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Ecuador is getting ready to assume the pro tempore presidency of the Ibero-American Community between 2023 and 2024, official sources reported. The appointment, to be attended by President of Ecuador Guillermo Lasso, will be made […]

Judge Bayardo Espinosa could request preventive detention for the former president of Ecuador Lenín Moreno for not complying until today with the measures imposed for the alleged crime of bribery in the Sinohydro case. Espinosa […]

The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, signed two decrees so as to contribute to the recovery of the victims of last Saturday’s earthquake, which left 14 deaths and 489 injured. One of the documents formalizes […]

In the early hours of Wednesday, four gunmen armed with rifles entered a hospital in Guayaquil city, where one person died as a result of the armed attack. Apparently the hitmen wanted to kill a […]

Ecuador reported its first case of human transmission of bird flu in a 9-year-old girl, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday, marking a rare case of human infection a month after the country declared an […]

Ecuador´s Agriculture Ministry on Monday reported new cases of bird flu in Cotopaxi and Bolivar provinces, where local authorities assured health protocols are being conducting to prevent the disease from spreading nationwide. Bernardo Manzano, Agriculture […]

Ecuador’s Government and the indigenous movement on Friday close the first five technical tables of talks, initiated almost two months ago and marked by little progress in terms of concrete agreements. Those negotiations were resumed […]

The plenary session of Ecuador’s National Assembly is debating several legal bills on Thursday on a long day ahead of next week’s legislative recess. Convened by Speaker Virgilio Saquicela the MPs are resuming debate on […]

The Government and the indigenous movement in Ecuador are holding talks on Tuesday without agreements, after the opening of new technical tables was postponed until pending issues are settled. On Tuesday, the Government promised to […]

Ecuadorian Police Department has seized more than 1.5 tons of cocaine in raids conducted in the city of Guayaquil. Actions made it possible to police to seize 959 kg of cocaine at one of Guayaquil’s […]