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Metros in Latin America welcome the Quito Metro

The start of operations of the Quito Metro is a fact. Starting this Friday, December 1, 2023, Quito residents have a new method of transportation. The opening not only generated national news. Congratulations for the city and its inhabitants came from many parts of the world. The...
Posted On 02 Dec 2023
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Ombudsman’s Office: 4,000 Venezuelans have entered Ecuador from Peru

Once the deadline for foreigners to regularize their situation in Peru expired, thousands of Venezuelans have entered Ecuador since mid-November. Some 4,000 Venezuelans have entered Ecuador from Peru during the second half of November 2023. The previous Government had ruled out...
Posted On 02 Dec 2023
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Eduardo Peña is delegate to preside over the Board of Directors of the IESS

The President of the Republic,  Daniel Noboa, appointed  Eduardo Peña Hurtado as his delegate to preside over the  Board of Directors of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS). This was announced this Thursday, November 30, 2023. Thus he will formally replace  Alfredo...
Posted On 01 Dec 2023
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Daniel Noboa and the new Military Chief talk about a war against organized crime

President Daniel Noboa installed the new leadership of the Armed Forces. “I am sure that together we will be able to win this war” against insecurity, he said. Just one week after being inaugurated, on November 30, 2023, President Daniel Noboa presented the officers...
Posted On 01 Dec 2023
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Supermarkets and restaurants use self-service checkouts

In order to make purchases faster and safer, companies have implemented self-service checkouts throughout the national territory for a year. In one of the 44 establishments – of Mi Comisariato de Corporación el Rosado – that have this technology there are ten booths....
Posted On 30 Nov 2023
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President Daniel Noboa visited the Quito Metro

On the morning of this Wednesday, November 29, 2023, President Daniel Noboa, together with the mayor of Quito, Pabel Muñoz and the president of the National Assembly, Henry Kronfle, took a tour of the San Francisco station of the Quito Metro. From that place they made a trip to...
Posted On 30 Nov 2023
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Assembly installed the new Comptroller General

Xavier Mauricio Torres Maldonado was formally installed as the new comptroller general of the State. He will be in office for five years. He is now the head of that entity after, since 2017, the Comptroller’s Office operated with surrogate authorities. He was sworn in on...
Posted On 28 Nov 2023
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Vice President Verónica Abad agreed to go to Israel

The vice president of Ecuador, Verónica Abad, referred to the appointment of President Daniel Noboa to be a collaborator for peace and prevent the escalation of conflict between Israel and Palestine. In a press conference, the Second President indicated that she accepts this...
Posted On 28 Nov 2023
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Where is the best coffee in Ecuador? These are the winners of the 2023 Golden Cup

The farm that won the 2023 Golden Cup, which recognizes the best coffee in Ecuador, sold its lot for USD 45 per pound to an American company. The best Arabica coffee in Ecuador is produced in Loja, Pichincha and Carchi, according to the results of the Arabic Golden Cup 2023...
Posted On 28 Nov 2023
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Amy Chalán, the first Kichwa Saraguro to graduate from Harvard

Amy Chalán Vacacela, a young migrant with roots in the Chukidel Ayllullakta community, studied at Harvard University and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences, making her the first indigenous person of the Kichwa Saraguro people to graduate from one of the best...
Posted On 27 Nov 2023
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