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Saying that a relaxation of some labor laws is necessary to keep Ecuadorians employed, President Rafael Correa says he will send a package of changes to the National Assembly within two weeks. Among the changes is one that would allow employers to the reduce work...
President Rafael Correa has replaced Ecuador's military high command in a case involving a real estate deal being investigated by the the country’s attorney general. Among those replaced on Friday was the head of the joint chiefs, Gen. Luis Garzon. Before the firings,...
Hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorians are traveling today to Carnival holiday destinations, many of them to the coast. The ministries of tourism and transportation say the highways are in good condition for the long weekend that begins today and runs through next...
JetBlue's first flight between Quito and Fort Lauderdale The first JetBlue aircraft landed Friday at Quito’s Mariscal Sucre International Airport in the airline’s first test run for service between Quito and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, schedule to begin Feb. 25. The...
As strong waves and higher than normal tides continue to batter Ecuador’s coastline, municipal governments are scrambling to figure out how to keep homes and business from falling into the ocean. “They need to do something quick or these houses will be gone,” said...
Ecuador President Rafael Correa says that a lack of consensus is hurting the effectiveness of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). He made his comments Wednesday at the opening session of the fourth CELAC summit in Quito, where the...
Almost all weather models agree that the coming El Niño will one of the strongest on record, and could be the strongest since statistics have been kept. According to Rodney Martinez, director of the International Center for Research on El Niño (CIIFEN), it is...
In preparation of a possible eruption of the Cotopaxi volcano, officials are conducting a review of public utilities, particularly electric transmission lines. Ecuador’s security ministry says that there will be disruptions in the case of a major eruption and that...
President Rafael Correa is accusing major European newspapers of spreading lies about his government’s handling of recent indigenous protests and says many of the articles were written by reporters who were not in Ecuador to personally witness the protests. Correa’s...
The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an attempt by oil giant Chevron to block Ecuadorian villagers from using an Ontario court to collect billions in damages for environmental contamination. The 7-0 ruling allows the case to proceed in Canada, but it makes no...
They range from a conservative coalition of business and agricultural interests to leftist indigenous groups and labor unions who wave the communist flag. They would never come together to support a common candidate in a general election but they do agree on one...
According to scientists and local government officials, one of the most severe impacts of the El Niño that could begin affecting Ecuador within weeks is beach erosion. “This could be very, very bad, it could be catastrophic,” said Gustavo Mora of the University of San...
A large explosion sent clouds of ash and gas more than four kilometers into the sky on Wednesday, signaling an intensification of activity at the Cotopaxi volcano. In previous emissions, the clouds at reached a maximum height of two kilometers. Ash from Wednesday's...
Ecuador is looking for a little help from its friends. Representatives of the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs are meeting with foreign ambassadors to solicit assistance in case of natural disasters, particularly a possible eruption of the Cotopaxi volcano and an...
A new set of leaked documents from the Ecuadorian embassy in London show that diplomatic officials there have brainstormed methods they could help Assange escape from the embassy—where he’s had asylum for more than three years—without being arrested by the British...
Sweden hopes to reach a judicial cooperation deal with Ecuador by year's end that would pave the way for Swedish prosecutors to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over a rape allegation, officials say. "We hope to have an agreement soon ... we hope to have it...
In the last 12 months, the Colombian peso has declined almost 50% against the U.S. dollar, Ecuador’s official currency. In the same period, the Peruvian sol has lost more than 20% of its value to the dollar. The bottom line? Business is booming on Ecuador’s Colombian...
Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute said that a small lahar was spotted late Satruday on the Cotopaxi volcano. A lahar is melting ice that flows down the flank of the volcano and is what authorities fear most in case of an eruption. The institute said that the lahar...
Ecuador says it’s tired of waiting for the United States to follow through on promises to extradite fugitives and, in some cases, those already convicted of crimes. Attorney General Galo Chiriboga says that U.S. authorities have agreed to return a number of...
Just as government officials are quickening the pace of preparations for a possible eruption of Cotopaxi, they have a second volcano to worry about. Tungurahua, east of Ambato, which has been in an eruptive stage since 1999, recorded several explosions on Thursday,...
