Presidential election Ecuador: results of exit polls very close to a technical tie
Correa's presidential candidate, Andres Arauz, valued this Sunday the results offered by two pollsters that pointed to a technical tie...
April 11, 2021Section
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Ecuadorian government removes health minister four days before elections
The Ecuadorian Minister of Health lasted only 19 days in office. The same 19 days as his predecessor.
April 8, 2021
Dollarization in Ecuador, a straitjacket that no candidate dares to question
Ecuador has a love-hate relationship with its currency, the dollar. On the one hand, dollarization has made it possible to...
April 8, 2021
Ecuadorians will go to the polls Sunday amid apathy and distrust
residential candidates Andres Arauz and Guillermo Lasso, in their second to last day of campaigning for the runoff, will have...
April 7, 2021
Interpol operations in 13 Latin American countries seized 200,000 weapons, made 4,000 arrests and dismantled drug labs
Interpol dealt a "major blow" to arms trafficking in Latin America in an operation that led to the seizure of...
April 6, 2021
Covid-19 variant identified in Brazil spreads through South America
Some 40% of the coronavirus cases detected recently in Lima, Peru, are associated with the variant.
April 6, 2021
Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia maintain their electoral “super Sunday” despite pandemic
Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia will hold next Sunday, April 11, an atypical mega electoral day, marked by the urgency of...
April 5, 2021
Ecuador decrees state of exception in eight provinces due to COVID-19
The president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, declared a state of emergency (estado de excepción) due to public calamity due to...
April 2, 2021
Ecuador’s economy to contract by 7.8% in 2020 due to pandemic
Ecuador's economy contracted 7.8% in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic's effects, which hit hard household and government consumption, investment,...
April 1, 2021