Cuenca News

Cuenca cell phone manufacturer Hipertronics has increased its production to 15,000 cell phones per month and says it hopes to reach 45,000 within a year. The company makes a smart […]

Tram track installation begins on Av. Las Americas Workers have begun to lay track for Cuenca’s new light rail system several weeks ahead of schedule, according to project managers. The […]

Cuenca tourism officials say they expect 50,000 tourists to visit the city over the three-day Guayaquil independence holiday weekend. They say that all public museums and historic attractions will be […]

In a significant political shift, Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera announced on Tuesday that he supports President Rafael Correa. The announcement came in the form of a document the mayor handed […]

Correa visits Cuenca today President Rafael Correa will visit Cuenca today and participate in a symposium of national government officials at the Pumapungo auditorium. Correa will also visit a highway […]

Project managers and Cuenca transportation officials say that extended working hours and the addition of more workers are helping make up lost time in the construction of Cuenca’s light rail […]

Costumed dancers, men on stilts and a colorful supporting cast snaked through Cuenca’s historic district Wednesday night, marking the opening of Cuenca’s Festival Internacional de Artes Escénicas Escenarios del Mundo. […]

Cuenca’s municipal council has approved higher taxi fares. The rates will be operational in about a week, after they are programmed into taxi meters. Following heated debate among councilors on […]

Cuenca has joined Quito in outlawing drinking in public places. The city council agreed on Tuesday to fine those found guilty of drinking in public $170, or half of the […]

Cuenca’s transportation office says that the city’s new tram system, Tranvía de los Cuatro Rios, will mean a reduction in the number of cars, trucks and buses on the historic […]

Taxi fare committee fails to reach agreement The committee appointed to develop a new taxi fare schedule failed to reach a consensus during a Wednesday afternoon meeting and sent the […]

A year-and-a-half away from completing a light rail system, the largest public transportation project in Cuenca history, Mayor Marcelo Cabrera is pushing a new one that will be twice as […]

As work continues on what will be Cuenca’s largest hotel, a Sheraton Hotel at Mall del Rio, other hotel owners complain that the market is saturated. Although Cuenca officials say […]

By Susan Schenck The Cuenca Zoo may be one of Cuenca’s least advertised and most overlooked amusements. I lived here over four years before I discovered it. Any cab driver […]

Government to crack down on pirated music and movies Under pressure from international watchdog groups, including the World Trade Organization, Ecuador says it will step up its vigilance of illegally […]

The Cuenca transportation office is speeding up construction work for the new light rail system, Tranvia de los Cuatro Rios, despite protests of its route through the historic district. In […]

As opposition to Cuenca’s new light rail system mounts, its leaders are accusing new Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera of betrayal. Project opponents, almost all of them property and business owners […]

Cuenca city bus fares are probably headed higher. The current fare of 25 cents has been in place since 2003 and has, since 2008, been maintained by government subsidies. Government […]

What were the biggest issues new Cuenca Mayor Marcelo Cabrera faced in his first 100 days in office? That’s easy, he says. Taxi fares and the tram. Although he said […]

The long-awaited evaluation of Cuenca’s light rail project and renovation plans for San Francisco Square began yesterday as a technical team from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization […]