Ecuador freezes fuel prices, after struggle with social movements
President of Ecuador is freezing fuel prices and enforcing official prices of basic food after social movements over tax and...
October 23, 2021Section
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Ecuador’s mining export revenue grew 134% in first eight months of 2021
Ecuadorian mining exports in the first eight months of 2021 reached US$961.1 million, reflecting an increase of 134%
October 22, 2021
Ecuador’s murder rate has doubled in the last six years
In 2016, homicide rate in Ecuador was 5.81 per 100,000 inhabitants and up to October 2021 it rose to 10.62,...
October 20, 2021
Ecuador reaches its highest drug seizure record in a decade
With two months to go before the end of 2021, Ecuadorian authorities have seized more drugs than in the last...
October 20, 2021
Military operations in 13 provinces of Ecuador in first day of state of emergency
Ecuador's Armed Forces carried out control operations in a dozen provinces of the country on the first day of the...
October 20, 2021
Blinken highlights democracy, vaccination and fight against corruption in Ecuador
U.S. Secretary of State highlights the defense of democracy, anti-virus vaccination campaign and fight against corruption in Ecuador
October 19, 2021
Ecuador decrees State of Exception to combat drug trafficking
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso on Monday declared a state of exception throughout the country in the face of rising..
October 19, 2021
Farmers and teachers in Ecuador take to the streets again to protest price hikes
'National Day of Unitary Struggle', the farmers and teachers' unions mobilization in Ecuador to protest against price increases
October 18, 2021
Ecuador ranks 94th (out of 139 world countries) in the ranking on corruption – study
Global Rule of Law Index 2021 places Ecuador in 94th place, out of 139 countries evaluated, in the ranking of...
October 16, 2021