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April 13 is Día del Maestro in Ecuador. El Mercurio spoke with Cuenca educators reshaping their classrooms with digital platforms and AI — and they describe their new role as guides, not authorities. Worth reading if you have school-age kids here.

Cuenca turns 469 this week and the city is throwing a proper party. Orchid shows, symphony concerts, a children's parade, a barter festival, Andres Cepeda live, free pet vaccinations, and the big Foundation Day ceremony on Sunday. Here's everything happening, day by day.

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.