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Seventy musicians. Juan Gabriel, Luis Miguel, Jose Jose. Teatro Casa de la Cultura. 7 PM tonight. Free. If you don't have Valentine's plans yet, you do now.

Banks? Closed through Tuesday. Trash pickup? Still running. Tranvía? Reduced schedule. Expired license? CTE won't fine you this weekend. Here's everything you need to get through the four-day holiday.

President Noboa signed a decree cutting IVA from 15% to 8% at registered hotels, restaurants, and tourism businesses from February 14-17. Check your receipts — and complain to SRI if they're still charging 15%.

If you earned more than $12,081 in 2025 or have interest income from Ecuadorian bank CDs, the SRI wants to hear from you. Your first deadline is this month. Here's the timeline.

A proposed emergency economic law would force municipalities to spend 70% of their budgets on infrastructure, slashing funding for social services. Azuay's prefecture is among those pushing back hard.

ETAPA just graduated 350 community forest brigaders trained to defend the páramos and watersheds that supply every drop of Cuenca's tap water. After last year's fires scorched thousands of hectares, this volunteer army could be the difference between clean water and crisis.

Ecuador's weather agency issued an extreme UV radiation alert for the Sierra today. At 2,500 meters, Cuenca's UV index is already punishing on a normal day. Today it's worse. Here's what to do before you step outside.

For years, the 35 rangers protecting Parque Nacional Cajas and Cuenca's critical watersheds fought wildfires with inadequate gear. ETAPA just changed that with a $215,000 equipment delivery — helmets, fire suits, chainsaws, and portable pumps. After 11,000 hectares burned in 2024, it was overdue.

If you bought a new vehicle in the last two weeks and couldn't register it, the wait is over. The ANT just restored new vehicle registration in Cuenca after a corruption scandal shut the system down nationwide. Here's the backstory and what you need to do.