Latest Ecuador prison riot leaves at least 11 injured
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – A prison riot in Ecuador’s coastal city of Guayaquil on Wednesday has left at least 11 inmates and police officers injured, the SNAI prison…
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – A prison riot in Ecuador’s coastal city of Guayaquil on Wednesday has left at least 11 inmates and police officers injured, the SNAI prison…
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) – President Guillermo Lasso said on Monday he will ask Ecuadoreans to approve a reduction in the number of lawmakers, allow the military to support…
QUITO – Ecuador is holding firm to its fiscal deficit target for the year of 2% of gross domestic product (GDP), economy minister Pablo Arosemena said on Monday, despite losses…
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO -Ecuador’s government and indigenous leaders met on Saturday for the first formal talks since mass protests began two weeks ago, and President Guillermo Lasso eased security…
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO – Ecuador’s government on Thursday acquiesced to a demand of indigenous demonstrators who have held 11 days of protests, giving them access to a cultural center,…
By Alexandra Valencia JOYA DE LOS SACHAS, Ecuador – Ecuador oil company Petroecuador says it is working to shut down gas flares in the Amazon to comply with a court-imposed…
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO – Ecuador’s mining exports in 2021 nearly doubled in value from the previous year to $2.09 billion, beating government expectations, the Ministry of Energy said on…
SAN DIEGO – Brayan Alberto Rodriguez Alcala, an alleged Sinaloa Cartel drug trafficker, was extradited to the United States from Ecuador today. On October 19, 2021, a federal grand…
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO – Ecuador expects to pull together a trade deal with China at the end of this year and will begin formal debt re-negotiations with the Asian…
Ecuador’s government has just agreed to repeal a law that ended decades-old fuel subsidies after holding talks with indigenous leaders. Demonstrators angry at the rise in fuel prices earlier attacked…
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