As part of the country’s plan to regularise prison information and possibly release inmates to ease prison population, the government just conducted the first penitentiary census in its history

To enhance international supply chain security and trade facilitation, a Mutual Recognition for such operations of Panama and Ecuador was signed, promoting adherence to safety requirements and monitoring of supply chain processes for certified operators

Ecuador has scheduled power cuts due to a severe drought affecting hydroelectric plants, with daily outages of four hours in some regions and three hours on the coast, aiming to last until mid-December

Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso met with the UN's Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Director to request assistance in tackling the nation's security crisis, emphasising a "zero tolerance" policy against narcotics and violence