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The Pawkar Raymi — the Andean Festival of Flowering that marks the indigenous new year — was celebrated across Cuenca on March 20-21. Ceremonies at the Plazoleta de El Vado, Parque Ecológico de Ictocruz, and the Botanical Garden honored the spring equinox with fire rituals, offerings, and music.

Three people have been killed across multiple attacks in Cuenca in early March, including a shooting at a funeral in Las Orquídeas and gunfire in Las Peñas. Police say the killings are linked to competition over drug sales corners — a pattern that's relatively new for this city.

Cuenca's 469th founding anniversary falls on April 12, but the party starts April 1 and runs all month. Last year's celebrations generated $31 million in economic activity. Here's what to expect — serenades, fireworks, student parades, concerts, and art festivals.

Holy Week runs from Palm Sunday (March 29) through Easter (April 5), and Cuenca goes all-in. Processions through the historic center, fanesca soup at every parish, and a national feriado on Friday April 3. Here's the full rundown — what happens, where, and what closes.

President Noboa visited Cuenca on March 18-19 and brought some real deliverables: a $21 million highway contract for the Cuenca-Molleturo-El Empalme road, a new affordable housing project in Mayancela, and the reactivation of a stalled $4.7M initiative that's been dormant since 2011.

Ecuador declared a 60-day national state of emergency on March 12 after devastating floods and landslides hit 190 cantons across the country. Over 200,000 people have been affected, and Cuenca is dealing with significant cleanup. Here's what you need to know and how to stay safe.

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.'

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.