The country’s most important strategic reservoir is falling rapidly while electricity imports from Colombia have almost disappeared. Ecuador entered its annual dry season earlier than usual this year, and the country’s most important strategic electricity reservoir is already showing the strain. At 10 a.m. on September 14th, the Mazar reservoir stood at 2,140.43 meters above […]

More than half of the canton’s 2026 traffic deaths have occurred along the Cuenca–Molleturo–El Empalme corridor. Thirty-seven people had died in traffic accidents in Cuenca canton through September 11th, and one highway accounts for more than half of those fatalities: the Cuenca–Molleturo–El Empalme road. Twenty-one of the 37 deaths occurred on the mountain corridor connecting […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

The sixth review of Ecuador’s $5 billion IMF program comes as the government relies heavily on new borrowing to pay old obligations. Ecuador faces another important test of its public finances this week as the International Monetary Fund prepares for the sixth review of the country’s $5 billion lending program. The review is scheduled around […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

The Social Security system is trying to turn underused real estate into liquidity while hospitals and pension finances remain under pressure. The Ecuadorian Social Security Institute is preparing to sell 175 properties across the country as part of an effort to raise cash from a real-estate portfolio that has been poorly valued and, in many […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

Airport officials are working toward a November Cuenca–Chiclayo route that could become a test case for broader regional service. Cuenca’s long-running effort to establish international air service is moving into a more concrete phase, with airport officials pushing to open a direct route to Chiclayo, Peru, in November. The proposed connection would link Mariscal La […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.