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A man arrested for allegedly raping of two British tourists in Montanita may be involved in several others, police say. Although the rapes occurred in May, police only took the man into custody last week. They say they have been investigating the case since the two...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake rocked Quito Monday night, collapsing a bridge and triggering landslides that closed several roads. The quake, centered six miles northeast of the city in the town of Puembo, also caused power outages and broke water lines. A spokesman for...
By Sebastien Malo Almost four months after a devastating earthquake hit Ecuador, a leading government minister has appealed to tourists to return to the financially-struggling Andean country. Nearly 700 people were killed and about 6,200 injured on April 16 in the...
Proposed legislation that would require health insurance companies and pre-paid health plans to provide coverage for congenital diseases as well as pre-existing, catastrophic and chronic conditions is not just about eliminating discrimination. It is also about...
Ecuador’s Ministry of Public Health says that more than 100 cases of malaria have been confirmed in Zamora Chinchipe, Morona Santiago and Pastaza Provinces in the country’s Amazon region. The ministry says it is working with health officials in Peru to control the...
In a television interview Friday, President Rafael Correa said that a Donald Trump presidency in the United States would bolster the fortunes of leftist governments in Latin America. “Because of his bias against Latinos, Trump would help rally progressives in the...
By Greg Scruggs A lot can go wrong when hosting the whole world, as recent events have shown. Rio de Janeiro is contending with an outbreak of Zika virus on the eve of the Summer Olympics. Last year, Paris was the victim of a terrorist attack just weeks before the...
Emails released during the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server while she was U.S. Secretary of State, reveal that the U.S. tried to convince Ecuador President Rafael Correa to change his mind about expelling U.S. Ambassador Heather Hodges in...
Gabriela Rivadeneira, president of the National Assembly, says it is time to “humanize” childbirth in Ecuador by restricting the practice of Caesarean section delivery and encouraging traditional birthing methods. According to Rivadeneira, the country’s private...
The Ecuadorean government struck back at criticism from the United States Friday saying that it does not have the right or the mandate to criticize the internal policies of foreign countries. "The United States has no international or multilateral mandate … to go...
Mirroring other international polling results, Ecuadorians prefer Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election by a wide margin. According to a University of San Francisco-Quito poll, 82% of Ecuadorians prefer Clinton while only 11% favor Trump....
Under legislation being debated in Ecuador’s National Assembly, private health insurance policies and prepaid health plans will be required to provide new services that some say will make health care coverage more expensive. According to Assemblyman Carlos Velasco, it...
By Paul Barrett Ecuador last week paid Chevron Corp. $112 million in an arbitration case dating back to the 1970s. The accord, while dealing with obscure contractual matters, could have ramifications for bigger court fights between the two fierce adversaries. The...
Statistics make an overwhelming case that Ecuador is in economic recession. The Central Bank has reported three consecutive quarters of negative growth, including recent numbers showing the economy contracting three percent in the first quarter of 2016. Unemployment...
According to Cedatos-Gallup, Ecuador’s largest public polling organization, President Rafael Correa’s approval rating has fallen to 33%, the lowest of his 10-year presidency. The poll also shows that 75% of population believes the country’s economy has been...
By Philipp Horn Ecuador is known for promoting the ‘Buen Vivir’, or Good Living, development policy agenda. But the government’s response to a recent earthquake brought its commitment into question. Disasters have a way of revealing the gap between what a government...
Ecuador's economy contracted by 3 percent in the first quarter of 2016 compared with the same period a year earlier, the central bank said late on Friday. This was driven by a contraction of the non-oil sector, the bank said, without providing details. GDP shrank 1.9...
President Rafael Correa is seeking a mandate from the Ecuadorean people to see that politicians and public servants who store their money in offshore tax havens are not able to hold office, the president announced in a nationwide address Thursday. Correa stated that...
A U.S. oil exploration company says that an oil field in Ecuador’s Orellana Province holds 1.6 billion barrels more than had previously been estimated. The new oil translates to about $20 billion at today’s depressed prices. The new discovery puts the country’s known...
With a penchant for bright colors and graphic patterns – and thanks to growing interest among luxury retailers and celebrities – South America’s hot crop of designers are set to embolden your wardrobe. They don't have to look far for inspiration, borrowing their...
