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Diego Arteaga Matute, a recognized Cuenca historian and author of several works, died on July 13. Pumapungo confirmed the news through a condolence shared on social media.
Several peripheral Cuenca parks are showing damaged play areas, worn walkways, closed features, and other maintenance needs, while EMAC says it needs $250,000 to $300,000 a year for continuous park upkeep.
The planned Gapal interchange has an August 14 proposal deadline, a $21.0 million reference budget, and a 540-day construction window on the Cuenca-Azogues corridor.
ARCOM reporting identifies Camilo Ponce Enríquez, Sígsig, Pucará, and Santa Isabel as Azuay illegal-mining pressure points, while national illegal-mining sites have expanded sharply since 2018.
Cuenca-born hematologist Esteban Tamariz is working in Navarra on CAR-T research that uses antibodies from Andean llamas to improve attacks on multiple myeloma.
Azuay expects more than 600,000 voters for the November local elections, with 272 voting precincts planned and new rural voting spaces in Ludo and Serag.
A group of 20 cooperatives from Azuay and other Ecuadorian provinces has joined Red Chas, a digital QR-payment network that says it already reaches more than 100,000 businesses nationwide.
A Baños producer is selling more than 4,000 quail eggs per week under the Productos del Campo brand, with local distribution now reaching supermarkets, AgroAzuay stores, Gran Sol, and Feria Libre.
A three-level ethnographic museum in Cumbe keeps local objects, school memories, farm tools, music items, and an agro-solar observatory about one kilometer from the parish central park.
