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Cuenca's biggest celebration (alongside November 3) is coming up fast. The 469th Foundation Day festival runs April 6 through April 29, with over 100 events including concerts by Andrés Cepeda and Devendra Banhart, parades, food fairs, and more. April 12 is a local holiday. Here's what we know so far.

March 8 is International Women's Day, and Cuenca has a full slate: a health walk tonight, a bike ride at dawn, a women's march through El Centro, a piano recital at the Museum of Modern Art, and iconic buildings lit up in purple. Here's the full rundown.

Cuenca's biggest religious and cultural celebration of the year is a month away. Processions, road closures, fanesca everywhere, and hotels that fill up fast. Here's your planning guide.

Pumaspungo Resto Bar on the Paseo Tres de Noviembre was broken into during the Carnaval holiday. Thieves entered through the roof while the restaurant was closed. Business owners in El Centro are now organizing community alarm systems.

The national numbers are in from Carnival 2026 — Ecuador's tourism sector pulled in $81.9 million over four days. But Cuenca's story was more complicated, with the city ranking third nationally in emergency calls. Here's the full post-Carnival breakdown.

Cuenca's Terminal Terrestre processed over 58,000 departures and 36,500 arrivals during the four-day Carnival weekend. The numbers tell the story of a city that empties out — and fills back up — in dramatic fashion.

What started as a festive Carnival Saturday turned dangerous fast. Intense afternoon rains on February 14 and 15 flooded at least 15 neighborhoods, damaged homes in Barabón Chico, and sent emergency crews scrambling across western Cuenca. Meanwhile, in Cajas National Park, lightning struck four hikers on Cerro San Luis.

Remember when we told you they were going to try? They did it. On Valentine's Day, 30 chefs prepared 1,723 kilograms of mote pata at Plaza San Francisco, earning Cuenca an official Guinness World Record and feeding 9,500 people for free.

If you bought a new vehicle in the last two weeks and couldn't register it, the wait is over. The ANT just restored new vehicle registration in Cuenca after a corruption scandal shut the system down nationwide. Here's the backstory and what you need to do.