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Interpol offered its support to Ecuador in its fight against terrorism

This Tuesday, January 16, 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Gabriela Sommerfeld, met with the Secretary General of Interpol, Jürgen Stock. At the meeting, Stock offered his unconditional support to President Daniel Noboa in his objective of freeing the...
Posted On 18 Jan 2024
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This is how the conspiracy of Nilsen Arias and his bribes in Petroecuador was born

Nilsen Arias was the first witness questioned in the trial against Javier Aguilar, of Vitol, which is ongoing in New York. Arias admitted that he received bribes from about three companies, and that he met at least once a month with Jorge Glas. The trial against trader Javier...
Posted On 17 Jan 2024
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Furio Noboa Valbonesi, son of the President of Ecuador, is born

Sources close to the first lady, Lavinia Valbonesi, confirmed the birth of Furio, the third child of President Daniel Noboa, this January 16. The president will travel to Miami this Wednesday. At 07:00 on January 16, 2024, the third child of President Daniel Noboa was born in...
Posted On 17 Jan 2024
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Three fishing associations from Guayas received more than 4,600 hectares of mangrove

The Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition delivered more than 4,600 hectares of mangrove ecosystem to three fishing associations in Guayas. This delivery was given through Sustainable Use and Custody Agreements of the Mangrove Ecosystem, as a conservation...
Posted On 16 Jan 2024
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Finance: “USD 1,020 million are needed to sustain the state of war”

The Ministry of Finance justified the 15% increase in VAT, due to the million-dollar deficit in resources that the country is dragging and due to the need to solve ‘the state of war’. The Minister of Finance, Juan Carlos Vega, justified the proposal for a 15% increase...
Posted On 16 Jan 2024
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Government will require a Criminal Record Certificate from foreigners on the borders of Peru and Colombia

The Ministry of the Interior reported that foreigners will be required to present the Criminal Record Certificate from their country of origin at the borders of Peru and Colombia. The decision was released this Thursday, January 11, 2024, through the X account of the State...
Posted On 12 Jan 2024
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Noboa proposes increasing VAT to 15% in new urgent economic law bill

President Daniel Noboa sent to the National Assembly an urgent economic bill to confront the internal armed conflict and the social and economic crisis. President Daniel Noboa sent to the National Assembly a new urgent economic bill to confront the internal armed conflict. This...
Posted On 12 Jan 2024
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These are the 10 key points of the Noboa energy law approved by the Assembly

The National Assembly approved the Energy Competitiveness Law, Daniel Noboa’s second urgent economic project. With 131 votes in favor, the National Assembly approved the energy law sent by President Daniel Noboa and which seeks to put an end to power outages. President...
Posted On 12 Jan 2024
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On the hunt for tattoos: This is what the military checkpoints are like in Guayaquil

Military personnel participated in controls on vehicles without license plates and patrolled the commercial sector of Bahía, in the center of Guayaquil, whose premises remained closed after a wave of terrorist violence in the city. The exhaustive search includes stripping the...
Posted On 12 Jan 2024
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Presidents of the World speak out about the situation in Ecuador

On the morning of January 10, 2024, President Daniel Noboa held a meeting with members of the diplomatic corps. At the meeting, international support for the country was ratified after the latest events. “We have taken measures that past governments did not have the decision to...
Posted On 10 Jan 2024
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