Ecuador’s risk premium rises above 2,000 points ahead of elections
Ecuador's risk premium surpassed 2,000 points for the first time in nearly three years, just two weeks before the extraordinary...
August 4, 2023Topic
Ecuador
Ecuador’s prison director resigns amid crisis
The director of Ecuador's National Service for Comprehensive Attention to Adults and Adolescents Deprived of Liberty (SNAI), retired Police General...
August 2, 2023
Ecuador’s Constitutional Court urges renegotiation of sections of trade agreement with Costa Rica
The Constitutional Court of Ecuador today recommended renegotiating certain parts of the Commercial Association Agreement, signed with Costa Rica on...
August 1, 2023
Ongoing unrest in Ecuador’s Esmeraldas province amid state of emergency
Esmeraldas, the capital city of the northern Ecuadorian province of the same name, was the site of unrest between law...
July 27, 2023
Ecuador’s poverty rate rises to 27% of population in first half of 2023
Ecuador experienced a rise in poverty and extreme poverty in the first half of 2023, with rates reaching 27.0% and...
July 26, 2023
Manta Mayor Agustín Intriago assassinated in violent attack, Ecuador’s quest for justice intensifies
Agustín Intriago, serving as the Mayor of Manta, a city in the province of Manabí, Ecuador, tragically lost his life...
July 24, 2023
High number of undecided voters in Ecuador’s upcoming elections
With the Ecuadorian presidential election scheduled for August 20, a recent Cedatos poll shows that 59.5% of voters are currently...
July 22, 2023
Early elections in Ecuador to be monitored by 971 observers
Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) has accredited 971 national and international observers for the upcoming early presidential and legislative elections...
July 21, 2023Ecuadorian president pleads for Schengen visa waiver at EU-CELAC summit
Ecuadorian President, Guillermo Lasso, intends to appeal for the discontinuation of the Schengen visa requirement for Ecuadorian citizens during the...
July 18, 2023