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FASEC and Hospital Santa Ines renewed a five-year agreement to support palliative care in Cuenca. The foundation says its unit has capacity for 25 patients and is the only palliative-care unit in the Austro.
The Monay-IESS interchange on the Cuenca-Azogues corridor has reached about 40% physical progress. Officials say the first viaduct, in the Azogues-Cuenca direction, is expected to open in September 2026.
The Banco de Alimentos of the Archdiocese of Cuenca now supports 40 organizations and reaches 12 of Azuay’s 15 cantons. It receives an average of 56,000 kilograms of food a month and rescues about 41,000 kilograms for distribution.
The Universidad Catolica de Cuenca presented the Instituto de Ciudades de Paz, an academic initiative focused on research, training and social-innovation projects tied to coexistence, conflict resolution and peacebuilding.
EMAC and the regional Labor Ministry are clashing over payments to the Hormiguitas Chuas, the workers who clean Cuenca streets. EMAC says it pays contractors, while the ministry is pressing for worker wages to be regularized.
The Cuenca-Girón-Pasaje road is still closed after major slides, and officials now say a controlled reopening could take three to four weeks. A full rehabilitation is a much longer project, with bidding expected later in 2026 and construction estimated at 18 to 24 months.
Parque Miraflores is one of northern Cuenca’s major recreation areas, but neighbors say broken sports facilities, damaged playground equipment, poor lighting, and safety worries are making it harder to use. Residents are asking authorities for maintenance and stronger control.
Three legal voices are split on whether suspended mayor Cristian Zamora can return to office after his six-month sanction. The issue now turns on how Cuenca’s council, the Commission of Mesa, and possibly the Procuraduría interpret the legal gap.
Cuenca has a packed two-day cultural calendar for June 25 and 26, with artisan exhibitions, free concerts, workshops and Fiesta de la Musica events around the city. Here are the practical details to keep handy.
