Ecuador

Businessman kidnapped for 60 days on Colombian border freed in Ecuador

Ecuadorian authorities informed this Friday of the release of a businessman kidnapped for 60 days in a jungle area bordering...

August 13, 2021

Ecuador prepares emergency protocol should Fusarium TR4 fungus reach the country

The Emergency Operations Committee (COE), in charge of addressing this type of risk, reported that a working team comprised of...

August 11, 2021

Demonstrations in Ecuador for and against Quito Mayor after water incident

The incident occurred in the City Hall, when Yunda was delivering a speech about the country's "First Cry of Independence"...

August 11, 2021

Ecuador and Russia analyze setting up plant to produce Sputnik vaccine

The governments of Ecuador and Russia have established a joint road map to combat the covid-19 pandemic, including the possibility...

August 5, 2021

Ecuador implements largest tariff reform in 12 years

- Ecuador hopes to boost productivity with the recent decision to reduce tariffs in several sectors, in a reform adopted...

August 3, 2021

IMF mission begins annual review of Ecuador’s economy and debt

A mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) started this Monday the annual review of Ecuador's economic situation, as well...

August 2, 2021

Pollution and climate change threaten fish in Ecuador’s Amazon region

Pollution and climate change, among other factors, threaten the wide variety of fish that inhabit Ecuador's rivers, especially in the...

July 31, 2021

Quito’s colonial quarter, Ecuador’s living museum witness to a thousand stories

"Quito is a great open-air display of the history of art and universal architecture," says Fabian Amores, general director of...

July 29, 2021

Ecuadorian Javier Andrade’s “The Invisible” selected for Toronto Film Festival

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July 29, 2021