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Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño will take a leave of absence from his official duties to help strengthen President Rafael Correa’s “Citizen’s Revolution,” Correa said on Friday. South American satellite television network Telesur reported that Correa had...
Swedish prosecutors said Thursday that they were still waiting for Ecuador's permission to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London, as the statute of limitations nears for some of his alleged crimes. The Australian denies the 2010 allegations by two...
A new study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ranks Ecuador number one among the top 30 government Twitter accounts. President Rafael Correa’s @presidencia_Ec edges out the UK’s @Number10gov and the U.S.’s @WhiteHouse for top honors....
A bill introduced Thursday in Ecuador's National Assembly will change the way Ecuador handles immigration issues, providing special protection for citizens living outside the country as well as for immigrants from other countries coming into Ecuador. The legislation's...
Ecuadorian manufacturers of electric induction stoves, including Mabe, Indurama, and Fibroacero, are angry about a government announcement that imported Chinese stoves and ovens will be allowed into the domestic market. Last week, the government announced that the...
A newly formed Emergency Operations Committee is studying the effects of an eruption of the Cotopaxi volcano on the city of Quito and ways to deal with its aftermath. On Tuesday, the committee heard several scenarios of what could happen to Quito and the surrounding...
A homemade bomb exploded late Monday night at the Guayaquil headquarters of Ecuador’s Alianza Pais political party, according to police reports. Alianza Pais is the party of President Rafael Correa and is the majority party in the country's National Assembly. The...
Ecuador’s Secretariat of Risk Management (SGR) says chances that an El Niño will affect the country later this year and in early 2016 stand at 90% and that preparations for bad weather should be put in place as soon as possible. During a meeting with officials from...
By Sara Wyant With new policies designed to improve agricultural productivity, Latin America and the Caribbean region can help feed a global population of nine billion people in 2050, according to a new report released today by the Global Harvest Initiative (GHI) and...
In its annual report on human rights, the United States State Department found violations in all five Andean nations, including Ecuador, saying the worst were in Venezuela. In Venezuela, the U.S. claims that the government “selectively” intimidates political opponents...
Leaders of President Rafael Correa’s Alianza Pais party on Thursday called for an “open, unrestricted and unconditional” national discussion of Correa’s proposals for inheritance and capital gains tax increases. The call was made by Pichincha Province Prefect Gustavo...
With one of the country’s highest crime rate, residents of Guayaquil are rarely shocked by a crime. They were shocked by one that occurred early last Sunday morning. A young female model was attacked by a group of women near a popular discotec, stripped, beaten and...
Taxi driver associations from Latin America and Europe teamed up Monday in their campaigns against Uber and Cabify, following sometimes violent protests over the ride-booking apps. Daniel Medina, of the Organized Taxi Drivers of Mexico City, announced an...
A cartoon in a Methodist church magazine last year, captioned “What Would Jesus Do,” shows Christ standing next to man taking a picture of the pair, holding a cell phone on a selfie stick. You don’t need a cartoon showing Pope Francis posing for a selfie. Hundreds...
Pope Francis received a warm but windy welcome Sunday in Quito in his first stop on a three-nation South American tour. Francis, who is from Argentina, is the first Latin American pope. In an exchange of speeches on the Quito airport tarmac, President Rafael Correa...
Ecuador posted a better than expected three percent economic growth rate for the first quarter of 2015. The government had predicted growth of 2.3% while independent economists had predicted 1.8%. The growth came despite losses of oil revenue due to the worldwide...
Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute reports that activity at the Cotopaxi and Tungurahua volcanoes continues at the “moderate” level. On Friday, an ash plume rose to a height of 3,000 meters above the Tungurahua crater as Cotopaxi, 50 miles to the north, continued to emit...
By Paola Lopez Thirty years ago, Gustavo Negrete took his wooden cross and joined other indigenous Ecuadorans to greet Pope John Paul II. But he has no interest in seeing Pope Francis on Sunday. Like a growing number of indigenous people in Latin America, Negrete has...
By William Neuman Protesters calling for the ouster of President Rafael Correa have filled the streets of Ecuador’s largest cities in recent weeks in some of the largest anti-government demonstrations here in years, creating tensions on the eve of a visit by Pope...
By Pedro Servin and Peter Prengaman Pigs rummage through garbage searching for leftovers. The people live in shacks made of plywood and corrugated metal. Any semblance of stability in the sprawling slum of 15,000 families is upended when heavy rains burst the banks of...
