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The reforms implemented in July to the Immigration Law of Spain would entail benefits for the community of Ecuadorian migrants present in that country.  The regulations aim to improve the working conditions of Latin American students who attend Spanish universities.  For example,...

The Foreign Minister of Ecuador, Juan Carlos Holguín, indicated on October 18, 2022 that he spoke about the exemption of the tourist visa for Ecuadorians during a dialogue with a United Kingdom authority. This October 17, 2022, this country decided not to require that visa from...

So far in 2022, the Armed Forces (AF) have seized nearly 5,000 weapons and ammunition in the border areas of Esmeraldas and Sucumbíos with Colombia. The Armed Forces intensified their operations on the Ecuadorian border with Colombia, from September 1, 2022. The decision was made...

After 31 months since the National COE was activated due to the covid-19 pandemic, the agency announced on October 19, 2022 that it will stop meeting and will do so when the Ministry of Health or the President of the Republic consider it pertinent. The decision was announced by...

The National Migration Institute of Mexico (INM) reported on October 16, 2022 the discovery of 223 irregular migrants crowded into a house in the La Gran Tenochtitlan neighborhood in the city of Puebla. Among the migrants there are 108 from Guatemala, 33 from El Salvador, 32 from...

More than a year has passed since the law was enacted and at least three provisions, including the use of plastics in protected areas, remain unfulfilled. In the world, humans produce and consume so much plastic that they could fill a country the size of France and still need...

The Starlink system, owned by tycoon Elon Musk, works with nanosatellites allowing Internet connectivity in remote or hard-to-reach areas. During a radio interview, Telecommunications Minister Vianna Maino assured that the Starlink system will reach “Ecuador in a few...

In an event in which President Guillermo Lasso participated, this Friday morning, October 14, 2022, the incorporation ceremony of 1,564 troops, 986 men and 578 women, was held. The Head of State stressed that the new soldiers will help strengthen citizen security. “We value...

President Guillermo Lasso prescribed the discharge of covid-19.  On October 3, 2022, he diagnosed that “the pandemic has ended in Ecuador ” and the only thing missing is for the National COE to issue an official resolution to return “to normal life, without...

Confrontations in prisons have been perpetrated in different penitentiary centers in the region within Latin America, Ecuador, due to the last 9 massacres, is ranked third, only surpassed by the Dominican Republic with 135 deaths in 2005, followed by Venezuela with 121 murdered...