Ecuador

President Daniel Noboa fulfilled his agenda in the province of El Oro where he took the opportunity to thank for the support for the yes vote in the Popular Consultation and Referendum 2024. The Head of State said that since he was little he liked sports and that they taught him to read scoreboards ...

The former comptroller of Ecuador, Carlos Pólit, faces a maximum sentence of 20 years for each of the four charges related to money laundering. For the United States Department of Justice, the verdict against former comptroller Carlos Pólit, accused of participating in a bribery and laundering schem...

The trade balance in 2023 was favorable for Ecuador. The Arab Emirates have interest in Ecuadorian companies dedicated to agribusiness, tourism, mining and renewable energy. The Minister of Commerce of the United Arab Emirates, Thani Al Zeyoudi, is visiting Ecuador, along with businessmen and state ...

A jury of 12 members found Carlos Pólit guilty of the six charges against him, for money laundering conspiracy related to the collection of bribes. From Miami, Florida. Former comptroller Carlos Pólit surrendered before three agents of the Marshals Service in the Court of the Southern District of Fl...

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 environmentAs our small fishing boat slows to a halt in a shallow bay south-east of Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz, in the Galápagos Islands, a green turtle surfaces next to us, followed by a […]

As of February 2024, cocoa was ranked as the third non-oil non-mining export product, surpassing tuna and canned fish. The record prices of cocoa boosted the value of exports of the grain and its products in Ecuador, becoming the third non-oil, non-mining export product by February 2024, after shrim...

Although the CNE has not yet proclaimed the official results of the popular consultation and referendum, President Daniel Noboa thanked the voters who supported him. One day after the elections, President Daniel Noboa finally spoke on the afternoon of April 22 on the results of the popular consultat...

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 […]

The campaign has been minimal on the part of the groups for and against the Noboa popular consultation and referendum on security, justice and employment. The campaign for the popular consultation called in Ecuador by President Daniel Noboa on security, justice and employment concluded this Thursday...

International markets are really anxious to know what will happen with the credit program that the Government of Ecuador negotiates with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), formally since March 7, 2024. Due to the high debt that Ecuador has with the multilateral, investors expect “precisely...

The country risk fell 73 points on April 17, in the context of the participation of the Minister of Economy in the spring meetings of the IMF. Ecuador’s country risk fell 73 points and stood at 1,141 on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. This drop in country risk occurred at a time when the Minister o...

Attendees at the event at the Shyris Tribune, in Quito, stated that “Ecuador must recognize the actions” of prosecutor Diana Salazar. Dozens of citizens gathered at 4:00 p.m. on April 17 at the Shyris Tribune, in the north center of Quito, to demonstrate their support for the Attorney Ge...

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 […]