

Last week, a 9:00 a.m. traffic accident simulation on Av. España and Valencia was staged involving a tram unit and a vehicle. The exercise, organized by the Risk Management Department of the Municipality of Cuenca together with the Citizen Security Council, lasted one...
Comfort food, Ecuadorian style

Comfort food, Ecuadorian style

We all have our special comfort foods that we grew up with:  liver, spinach, beets … oops, wrong list. I’m thinking more along the lines of mac & cheese, mashed potatoes and gravy, miso soup, warm apple crisp, takoyaki (don’t ask), bread fresh out of the oven . ....