Cuenca news today, written for expats

A group of 20 cooperatives from Azuay and other Ecuadorian provinces has joined Red Chas, a digital QR-payment network that says it already reaches more than 100,000 businesses nationwide.

A Baños producer is selling more than 4,000 quail eggs per week under the Productos del Campo brand, with local distribution now reaching supermarkets, AgroAzuay stores, Gran Sol, and Feria Libre.

A three-level ethnographic museum in Cumbe keeps local objects, school memories, farm tools, music items, and an agro-solar observatory about one kilometer from the parish central park.

Cuenca expects the first results between July and August from four mobility studies tied to the Centro Histórico Bajo en Emisiones project. The package covers new bike lanes, public-bike stations, complete streets or superblocks, and electric bus planning.

An early-education congress will run July 13-15 at Teatro Pumapungo, with sessions from 8 AM to 5 PM. The program covers neuroeducation, inclusion, family participation and artificial intelligence in creative processes for children.

Ecuador’s fuel-price update on July 12 is expected to reduce Extra, Ecopaís and diesel by about five cents per gallon. For Cuenca drivers, the change is small but immediate at the pump.