Cuenca news today, written for expats

A health alert that started with unusual rabbit deaths in Tungurahua has now landed on Azuay producers. No live cuy or rabbit sales in fairs, markets, or public events until lab results come back. Cooked-cuy restaurants are exempt — but producers say Sunday's sales already dropped.

One of Cuenca's most recognizable stage actresses is marking four decades of work with a week of exhibitions, two theater premieres, a concert, and an AI-meets-performance panel. Here's the full schedule — Apr 23 through Apr 29.

A new $40K one-year agreement will analyze drinking water quality across 16 rural parishes around Cuenca. If you live outside El Centro — in Sayausí, Baños, San Joaquín, El Valle — your community's water supply is now formally in the pipeline for lab testing.

On Tuesday, April 21, trail cameras in the water-recharge zones above Baños parish captured images of a puma concolor — the first time a mountain lion has been recorded in that specific conservation area.

City council is advancing an ordinance that would fine public marijuana use between $46 and $69 and put enforcement in the hands of the Guardia Ciudadana. Here's what's actually on the table — and why it's taken this long to get here.

The city's mobility director, Pablo Carvallo, says DGM gets 70 to 80 requests for new traffic lights every year, and only a quarter get approved. Residents in Cochapamba and the Parque Industrial say that's not fast enough. Here's where the pressure points are.