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Nightly closures from 11 PM to 4 AM on the Cuenca-to-Azogues highway continue through approximately April 9 as crews install beams for the Monay interchange. Here's what you need to know about the detour.

Ecuador's Festival Nacional de la Cancion is accepting entries for 2026. Twelve finalists will perform with the Loja Symphonic Orchestra in June, with the winner taking home $5,000 and a trip to Uruguay. One catch: no AI-composed music.

Free workshops, photography exhibitions, outdoor cinema, dance, and theater — Cuenca's cultural calendar this week is packed. Here's what's worth checking out and where to find it.

Ecuador's National Electoral Council just approved a new voting zone in Cuenca's El Valle parish, serving over 270 voters. It's a small change with big implications for how the city's growing outskirts are represented.

Venezuelan-American indie folk artist Devendra Banhart is coming to Teatro Pumapungo on April 11. Meanwhile, the Andres Cepeda concert that was supposed to happen in March has been rescheduled to September 19 due to the national curfew.

April 12 marks Cuenca's 469th anniversary, and the city is planning a full month of celebrations. From gastronomic festivals to student parades to fireworks serenades, here's the early scoop on what's coming.

A viral video of a man with a guitar getting stopped by a tram controller has Cuenca talking — and it turns out there's a whole list of things you can't do on the tranvia that most people have never heard of.

Cuenca's anti-narcotics police seized nearly 10,000 doses of cocaine from package forwarding agencies in central Cuenca. The drugs were hidden in US-bound packages disguised as candy shipments.

Cuenca has 3,612 taxis for a population of 596,101. Drivers say they've lost 40% of their income since the pandemic, fares haven't changed since 2014, and the city is spending 4-5 months figuring out what to do next.