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Colombia is a mandatory stop for Ecuadorian drug traffickers heading to the United States

Due to a constitutional lockdown, Ecuador cannot extradite drug traffickers to the United States. That is why criminals are detained in Colombia. He passed under the alias ‘Gerald’ and is passing under the alias ‘Gato’. History repeats itself. The two most...
Posted On 11 Feb 2023
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Judges denounced by the Government ruled in favor of drug traffickers and politicians

The Government denounced five judges criminally and administratively. They are singled out for rulings related to organized crime and corruption. Without specifying the crime that the five judges allegedly committed, Diego Ordóñez, Secretary of Public and State Security, was in...
Posted On 09 Feb 2023
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3 mayors and 1 elected councilor in Ecuador, with alleged links to drug crime

There are at least four candidates indicated for alleged links to criminal organizations that won the elections on February 5, 2023. In some cases there would be a relationship with drug trafficking. The Anti-Corruption Parliamentary Front of the Assembly submitted a report on...
Posted On 08 Feb 2023
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Government formalized the first complaint against “corrupt judges”

Diego Ordóñez, Secretary of Security, announced that this is only the first block of judges denounced. He will also request a summary from the Judiciary. As President Guillermo Lasso announced the day before, on the morning of February 8, 2023, Ordóñez went to the headquarters of...
Posted On 08 Feb 2023
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Investment banks: fear grows that Lasso will not finish his term

The investment banks JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley warn that the results of the voting weaken the government of Guillermo Lasso. The results of the sectional elections in Ecuador and the 2023 referendum fuel fears in international markets of an early termination of the Guillermo...
Posted On 07 Feb 2023
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The flower sector considers that Canada is a market with potential

A trade agreement with Canada would boost flower exports to that country, which is now the fifth destination for Ecuadorian flowers. Ecuador’s flower industry is seeking to recover from at least three shocks in 2022, and a trade agreement with Canada could help them. Canada...
Posted On 06 Feb 2023
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More households have Internet access in Ecuador

In the last eight years, the number of households with Internet access has increased in the country. In other words, the increase is 86.4%, between 2014 and 2022. The data is contained in the latest report on Information and Communication Technologies, from the National Institute...
Posted On 03 Feb 2023
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Unusual encounter with a blue whale on the Isla de la Plata

The sighting of a blue whale, the largest animal on the planet, near the Ecuadorian coast, worries scientists who are investigating whether Ecuador has become a host area for this species. A huge blue whale appeared on January 22, 2023 around the Isla de la Plata, just 50...
Posted On 03 Feb 2023
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Four million doses to counter avian influenza

The first phase of vaccination against avian influenza will begin in Ecuador in the next two months. The initial step will be the importation of four million doses. In this stage, more than two million birds will be vaccinated with a complete scheme. Established farms are located...
Posted On 01 Feb 2023
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Ecuador already has 21 water protection areas

In the “Valle del Amanecer”, the city of Otavalo, the delivery of the establishment of the “Otavalo Mojanda Water Protection Area” was developed by the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition to the Municipality of the canton. The...
Posted On 31 Jan 2023
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