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US Visa Lottery Entries Open; Ecuadorians can participate

The Embassy of the United States in Ecuador (US Embassy Ecuador, in English) announced that the registration platform for the US visa draw was enabled from this October 5, 2022. Ecuadorian citizens will be able to apply from this Wednesday until next November 8. Through its...
Posted On 06 Oct 2022
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SNAI activates security protocol for shooting in Penitentiary

The alert was activated at 2:30 p.m. on October 5, 2022, after detonations of firearms were recorded at the Litoral Penitentiary. Note updated at 5:00 p.m. on October 5, 2022, with a preliminary number of 10 injured in the Penitentiary. A confrontation between detainees from...
Posted On 05 Oct 2022
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New incidents in the Latacunga prison leave another 11 injured

The National Service for Comprehensive Attention to Adult Persons Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) confirmed through its official channels that, after the new incidents registered in the Latacunga prison, the number of persons deprived of liberty injured 44....
Posted On 04 Oct 2022
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Foreigners who died in a shipwreck in Galapagos were repatriated

According to official information, the four bodies of the citizens who lost their lives in the shipwreck in the Galapagos Archipelago were handed over to their families. On the one hand, foreigners (Colombian and American) were repatriated.  In a note from the PRIMICIAS portal ,...
Posted On 29 Sep 2022
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Ecuador presented the new Nomad Visa

The Ministry of Tourism officially presented the Digital Nomads campaign, in order to strengthen the Nomad Visa modality that has been in force since April 2022. This was within the framework of World Tourism Day, on Wednesday, September 27, 2022. At a commemorative event, Niels...
Posted On 28 Sep 2022
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Government will strengthen Public Policies to combat violence against women

Accompanied by women government officials, President Guillermo Lasso announced the measures that the Executive will adopt in its plan to strengthen public policies to combat violence against women. “Our desire is to strengthen everything that has been done in public policy...
Posted On 27 Sep 2022
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The United States asks for an investigation into the shipwreck in Galapagos

The US Embassy in Ecuador reported that three Americans were on the boat that capsized in Galapagos. One of them died. The United States Embassy in Ecuador reported, on September 27, 2022, that three US citizens were on the ship ‘Angy’, which was shipwrecked near...
Posted On 27 Sep 2022
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A plane, in which Ecuadorians were traveling, lost track when landing in Panama

On Sunday night, September 25, 2022, a Copa Airlines plane traveling from Mexico City to Tocumen International Airport in Panama skidded off the runway upon landing. According to information provided by the company, no injuries were reported among passengers and staff. At the...
Posted On 26 Sep 2022
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Lasso announces demolition of the building where the femicide of Belén Bernal occurred

The President announced that when all the judicial investigations of the femicide case are finished, that property will be demolished and a new one will be built in its place. After installing Juan Zapata as Minister of the Interior, President Guillermo Lasso went, on the morning...
Posted On 26 Sep 2022
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The US donated protection and technology equipment to the Ecuadorian Army

The United States donated this Friday, September 16, to Ecuador military equipment worth $730,000 for the control of the Amazon area near the northern border with Colombia, according to a statement from the US Embassy in Quito. The delivery consisted of 180 protective vests with...
Posted On 22 Sep 2022
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