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I miss my friend

I miss my friend

A very good friend of mine in the US committed suicide about 8 weeks ago. I had seen her only a month or so before that. She seemed more upbeat than she had been in the past year or so. I’m at a loss to understand it and for a long time I will wonder, […] To...
Parque Calderon was once Parque Vargas Torres

Parque Calderon was once Parque Vargas Torres

Did you know that before being called Parque Calderón, the central square of Cuenca was called Vargas Torres? No? Well, don’t feel alone. Even most Cuencanos don’t know it. But if you take a look at the monument at Sucre and Benigno Malo, next to the Municipality of...
A New Entertainment Treat Awaits You!

A New Entertainment Treat Awaits You!

[by Irene Gardner] 24 September 2019 Be sure to check your calendar!  For a limited time, a new production of “Morning’s at Seven”, by playwright Paul Osborne, will be offered at the Azuay Community Theatre (ACT)!  Written in 1939, “Morning’s at Seven” focuses on four...

CRIME REPORT AND ACCIDENT REPORT

Cuenca Area Traffic Accidents Two young people died as a result of traffic accidents in Cuenca and in Chordeleg that occurred on Monday. On Tuesday morning, Juan Pablo Brito, 25, died, at the Vicente Corral Moscoso hospital, after suffering serious injuries from an...