Cuenca News

For more than a decade, city councilmembers and the historic district commission have been looking for money to renovate the Febres Cordero School on Calle Gran Colombia. “It’s the ugliest building in Cuenca and it should be one of the prettiest,” city councilman Rene Malo said in 2012, when he demanded that the building be...

Jueves, 23/1/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Literature App – “Ecuador en Letras” is an Android app, free from the Play Store, where users can read selected bits from Ecuadorian authors and poets. “Rutas de leyenda” – Legend Routes returns to the Catedral Nueva el viernes a las 19:00. These...

An estimated 100 informal vendors marched to the mayor’s office Wednesday morning to protest police operations at the 9 de Octubre market. Several streets around the alcaldia, including Presidente Borrero and Simon Bolivar, were condoned off from 9 a.m. until shortly after noon to accommodate the protest. The vendors were angered by a police sweep...

A group representing students from four Cuenca universities are demanding that the half-fare student discount that applies to public buses also apply to the tram. Under an existing agreement, the city subsidizes the public bus discount for students, the disabled and the elderly. According to municipal councilman Omar Álvarez, the fare discounts must be considered...

Martes, 21/1/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Book launch – The Facultad de Artes of the U. of Cuenca is presenting “Teoría de la Forma” este jueves, 23/1 a las 18:00 in the Museo de la Universidad (old School of Medicine – 12 de abril y Solano). The book is...

Lunes, 20/1/2020 Hola, Todos – Actividades – De la pagina cultural – Sheet music discovered – Music written by Manuel Antonio Calle in the first half of the 19th century was discovered by the family of musician Arturo Pesántez when he died. The music shows influences by Beethoven which is important since Ecuador was isolated...

  Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to party! That’s the message from sponsors of a February 15 Valentine weekend gala aimed at providing assistance to children with autism and a variety of other disabilities. “This will be the event of the year in Cuenca,” says Ned Meisner, one of the gala sponsors....

Following a series of meetings with city officials, the Cuenca Chamber of Transportation (CTC) says the two sides have made “significant progress” toward reaching an agreement for integrating the tram into the public transportation system. The CTC represents owners of the 475 buses that provide service in the Cuenca canton. “We still have much work...

National and local leaders say that Cuenca Mayor Pedro Palacios is disengaged from his constituents and has failed to build constructive relationships with the the municipal council and the national government. Following a visit to Cuenca in early January, Ecuador Interior Minister María Paula Romo said that Cuenca’s relationship with Quito has deteriorated since Palacios...

Cuenca’s public utility, ETAPA, is expanding the capacity of the city’s drinking water system. A new facility, attached to the Tixán plant, will allow the city to provide water to an additional 365,000 customers. An ETAPA spokeswoman said the expansion is necessary to keep up with city growth. “Projections show that Cuenca will have 1.3...