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Mayor Marcelo Cabrera was on the docks in Guayaquil Tuesday night as the first unit of Cuenca’s new tram system, Tranvía de los Cuatro Rios, were off-loaded from the Belgium freighter Wallenius Wilhelmsen. The shipment consists of five cars built in France by tech and...
Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera says the city will compensate bus owners for what they say is a shortfall of income between bus fares and expenses. The owners are asking for a fare increase to 42 cents from the current 25 cents. Cabrera said that he will try to...
Mirroring a nationwide trend, the Cuenca real estate market is slowing down as monthly sales number decline and properties take longer to sell. “What’s happening in Cuenca is similar to what’s happening in the rest of the country,” says Jorge Dávilos, a consultant to...
By Christopher Lux When you walk into Karana Chocolateria, you see rows of colorful bonbons, truffles, and chocolate bars laid out like fine jewelry in glass cases. Through the door of a display refrigerator, chocolate Petits Gâteaux, tarts and mousses can be seen....
The Cuenca municipal government is encouraging commercial development in the Barranco District, hoping to create a corridor that that mixes tourism, dining, natural landscape and historic interests. The Barranco District, which overlooks the historic Rio Tomebamba and...
A study by a group opposed to construction of the Tranvía de los Cuatro Rios, Cuenca’s new tram system, say that only 12% of city residents believe that it will help solve the city’s transportation problems. The group says that 40% of respondents say the system will...
CuencaHighLife is expanding its services by affiliating with InterNations.org, a website community that connects more than one million expats around the world. Founded in 2007, InterNations hosts expat communities in 390 cities, including in Quito and Guayaquil in...
By Scott Fugit We stepped through the open concrete entry into a dimly lit crowded room. Small groups of people surrounded stainless-steel tables while standing in fur and bandages. Others held flashlights high. The air was heavy with many odors, something like the...
Zero magazine publisher Sara Coppler says that the magazine will reemerge with a new focus. “We plan to publish again with an emphasis on creative arts and culture,” she says. “It’s an approach we feel comfortable with that doesn’t require us to compromise our vision,...
A committee of city officials and representatives of 23 public and private institutions met Monday to begin the process to make Cuenca a “digital city.” According to Cuenca technology chief Ronnie Araneda, the project aims at improving the quality of life by making...
By David Morrill At 75, Cuenca ceramicist Eduardo Segovia shows no sign of slowing down. On most days, in fact, you can find him hard at work in his Cuenca studio, just west of the historic district. "I still have the enthusiasm for creation. I can't imagine life...
Two years after the financial cooperative Coopera was shut down by the government, eight investors have not received any of their money back and they could be in trouble with the law. Coopera was closed in June 2013, after several managers and officers of the coop...
Although Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera said he was disappointed that the federal government refused to provide the additional $17.8 million he had requested for tram construction, he said funding will be found through other sources. "There would be no problems in...
Wendy Jane Carrel On December 2, 1826, a baby girl was born on Calle de la Flor Baja in the neighborhood of San Martin, Madrid, Spain and named Bibiana Antonia Manuela Torres Acosta. As the story is told, above her bed was a painting of the Virgin Mary, to whom she...
During his weekend visit to Cuenca and Giron, President Rafael Correa said there would be no additional funding for Cuenca’s tram system, currently under construction. Mayor Marcelo Cabrera had asked Correa for $17.8 million for parking facilities, additional overtime...
Despite the fact that Ecuador’s Minister of Transportation Paola Carvajal says the government will not provide additional funding for Cuenca’s tram project, Mayor Marcelo Cabrera says he’s optimistic that President Rafael Correa will be receptive to the request. The...
After they were alerted by their owners, members of Cuenca's citizen's guard recovered two puppies on Wednesday at the Feria Libre market. The dogs, a Siberian husky and an English bulldog, were stolen over the weekend in the Cristo del Consuelo neighborhood....
Publisher Sara Coppler announced Wednesday the launching of a new Zero Magazine website. In a press release, she stated the goals and mission for the website and magazine. What’s happening in (and out) of Cuenca? What’s the latest news on the arts and culture scene?...
Government says it undercounted chikungunya cases Ecuador’s Health Ministry acknowledged Thursday that it undercounted the number of cases of the chikungunya virus in Guayas and two other Provinces. It said the current number of cases stands at 11,897, up from 10,180...
Cuenca’s aggressive campaign to get drunk drivers off the streets resulted in 48 arrests on Friday and Saturday nights. So far this year, more than 600 have been arrested. According to Edita Ordoñez, police coordinator of the anti-drunk driving effort, says the...
