Ninth Failed Power Tender Pushes Ecuador Toward October Blackout Risk
Ecuador’s electricity deficit problem worsened on Monday, May 4, 2026 when the Corporación Eléctrica del Ecuador (Celec) declared its 77…
May 6, 2026Section
Ecuador
Quito Buses Cut Hours as Diesel Crisis Tests Noboa’s Subsidy Removal
A Quito bus strike paralyzed Ecuador’s capital on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 when urban transport operators reduced service hours from…
May 6, 2026
Ecuador to Cut Colombia Tariff From 100% to 75% After Four Days
The Ecuador Colombia tariff dispute eased on Monday, May 4, 2026, when Ecuador’s presidency announced that the so-called “security tariff”…
May 6, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Wednesday, May 6, 2026
US Treasury Authorises Venezuela Restructuring Advisors — Sovereign 2027 Bonds Rally 5.41% to 55.53¢, Nine-Year High — PDVSA 2037s +4.10%…
May 6, 2026
Ecuador Returns to Global Debt Markets With Second 2026 Bond Issue on Brent Rally
Ecuador’s Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas announced on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, a second sovereign-bond operation in the international markets,…
May 5, 2026
Ecuador Cuts Tariffs on Colombian Imports From 100% to 75% Three Days Into 100% Rate
Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Monday, May 4, 2026, cut the country’s security-tariff on Colombian imports from 100 percent to…
May 5, 2026
Ecuador’s Pacific Fishermen Say They Were Bombed by Drones and Detained by U.S. Vessel “Spear”
Three Ecuadorian artisanal fishing boats, the Fiorella, the Don Maca, and the Negra Francisca Duarte II, were bombed and sunk…
May 5, 2026
Latin American Pulse for Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Today’s Latin American Pulse: Sinaloa Governor Rubén Rocha Moya Steps Aside as Yeraldine Bonilla Becomes State’s First Female Governor —…
May 5, 2026
Ecuador Activates Night Curfew in Nine Provinces Through May 18
Key Points —The Ecuador curfew began at 23:00 on Sunday, May 3 and will run nightly until May 18 across…
May 4, 2026