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If your lease is up soon, brace yourself. One-bedroom apartments in Cuenca now run $550–750/month, two-bedrooms hit $750–1,100, and the days of the mythical $400 rental are mostly over. Here's what's driving it and where to look.

After the devastating 2024 blackouts that hit Cuenca with up to 14 hours without power daily, the government unveiled its 2025–2030 energy expansion plan. The headline number: 1,471 megawatts of new capacity from solar, wind, hydro, and geothermal. The real question: will it get built?

Ramón Pucha spends days alone in the jungle collecting seeds from endangered trees. His wife plants them. His son gives tours. The government calls their farm a 'living laboratory' — but won't fund it. Their story says a lot about Ecuador right now.

EDEC is setting up artisan and gastronomy fairs at three locations around the city from February 11–14, with a Carnival edition running right after. Here’s where to go and what to expect.

The Prefectura del Azuay has launched Carnaval Bakansote 2026 with over 160 events, 12,000 hotel rooms, and 600+ restaurants ready across the province. Gualaceo, Paute, Chordeleg, and Yunguilla await.

Cuenca's biggest annual celebration has officially launched with approximately 80 events running through the end of February. Concerts, parades, gastronomic festivals, art exhibitions, and more -- here's your guide.

Cuenca's biggest party of the year runs February 12-17 with a packed schedule: the Four Rivers parade, a Color Fest, concerts at Serrano Aguilar stadium, a chiva market tour, and an attempt to certify the world's largest mote pata with Guinness officials on hand.

The government revoked Loma Larga's environmental license and the vice minister of mines resigned, but opposition groups say the mining concession itself hasn't been canceled. Here's where things stand.