Cuenca news today, written for expats

A technical commission is reviewing whether EMAC should directly hire roughly 600 hormigas chuas, with annual payroll and legal benefits estimated around $12 million.

Azuay’s lawyers association asked the Council of the Judiciary for a work meeting in Cuenca, citing a 15-judge deficit and thousands of pending cases.

Azuay sold 5,919 new vehicles from January through May 2026, up 41.4% from the same period last year and enough to make the province Ecuador’s third-largest market by volume.

A University of Cuenca research project is testing SISA, a mobile app, website, and AI assistant designed to improve HPV screening follow-through among women in local parishes.

Azuay’s provincial government is paving 600 meters near the Collay River bridge in Sevilla de Oro, with the work expected to improve local mobility, tourism access, and transport for nearby communities.

Cuenca firefighters deployed to Cantzama in Zamora on Sunday with specialized personnel, drones, and boats after the Zamora River overflowed and caused deadly flooding in Guadalupe.