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Canada expels Venezuelan ambassador

Canada expels Venezuelan ambassador

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...

U.S. to renew trade preferences for Ecuador and 121 other countries

U.S. to renew trade preferences for Ecuador and 121 other countries

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...

Ecuador names new ambassador to the U.S

Ecuador names new ambassador to the U.S

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...

Impeachment proceeding begin for Glas

Impeachment proceeding begin for Glas

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...

Moreno and the Pope discuss Amazon protection

Moreno and the Pope discuss Amazon protection

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...

New poll shows strong ‘yes’ support for referendum

New poll shows strong ‘yes’ support for referendum

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...

Jorge Glas is sentenced to six years in prison

Jorge Glas is sentenced to six years in prison

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...

Correistas continue effort to regain legal status

Correistas continue effort to regain legal status

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...

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Week of June 07

Phone records expose alleged effort to derail Villavicencio murder investigation.

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Esmeraldas refinery restores diesel output after three months of repairs.

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Country risk drops below 400 points as Ecuador’s borrowing outlook improves.

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