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Cuenca's football club landed in Group D of the Copa Sudamericana alongside Santos (Brazil), San Lorenzo (Argentina), and Recoleta (Paraguay). The first match is April 8 at 5 PM — and yes, there's a chance Neymar comes to the Estadio Alejandro Serrano Aguilar.
Cuenca's transit authority confirms an average of 7 weekly complaints about taxi meters suspected of being altered to overcharge passengers. Two repair workshops have been flagged. Here's what to watch for and what to do if it happens to you.
Fuel prices rose across Ecuador on March 12: Extra/Ecopaís is now $2.89/gallon, diesel $2.828, and Super $3.62. The increase is driven by elevated global oil prices and holds through April 11.
Five families in Barabón remain out of their homes after the Yanuncay River's worst flooding in 20+ years on March 12. An adobe house was destroyed, a bridge collapsed, and the road to Soldados has multiple damaged sections. The city is moving 4,000 cubic meters of stone for riverbank reinforcement.
The March equinox brings Pawkar Raymi — the Andean festival of flowering — to Cuenca's Plazoleta de El Vado this afternoon at 4 PM. Dances, drums, spiritual cleansing, and a window into the indigenous culture that predates the colonial city.
The Orquesta Sinfónica de Cuenca and local rock band Sobrepeso are performing a symphonic Pink Floyd tribute tonight at Teatro Casa de la Cultura. Tickets are $22-32, but the upper level is already sold out.
A $50M+ shopping center with 250+ brands — including H&M, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, GAP, and Old Navy — opens on the Cuenca-Azogues highway in May. It'll be connected to Mall del Río by a pedestrian bridge. Plus: nightly road closures through March 23.
CNT just launched 5G in Cuenca with six base stations covering San Blas, Miraflores, Clínica La Paz, and the Terminal Terrestre. Speeds up to 1.5 Gbps — but you'll need a 5G phone and a CNT plan.
A full-blown trade war between Ecuador and Colombia means 50% tariffs on food and goods in both directions since March 1. Colombian rice, sugar, beans, and packaged foods are all affected — and Cuenca supermarket prices could start creeping up.
