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Military clashed with irregular groups from Colombia, in Esmeraldas

Armed Forces ( Armed Forces ) personnel had a confrontation with dissident groups of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC ), in Mataje-Esmeraldas. This event occurred this Thursday, August 18, 2022. The military entity indicated that the soldiers found seven armed...
Posted On 19 Aug 2022
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Government invests USD 450,000 for sustainable and deforestation-free production in the Amazon

With the aim of strengthening the strategies and actions that are being implemented against deforestation in the Amazon, the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition together with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) formalized the channeling of USD...
Posted On 18 Aug 2022
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Government and indigenous movement set up table for productive development

Indigenous leaders and Executive authorities meet this Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference (CEE), in Quito . During the meeting they will deal with the creation of public policies for the peasant sector at the productive development table. It is the...
Posted On 17 Aug 2022
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According to the Executive, there are grounds to dismiss 70 assembly members

For the Minister of Government, Francisco Jiménez, the legislators who installed Raúl González as Superintendent of Banks would have committed a crime. The possession of Raúl González as Superintendent of Banks was achieved with the vote of 70 assembly members, despite the court...
Posted On 16 Aug 2022
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Constitutional Court calls for new immigration reform in Ecuador

A new reform to the Law of Human Mobility will enter into debate in Ecuador , after six sentences of the Constitutional Court . The rule must be approved by the Assembly within a maximum period of 18 months. The Administrative Council of the Legislature (CAL) will meet in the...
Posted On 15 Aug 2022
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The European Union authorizes the entry of aquaculture products from Ecuador

According to the official gazette of the EU, the importation of aquaculture products from Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, Panama, from 12 Asian countries and finfish from fish farming from Morocco were authorized. Ecuador is one of the countries...
Posted On 11 Aug 2022
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Beaches in Ecuador attract millionaire investments from real estate groups

The climate, the proximity to Guayaquil and the availability of land are some of the factors that make Playas attractive for investment in the real estate and tourism sectors. Two large Ecuadorian groups, Nobis Holding de Inversiones and Almacenes Estuardo Sánchez , are investing...
Posted On 10 Aug 2022
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The airline Arajet will connect the Dominican Republic with Ecuador

The Dominican Republic airline plans to fly to 20 destinations in 12 countries in its first three months of operations. The Arajet airline announced international flights from Santo Domingo , in the Dominican Republic, to Quito and Guayaquil , in Ecuador. The operation will start...
Posted On 09 Aug 2022
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UN: Ecuador is the third country in the world that seizes the most drugs

Ecuador is the third country with the highest volume of drug seizures , only behind Colombia and the United States, according to the World Drug Report 2022, presented this Monday, August 8, in Quito by the United Nations Office on Drugs ( UNODC ). This was stated by Antonio Di...
Posted On 08 Aug 2022
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‘Narco generals’: Comptroller finds evidence of three police officers

The Comptroller’s Office carried out special examinations of the patrimonial declarations of 25 generals of the National Police and detected indications of criminal responsibility in three cases. Note updated with the reaction of the Minister of the Interior, Patricio...
Posted On 06 Aug 2022
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