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Gustavo Petro’s total peace policy takes its toll on Ecuador

The Oliver Sinisterra Front allied with Nueva Marquetalia to control cocaine routes on the border. Their allied gangs clash in Esmeraldas. Ecuador contains violence with 1,768 soldiers. While the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, bets on total peace, two of the nine drug...
Posted On 24 Mar 2023
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‘Outsourced’ drug trafficking increases violence in Ecuador

The 2023 report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (Unodc) details two current phenomena in drug trafficking: fragmentation and outsourcing of gangs. In the case of Ecuador, they have increased the violence. The world report on the cocaine market in 2023 analyzes...
Posted On 23 Mar 2023
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Earthquake: Android and Google alert worked in Ecuador

Ecuadorians with smartphones received a message from the Android Earthquake Alert System. The Geophysical Institute explains that this alert is a development that should be taken advantage of in the country. The earthquake of March 18 , 2023 will go down in history as the first...
Posted On 22 Mar 2023
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Police investigate explosive envelopes to 4 media outlets in Ecuador

Javier Chango Llerena, National Chief of Criminalistics of the National Police, explained that so far, they have indications of the arrival of “envelopes with presumed explosive devices” in two media outlets in Guayaquil and two in Quito; plus a parcel company. He...
Posted On 20 Mar 2023
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Earthquake in Ecuador caused 14 deaths and affected 1,107 people and 235 homes

The collapse of the walls of the shrimp farms in three sectors of El Oro forces the emptying of the shrimp farm pools. This causes millions in damage. The earthquake of March 18, 2023, which had an intensity of 6.5 on the Richter scale, became the strongest telluric movement that...
Posted On 20 Mar 2023
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Five species that make the Galapagos Islands unique

This March 10 marks 488 years since the discovery of the Galapagos Islands, the most biodiverse archipelago in the world. On March 10, 1535, Fray Tomás de Berlanga discovered the Galapagos Islands, one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world. Located 1,000 kilometers from...
Posted On 10 Mar 2023
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Guayaquil endured the worst storm in 25 years

The intense rains in Guayaquil caused 32 flooded streets and left three injured. The city received around 18 million cubic meters of water, according to Interagua. Guayaquil suffers the ravages of the cyclonic event off the coast of Peru, called ‘Yaku’, which will...
Posted On 09 Mar 2023
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Three Ecuadorians confirm that science is a women’s business

Despite the fact that female representation in science is still low, three Ecuadorian researchers seek to bridge the gap with their work. Latin America, together with Central Asia, is one of the regions where there is a poor representation of women in fields of science. According...
Posted On 06 Mar 2023
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New Japanese programs will be enjoyed through EcuadorTV, thanks to an agreement subscription

Anime, series and tourist-cultural documentaries from Japan will be part of the EcuadorTV programming, starting on April 15, 2023. This, thanks to the signing of a cooperation agreement between COMUNICA EP and the Government of Japan. The donation of the audiovisual material was...
Posted On 02 Mar 2023
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Embassy of Canada in Ecuador publishes announcement to work in that country

The Canadian Embassy in Ecuador published an announcement to work in that country on its official networks. The diplomatic legation announced the vacancies for workers in the Destination Canada Forum Emploi program. It is a program that details the vacancies that exist in Canada...
Posted On 02 Mar 2023
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