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Foreign Ministry must rent 59 premises abroad so that 390,000 migrants can vote

The Government will invest USD 1.9 million in voting abroad. The most complicated places to coordinate elections are Russia, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique and Government Minister Henry Cucalón spoke about the electoral process that will be carried out...
Posted On 16 Sep 2023
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Ecuadorians have fewer children; 600,000 fewer babies than expected since 2010

The INEC estimates that the real population figure shown by the 2022 Census is around 17.5 million inhabitants, since there was a drop in the birth rate. The number of births in Ecuador was lower than expected since 2010. That is one of the first findings of the 2022 Population...
Posted On 15 Sep 2023
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Extortions delay the export of 400 containers of bananas

So far this year, the export sector has recorded more than 500 incidents of insecurity. Economic losses exceed USD 5 million. A total of 400 containers of bananas failed to be exported from Puerto Bolívar, El Oro province, between September 9 and 10, 2023, due to insecurity....
Posted On 13 Sep 2023
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Mexican agents find a bus with Latin migrants, including Ecuadorians

Mexico has said that it will begin the corresponding administrative procedure to determine the legal status of Ecuadorian migrants in the country. Some 178 migrants were found on a passenger bus in the Mexican state of Veracruz (southeast), the National Migration Institute (INM)...
Posted On 12 Sep 2023
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Unknown numbers seek to extort or steal data in Ecuador

In recent days, WhatsApp users reported having received video calls from international numbers, which responds to a new type of scam on said digital platform. How do these digital criminals operate? When the user receives the video call and answers, the scammers place obscene...
Posted On 09 Sep 2023
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Luisa says that “Venezuela has better living conditions than Ecuador now”

The Correísmo presidential candidate, Luisa González, has told CRO radio, from Machala, that currently “Venezuela has better living conditions than Ecuador, now” and that “Venezuelans are running back to Venezuela, because it is safer than Ecuador”....
Posted On 08 Sep 2023
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Prosecutor’s Office charges Glas for the Manabí earthquake

 On September 6, at 08:30, an audit will be carried out to formulate charges against the former Vice President of the Republic Jorge Glas and other suspects in the Manabí Reconstruction case. Luis Rivera, a judge of the National Court of Justice, was the one who called the...
Posted On 07 Sep 2023
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From 200 to 400 children were victims of pedophilia in Canoa, Manabí

Reports from the Ecuadorian Police reveal that the network of pedophiles that operated in the Canoa parish, in Manabí, used dozens of minors for child pornography. Between 200 and 400 children from the Canoa parish, in the San Vicente canton, in the north center of Manabí, were...
Posted On 06 Sep 2023
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What Daniel Noboa and Luisa González offer in terms of security

In speech and on paper, both Daniel Noboa and Luisa González aim to reform and improve the judicial system and the capacity of law enforcement. The two candidates who will contest the second round in October promise to solve the country’s security problems. Both Daniel...
Posted On 05 Sep 2023
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The new government will have more expenses, less income and little room for debt

The new government will have more expenses, due to the El Niño Phenomenon and the insecurity crisis, but the income is not enough and there are few lenders. One of the biggest challenges that the government that replaces Guillermo Lasso’s in 2024 will have to face will be...
Posted On 01 Sep 2023
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