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The Paute River flow dropped to 54.64 m³/s on March 20 — down from 247 m³/s just a week earlier. Ecuador's grid operator has asked emergency generators to activate. After the devastating 2024 blackout crisis, here's what's actually happening and what it means for you.
"Operation Pandora" hit the La Chola Cuencana and Calle del Chorro sectors near the Terminal Terrestre on Thursday. Three arrests, 12 foreigners referred to Migration, three minors rescued, marijuana seized. The Interior Minister says Cuenca is 'among Ecuador's safest cities.'
Ricaurte celebrates its 116th anniversary with the 51st annual Guinea Pig Gastronomic Festival this Saturday. Sixteen neighborhood kiosks serving traditional roasted cuy, plus a classic car exhibition, ecuavolley tournament, civic parade, and live music. It's 15 minutes from downtown Cuenca.
Gualaceo celebrates 60 years of its peach festival 'Aroma de mi Tierra' this Saturday and Sunday. Artisan fairs, peach product tastings, a dog show, Harley-Davidson exhibition, river barge parade, and live music — all 35 minutes from Cuenca.
The XV Festival Madre Tierra finishes this weekend with free events at Parque La Libertad: an intercultural parade, live concerts, a communal pampamesa meal, and a sustainability fair. Artists from the US, Canada, Colombia, Peru, Finland, and Egypt have been in Cuenca all week.
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.
