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Ecuador says the country's latest efforts to negotiate the departure of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from its London embassy have failed. Foreign minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said the UK was unwilling to take part in talks about his release. A UK Foreign...
Although Ecuador is eager to negotiate a trade agreement with the U.S., several obstacles stand in the way, according to U.S. ambassador to Ecuador Todd Chapman. Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Trade announced in January that it is pursuing an agreement with the U.S....
By a wide margin, Ecuador has exceeded the government's goal for internet connections. At the beginning 2018, 55.6 percent of the population had direct internet access through 10.6 million accounts. Three years ago, the government’s Communication Technologies Plan had...
For the second time in three days, Ecuadorian soldiers came under gunfire from suspected drug traffickers in Esmeraldas Province, on the Colombian border. Ecuador’s military command claims that the aggressors are former FARC guerrillas who now work for Colombian and...
Although the focus of last week’s meeting between Ecuador and Colombia was on controlling drug trafficking near the border and dealing with the flood of immigrants from Venezuela, it also delivered good news to travelers. One of the agreements signed Friday guarantees...
Cuba and Ecuador have signed an agreement in the field of higher education that provides for strengthened academic cooperation. The agreement,in the framework of the 11th International Conference on Higher Education 'Universidad 2018', provides for mutual recognition...
Beginning March 31, Ecuador residents will be able to make cash transactions through the country’s new digital wallet, or electronic money system. The system, which will be administered by private banks and financial cooperatives, replaces a similar program...
By Tom Larsen Everyone, whether they’re a visitor or a long-time resident of Cuenca, should see all the wonderful sights that the city has to offer — the New and Old Cathedrals, Parque Calderon, the Flower Market, Todos Santos Church—the list goes on and on. But,...
By Gonzalo Solano In a warehouse north of Ecuador's capital, a small, busy army of dexterous workers puts the final touches on a shipment of made-to-order roses with tones as diverse as the colors of a rainbow suffused in fragrance capable of seducing even the most...
President Lenin Moreno meets with his Colombia counterpart Juan Manuel Santos today and will deliver a stern message: Get Colombia’s drug production and trafficking problem under control. Although the presidents, along with most of their cabinets, will discuss other...
Futurist and technology expert Stephen Brobst says that the financial services industry is undergoing a transformation and that smaller countries, such as Ecuador, could see big benefits. Brobst, who heads a data analysis firm in Silicon Valley, California, believes...
Andean boulders measuring from five to 200 meters (16 to 655 feet) became the setting for the adventures of two young Ecuadorean women, who have documented their rock climbing to show fellow mountaineers what they consider a paradise of beautiful and often hidden...
With its iconic giant tortoises, crested black iguanas, huge ocean manta rays and a veritable menagerie of other cool creatures, the Galapagos Islands are one of the most beautiful places on this planet. Why not? Who wouldn’t want to go to a white sand beach and soak...
If you are from Ecuador and you live on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, cross-country skiing at the Olympic Winter Games seems a bit far-fetched. But Klaus Jungbluth Rodriguez has defied the odds to qualify for the Games and will march into Pyeongchang's Olympic Stadium...
A day after an Organization of American States (OAS) commission claimed that election results for a question on the February 4 referendum should be ignored, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights over-ruled the commission and said Ecuador was within its rights to...
Ecuador will continue to provide refuge to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in its embassy in London, Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said on Wednesday. After a meeting between President Lenin Moreno and foreign correspondents, Espinosa told...
President Lenin Moreno says Ecuador will stand beside referendum election results to reorganize the Council for Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS). On Tuesday, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, part of the Organization of American States...
Former President Rafael Correa said goodbye to supporters Tuesday in Guayaquil before boarding a private jet and flying home to Brussels. Correa had been in Ecuador since January 5 to campaign against President Lenin Moreno’s popular referendum. He had planned to...
The Ecuadorian state airline Tame has announced the suspension of its flights to Venezuela citing safety and financial concerns for the decision. The last Tame flight departed Caracas on Saturday to Bogotá and from there to Quito. The decision had been announced last...
There was little drama Sunday night as the results of Ecuador's referendum election were announced. As expected, Ecuadorians voted "yes" by overwhelming margins to all seven questions presented by President Lenin Moreno. "Ecuador will no longer be a playground for...
