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A massive explosion blew the roof off a popular Quito restaurant late Saturday night, killing two and injuring at least 12. According to the initial police report, the explosion was the result of a gas leak in a room that contained a large number of domestic gas...
Canada has officially expelled the Venezuelan ambassador in response to Venezuela’s recent expulsion of the Canadian ambassador in an ongoing diplomatic tit-for-tat. Ottawa will expel a Venezuelan diplomat and bar that country’s ambassador from returning, Foreign...
Ecuador will continue to enjoy trade preferences with the United States, according to Minister of Foreign Trade Pablo Campana. The preferences, which allow duty free imports worth about $400 million annually to Ecuadorian businesses, are granted to 122 countries that...
Francisco Carrión named Ecuador’s ambassador to the United States, President Lenin Moreno announced Friday. The appointment has been approved by the U.S. State Department. Carrión is a career diplomat, having served as ambassador to France, Spain and Great Britain. In...
Ecuador voted with the majority of United Nations General Assembly members Thursday in condemning the U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Although several Latin American countries abstained from the vote, only Guatemala and Honduras joined...
President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski survived an impeachment vote in Peru's congress late Thursday, thwarting an attempt by opposition lawmakers to oust him over ties to the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht implicated in the region’s biggest corruption scandal....
Thursday was not a good day in court for Vice President Jorge Glas. In the morning, the National Court of Justice (CNJ) denied an appeal for suspension of his six-year sentence in the Odebrecht corruption scandal. In the afternoon, the Constitutional Court, Ecuador’s...
Although the price of oil is increasing, Ecuador will not enjoy the benefit — at least not in 2017. Ecuador Energy Minister Carlos Pérez says oil revenue for the year has been committed to pay debts. “All the income from the 120 million barrels we produce will go for...
It is estimated that over eight million Americans and 13 million British nationals living overseas, with a high percentage of these eventually retiring abroad. This figure that has grown steadily over the last few years and is expected to increase further in the next...
In a Monday meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, President Lenin Moreno received assurances that Spain will actively campaign for the elimination of visa requirements for Ecuadorian citizens visiting European Union (EU) countries. Although Ecuador signed...
Ecuador’s National Assembly has taken the first step to begin an impeachment trial for Vice President Jorge Glas. On Wednesday, Glas was convicted of corruption by the National Court and sentenced to six years in prison. Other charges against him are pending. The...
President Lenin Moreno says he will ask Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for help in eliminating visa requirements for Ecuadorian citizens traveling in the European Union (EU). “I will ask him to intercede on Ecuador’s behalf so our citizens have the same right of...
Ecuador has warned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange not to interfere in the internal affairs of Spain or other countries with close ties to Ecuador. In particular, Ecuador's foreign minister cautioned the Wikileaks founder to stay out of the Catalonian separatist...
During a 40-minute meeting Saturday, President Lenin Moreno and Pope Francis focused on ways to protect the Amazon basin which Ecuador shares with six other South American countries. Moreno, who is on the first European trip of his presidency, is visiting with...
Ecuador’s Cedatos / Gallup public opinion poll shows Ecuadorians strongly support President Lenin Moreno’s call for a public referendum and that a large majority will vote “yes” on all seven questions. In a poll taken from December 6 to December 12, 74.3% of...
President Lenin Moreno says he will wait for the courts to rule on an appeal to Vice President Jorge Glas’ six-year prison sentence before seeking an official replacement. During an interview with a Spanish television network during his current European trip, he also...
A three-judge National Court of Justice tribunal has sentenced Vice President Jorge Glas to six years in prison for his role in the Odebrecht corruption scandal. The sentence, announced just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, is the maximum penalty for the crime of illicit...
By Sylvan Hardy In 2014, when expats Rick Lewis and Tony Spada toured the indigenous markets of Northern Ecuador, especially the most famous one in Otavalo, they were blown away by the sophisticated designs and high quality of the handmade wool and alpaca products....
Lunes, 11/12/2016 Hola, Todos - My social life is interfering with timely delivery of these posts, but it is the season and I don't want to miss out on all the parties. Pagina cultural - Upcoming and ongoing agenda events - Bienal - There was a dialogue on "La Lógica...
The faction of Alianza País (AP) loyal to former president Rafael Correa says it has not given up hope of regaining control of the party. The Electoral Tribunal (TCE) ruled two weeks ago that the faction’s vote to remove President Lenin Moreno from party leadership...
