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The biggest stretch of Foundation Week starts tomorrow. A massive rural fair with 70 artisan stands, Andrés Cepeda live Saturday night, a children's parade through El Centro, the official Foundation Day ceremony Sunday, and a holiday on Monday. Here's your weekend plan.

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 Puente Ochoa Leon over the Rio Machangara has been closed indefinitely after structural fissures were found in the base. If you drive to Chiquintad, Checa, or Sidcay, your route just changed. Here are the detours.

Municipal Risk Management says over 2,500 hectares in the Cuenca canton are vulnerable to flooding and landslides. More than half of all regional emergencies this year have been in Cuenca. Here are the neighborhoods and parishes to watch.

Ecuador's National Electoral Council just approved a new voting zone in Cuenca's El Valle parish, serving over 270 voters. It's a small change with big implications for how the city's growing outskirts are represented.

This has been the wettest first quarter of the decade in Cuenca, and the numbers are alarming: more than 2,500 hectares are classified as disaster-prone, a national emergency covers all 24 provinces, and over half of Azuay's emergency incidents have been right here in the city.

Four rural communities in Tarqui parish are getting a brand-new sanitary sewer system, backed by a $3.56 million investment. Over 5,300 residents will benefit, and an interceptor is being built on the Tutupali River to manage wastewater properly.

The Municipality just dropped the cultural agenda for March 23-29 and it's packed. Workshops, Pawkar Raymi events, theater at Teatro Sucre, open-air cinema, and activities at libraries and cultural centers across the city and parishes.

Published on World Water Day, experts are warning that Cuenca could face a water supply deficit by 2050 if the city doesn't invest in reservoirs and better watershed management. The discussion is getting serious — here's what's at stake.