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About 1,000 Ecuadorians reside in Israel, this is their situation

The Ecuadorian Government still does not foresee a humanitarian evacuation for its compatriots who are in Israel. Most are looking for commercial flights. Approximately 1,000 Ecuadorians are in Israel, according to information from the Ecuadorian Embassy in that country. As of...
Posted On 11 Oct 2023
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Daniel Noboa: “If we win, I will seek re-election in 2025”

The presidential candidate, Daniel Noboa, assured PRIMICIAS that it is urgent to “remove the mafias” entrenched in the electrical companies and that a “clean slate” must be made in the SNAI. Daniel Noboa Azín, presidential candidate for the ADN alliance,...
Posted On 11 Oct 2023
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Daniel Noboa wants to become the youngest president in history

Daniel Noboa, a 35-year-old young man from Guayaquil, is the candidate for the presidency of the ADN alliance, formed by the parties, People, Equality and Democracy (PID) and the Mover movement (formerly Alianza PAIS). Despite his short political career and not having his own...
Posted On 06 Oct 2023
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Ecuadorian shrimp is stalked by crime

Attacks on boats, robberies in shrimp production pools and extortion of companies are increasingly common. Until August, there were 64 criminal acts against the sector. Thefts in breeding pools and attacks by hooded men with rifles at sea. Ecuador, the world’s leading...
Posted On 06 Oct 2023
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Prosecutor’s Office raids Seguros La Unión for embezzlement

An alleged embezzlement in the contracting of a policy is being investigated. In the middle of the process, a video was released that reveals alleged irregularities. According to the information released by Petroecuador, the raids are related to the contracting of the oil all-...
Posted On 06 Oct 2023
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Ecuador will have a reward plan to search for criminals, like the US.

Since 2013, the United States implemented the rewards program for transnational criminals. This is how they search for the murderers of Fernando Villavicencio. As of September 28, 2023, the United States (US) is offering $6 million for information on the masterminds or organized...
Posted On 06 Oct 2023
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‘Visa lottery’: Ecuadorians can apply until November 7

The United States Embassy in Ecuador announced that Ecuadorians can apply for the Diversity Visa program, known as the ‘visa lottery’, starting October 4, 2023. The United States Office of Consular Affairs released the instructions for the new call for the Diversity...
Posted On 05 Oct 2023
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Exporters and Police sign agreement to strengthen export controls

In an event at the Guayaquil Port Terminal, Fedexpor and the National Police signed an agreement to strengthen the security of exports of Ecuadorian products, given the risk of being contaminated with drug trafficking. Ecuador is the third country with the highest level of drug...
Posted On 05 Oct 2023
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The airline Equair stops operating with USD 17 million in losses

The Ecuadorian airline Equair closed 2022 with losses of USD 17 million. Thousands of passengers are waiting for their flights to be rescheduled. With a flight between Guayaquil and Quito carried out on December 29, 2021 , the Equair airline inaugurated its operations in the...
Posted On 04 Oct 2023
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2,458 Ecuadorian children and adolescents traveled alone across the US border.

This year, the number of minors under 18 years of age who have been found on the border of Mexico and the United States triples that of 2022. The number of Ecuadorian children and adolescents trying to cross the border between Mexico and the United States alone has increased...
Posted On 04 Oct 2023
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