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Reducing vehicular traffic in El Central was the primary recommendation of a UNESCO technical advisory team that visited Cuenca in August 2014. According to Mayor Marcelo Cabrera and Transportation Director Gerardo Fernández, the government is serious about fulfilling...
You can color Wednesday blue as the city of Cuenca celebrates the International Day for Austism Awareness with a march for those with autism and other disabilities. Marchers will be decked out in blue, the international color of autism support. Those wishing to...
Ecuador national police arrested a 36-year-old man in connection to the Monday night murder of U.S. expat Steve Riley. The man, identified as Daniel Matias, had been held as a suspect since he was apprehended early Tuesday morning at Vicente Moscoso Corral Hospital...
A U.S. citizen, identified as Henry Dricker Riley, died of stab wounds Monday night in his home on Av. 27 de Febrero, near Tres Puentes. Friends and neighbors say the victim went by the name of Steve Riley. Police say that Riley, 64, received at least 25 stab wounds...
Cuenca’s two smart phone makers, as well as five others in Ecuador, will soon be producing phones using the recently introduced 4G technology. Pedro Cordero, Operations Manager at Hipertronics in Cuenca, says that the rules relaxation concerning the assembly of...
Managers of Cuenca’s Continental Tire factory say they can meet much of the increased demand for tires created by the government’s 45% tariff on imported tires. They also say that there will be no increase in prices due to increased production. Continental is the only...
The Cuenca Risk Management Office and local police are warning the public to avoid river banks due to high water levels caused by recent rains. “This is the rainy season in Cuenca and we can expect more rain through early April,” a spokesman at the risk management...
Thursday afternoon’s protest march and rally opposing the government of President Rafael Correa drew an estimated crowd of 1,000 in Cuenca, far below the 5,000 that organizers had predicted. In Santo Domingo Plaza, the group which had marched from Parque San Blas,...
In a “state of the city” speech on Friday, Mayor Marcelo Cabrera says that 2014 was a banner year for the city of Cuenca and that 2015 will be even better. “Cuenca is a great place to live and it’s getting better,” he said Friday at the University of Azuay. He was...
By Larry Schunk Having eaten at Moliendo Colombian Café on many occasions, I feel confident in calling it one of the most consistently good restaurants in Cuenca. I can also tell you that it has some of the lowest prices in town. Moliendo begins serving its $2.50...
The city of Cuenca is asking the federal government for an additional $17.8 million to increase overtime hours and to provide a public information campaign for the city’s new tram system, Tranvía de los Cuatros Rios. Mayor Marcelo Cabrera says the request does not...
Years ago, when she played a battered woman in a theater production in India, Deana Culp was struck by the significance of her role. “I was giving a voice to a woman living in dire circumstances who couldn’t speak for herself,” she said. “I was helping to spread her...
More than 40 van drivers gathered yesterday in Cuenca’s historic district and at the regional headquarters of the national transit commission (CTE), demanding the right to transport passengers. Currently, vans are only allowed to carry tour customers accompanied by...
Claiming that the number of U.S., Canadian and British foreign residents living in Cuenca exceeds 5,000, Ecuador’s foreign ministry says that some regulation of the influx may be necessary to mitigate the economic impact on the local population. The ministry says that...
The English-speaking residents of Cuenca have a magazine devoted to spreading the good news. The publisher of Zero: Living with Attitude, Sara Coppler, says that the publication will focus on “the positive” and be a vehicle for bringing the expat and local communities...
Cuenca’s International Art Bienal is reviewing its mission and says it needs to do a better job of engaging the public. Many local artists criticized the 2014 event for its focus on installation art and pointed to poor attendance as a reason to make changes. Cristóbal...
Historic district property owners along the route of tram construction are complaining to city officials that they have received inadequate information about the project. In particular, Cuenca Chamber of Commerce director Jaime Moreno says that businesses on the route...
It has been more than a decade since Cuenca’s Mariscal La Mar airport hosted international flights but a recently opened airport immigration office means they could begin again. Airport officials say that international flights, which would be to Peru and possibly...
By Sylvan Hardy One of the first things that expats Sally Lincoln and Al Jennings noticed when they moved to Cuenca was the high quality of work produced by the city’s artists. Since both have had long careers in the arts in the U.S., they also noticed that there was...
By Larry Schunk Folks argue the merits of the many restaurants serving pizza in Cuenca and around the world. In Cuenca, the pizza at the Mediterraneo ranks as the best by some, while others prefer Fabiano’s, Tutto Matto, La Vina, and other great places for pies. On my...
