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The fourth Youth Employment Fair runs May 5 from 8 AM to 1 PM at Galería Atenas. Fifteen private companies, on-the-spot interviews, ages 20–45. Bring your CV folder and show up early.

The fourth edition of 'Mujeres Apoyando a Mujeres' drew a crowd to the Hotel Oro Verde on Tuesday. The organizers handed out the first-ever 'Cosecha lo que siembras' awards to six local women driving cultural, educational, and entrepreneurial work across the city.

A 23-year-old mother from Morona Santiago paid $50 out of pocket to fuel the ambulance that carried her critically ill toddler from Cuenca to Quito. Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital refunded the money the next morning. Here's what the story says about Cuenca's public healthcare right now.

The Unidad Educativa Borja in Cuenca just celebrated 120 years of the Dolorosa miracle — the 1906 event in a Quito boys' school that anchors one of Ecuadorian Catholicism's most enduring devotions. An alumni Mass and breakfast are scheduled for Saturday, April 25.

The Yanuncay River overflowed on March 12, destroying roads, bridges, and homes in the Barabón sector of San Joaquín. Six community bridges collapsed. One neighbor spent $12,000 of his own money. Here's where recovery stands a month later.

Gabriela Criollo, a Cuenca resident with a business degree and a personal history with anxiety and depression, has released 'Manejar la ansiedad día a día' — a self-help guide drawn from her own recovery. $31 on Hotmart.

Chiara Cazzuola, Superior General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, was welcomed at Cuenca's Unidad Educativa María Auxiliadora on Wednesday, April 16. She's in Ecuador for the global Fiesta de la Gratitud on April 26 in Macas — tied to the recent canonization of Santa María Troncatti.

Cuenca's beloved children's magazine Chispiola turned 20 with a concert at Teatro Sucre on April 16, drawing 800 students, teachers, and supporters. The free magazine still reaches 50 public schools across the cantón — here's the story behind it.

Cuenca's hometown club travels to the Nuevo Gasómetro in Buenos Aires for a Copa Sudamericana Group D match tonight at 7:30 PM Cuenca time. Coach Jorge Célico has laid out the plan. Here's where to catch it and what to expect.