The Assembly backed the government’s 2027 spending plan, with billions assigned to health and education and a financing gap still to be covered. Ecuador’s National Assembly approved a $50.213 billion government budget for 2027 on November 6th, giving President Daniel Noboa’s administration a spending framework that projects a deficit of $4.412 billion even as it […]

The November 6th bill covers council transparency, elected officials’ absences, land regularization and the responsibilities of provincial governments. Ecuador’s National Assembly approved a wide-ranging overhaul of local-government rules on November 6th, backing legislation that would require municipal council meetings to be streamed online, regulate the working hours of councilors and change procedures involving local land, […]

Cuenca and nine other Azuay governments missed the June deadline; national figures now show how little preventive work has been completed. Ten governments in Azuay, including Cuenca’s municipality and the provincial prefecture, filed their El Niño contingency plans after the national deadline, according to records released November 6th. The disclosure arrived as the risk-management agency […]

The park’s anniversary puts attention on the high-altitude wetlands that feed Cuenca’s rivers and on the cost of maintaining the protected area. Cajas National Park marked 30 years of national-park status this week, with Cuenca’s municipal utility reporting that it spends approximately $1 million annually on protecting the highland landscape that supplies much of the […]

The Vicente Corral Moscoso hospital has repaired ventilators, incubators, anesthesia machines and other equipment used in critical care and surgery. Cuenca’s Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital has completed maintenance and repairs on more than 100 pieces of medical equipment in a $320,000 program intended to restore services in operating rooms, intensive care, neonatal units and diagnostic […]

Four cameras already operate inside each vehicle; the next security measures would connect onboard alarms with the city’s response system. Cuenca’s urban bus operators are preparing to install emergency buttons in all 475 vehicles, adding a way to call for help from inside a bus already equipped with four surveillance cameras. The plan follows an […]