Ninety-six percent of Venezuelan migrants see Ecuador as a destination
The vast majority of Venezuelan migrants arriving in Ecuador have this Andean country as their final destination, according to the...
May 21, 2021Topic
Ecuador
Colombia reopens borders with Panama, Ecuador, Peru and Brazil
The measure excludes the border with Venezuela, which will remain closed. Bilateral diplomatic relations have been suspended since 2019 by...
May 20, 2021
Guillermo Lasso receives credentials as Constitutional President of Ecuador
The National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador delivered this Wednesday the credential of Constitutional President of the Republic to conservative...
May 19, 2021
Brazil’s Covid-19 strain detected in 16 Latin American countries
Scientists are still unsure if the virus strain is more aggressive, but it is indirectly leading to more deaths due...
May 17, 2021
An indigenous movement wins the presidency of Ecuador’s parliament
Guadalupe Llori, of the indigenous movement Pachakutik, won this Saturday the National Assembly (parliament) presidency after obtaining the support of...
May 16, 2021
Four countries in the Americas have defaulted during the coronavirus pandemic
Sovereign bond defaults have grown at a dizzying pace in Latin America since the beginning of the pandemic. First it...
May 15, 2021
Lenín Moreno repeals controversial decree to grant pardons in Ecuador
Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno repealed this Friday his controversial executive decree 1313, which reformed the regulations for granting pardons persons...
May 14, 2021
Former president Mahuad believes that Ecuador’s dollarization was a “historic success”
Former Ecuadorian president Jamil Mahuad (1998-2000) evoked this Thursday the late Maradona when defending his decision to dollarize Ecuador, a...
May 14, 2021
Soy and copper surge boosts South America, but bonanza unlikely to repeat super boom of 2000s
Brazil, Argentina, Peru and Chile emerge as the great beneficiaries of the rise in mineral and food prices to mitigate...
May 12, 2021