Palacios begins Mayoral term

This Tuesday, May 14, marked the end of Marcelo Cabrera’s term as Cuenca’s Mayor, and launched the beginning of Pedro Palacios’ chance to point Cuenca… Read More

Employee association asks for pause to government hiring

The new board of the Association of Municipal Employees of Cuenca, ADEM, is convinced that the local government does not… Read More

Ecuador’s commercial sector is boosting direct store credit

Direct store credit is becoming more and more common in Ecuador. Many big retail chain stores have created a department… Read More

Libroton brings mobile libraries to pediatric hospital patients

The Vicente Corral Moscoso hospital has added a mobile library feature with the help of the Ministry of Public Health.… Read More

South Korea and Ecuador to expand commercial relations

The Prime Minister from South Korea, Lee Nak-yon, met with Ecuador President Lenin Moreno, on Tuesday, May 7th. It’s the… Read More

Ministry of Tourism is training businessmen and women in tourist services

Recently, 256 entrepreneurs, students and businessmen and women attended the workshop “Strategic and Digital Marketing in Touristic Business,” given by… Read More

CRIME REPORT

(Cuenca) The Court of Criminal Guarantees of Azuay sentenced former IESS official Esteban Geovanny D., to three years in prison… Read More

Warning for hikers, seismic activity from the Sangay Volcano

The Geophysical Institute (IG) of the Escuela Politecnica Nacional de Ecuador warned on May 10th, that there’s a new eruptive… Read More

Police enforce bar rules and public drinking on Remigio Crespo

Police officers were deployed in the Remigio Crespo Avenue area during night hours in the weekend of May 13th. They executed “Operation Cerrojo” (Operation Latch), with the aim of fining street drinking as well as to request cars to lower their music noise levels. Within… Read More

“A look into space” concert show in the Municipal Planetarium

The Directorate of Culture, Recreation and Knowledge, along with the Municipality and its Planetarium, have organized a free event called “A look into space.” The municipal planetarium will be showing… Read More

Red Cross helping emigrants

The Red Cross is carrying out its new “Migration Plan” at a national level to provide humanitarian aid to people who, for different reasons, have sought refuge in Ecuador, especially… Read More

Taxi drivers angrily awaiting fuel subsidy

Nationwide, taxi drivers are still wafting for the fuel subsidy promised to them when Ecuador raised its gas prices earlier this year. According to an agreement signed on April 1,… Read More

One Of Cuenca’s Bright Lights – Dr. Grace Ordoñez

One of the bright lights that adorn the city of Cuenca is a person with whom many Cuenca residents—especially those from North America–are already familiar: Dr. Grace Ordoñez, affectionately known… Read More

Get busy living

Okay, a lot of people already know, so this is no secret in Cuenca. I’ve been in the US for the past three weeks for cardiac issues. Originally, I thought… Read More

The mystery of the upland sandpipers suicide

The mountain region of Ozogoche is the location of a very strange phenomenon. Here, every year, between August and October, flocks of upland sandpiper birds pass by during their migration.… Read More