Ecuador

Mexico broke relations with Ecuador on April 5, when the Ecuadorian Police broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito, to arrest Jorge Glas. On the second and final day of oral hearings at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Ecuador assured that the assault on the Mexican Embassy in Quito,...

Ecuadorian fighter Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera returned to the country to talk about his future in the UFC. Petr Yan would be injured and Cory Sandhagen would enter the radar. Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera returned to Ecuador to present his new venture, Chito’s Pulse, and also give detai...

Permission to remove information from Jorge Glas‘s cell phones was granted on April 12, but he tried to be prevented by the former vice president and his claim was unsuccessful because the court rejected his request. On the afternoon of April 29, it was learned that the judge of the National C...

The International Court of Justice reported that, after hearing the two countries, it will begin its deliberation on the requests of Mexico and Ecuador. Ecuador presented its defense this Wednesday, May 1, before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for the assault on the Mexican embassy in Quit...

The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Ecuador and China will come into force this May 1, complying with all the established requirements and deadlines, the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries reported this Tuesday. The agreement is expected to generate thousands of new j...

Leticia Tituaña and Sydney Males are two Otavaleña leaders who were part of the Ecuador in Perspective symposium, an event that was carried out by the Ecuadorian student organization of Harvard. Tituaña and Males told their life stories, gaining valuable perspectives and learning crucial lessons for...

On April 16, the First Lady of Ecuador, Lavinia Valbonesi, visited the Ecuadorian Hemophilic Foundation (FUNDHEC), on the occasion of the commemoration of World Hemophilia Day. During this event, the commitment of public and private companies to the health of Ecuadorians. José Garnica, Undersecretar...

The government of Ecuador accuses Mexico of having violated the principles of asylum and use of diplomatic delegations. The Ecuadorian State sued Mexico on April 29, 2024 before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for “Mexico’s violations of a series of international obligations....

The Spanish Police, in collaboration with the Ecuadorian Police, released 14 women sexually exploited in Spain after being captured in Colombia and Ecuador with false promises of jobs in nursing homes, in an operation with nine detainees. As reported by the Spanish Police, this Friday, April 26, 202...

People in Ecuador can pay with Apple Pay, through credit or debit cards from three banks. Apple Pay, a mobile payment service or digital wallet from the American technology giant of the same name, is already working in Ecuador. Exactly, Apple details that the system, for now, can be used in three ba...

As diplomats search for a deal to curb the world’s growing problem of plastic, piles of bottles, buoys, nets and packaging keep building up in what should be a pristine environmentThe stream of plastic pollution: could a global treaty help us turn off the tap? – podcastAs our small fishing boat slows to a halt in a shallow bay south-east of Puerto […]

President is calling for sweeping security measures designed to empower police and armed forces against organised crimeEcuadoreans will vote on Sunday in a referendum on a raft of unprecedented security measures designed to empower the police and armed forces in the fight against spiralling violence and organised crime.Voters must accept or reject 11 […]

In 2002, high explosives were laid in oil wells across 20 sq km of forest. The firm has gone but the pentolite remains, despite a court ruling, putting lives and the ecosystem at riskLiving on the banks of the Bobonaza River, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, the Indigenous communities in Sarayaku have always lived in harmony with nature. The rainforest, says […]

El Niño weather phenomenon depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plantsEcuador has begun to ration electricity in the country’s main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants that produce about 75% of the nation’s power.“We urge Ecuadorians to cut their […]

Ecuadorian police forced their way inside embassy in Quito to arrest former vice-president who was seeking asylum in MexicoMexico is demanding that the United Nations expel Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top UN court over a police raid last week on the Mexican embassy in Quito.Tensions between Mexico and Ecuador have soared since […]