America Ecuador Both day and night power outages are occurring amid the worst drought in 60 years, with the Ministry of Energy announcing that scheduled nighttime blackouts have extended into daylight hours due to severe weather conditions
America Ecuador María Daniela Icaza, the director of Ecuador's largest prison, was shot and killed by hitmen while traveling near Guayaquil, marking the second prison director assassination in less than two weeks
America Ecuador Ecuador is receiving support from Colombia and Peru to combat its largest forest fire in a decade, which has destroyed over 6.000 hectares and killed more than 20.000 animals
America Ecuador An 8 month amnesty for Venezuelan migrants in irregular status has been announced by Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, offering a special visa to aid their regularization, with the process allowing document renewals and free from penalties
America Ecuador A nighttime curfew has been set, restricting movement between 10:00 PM and 5:00 AM in over 20 sectors across four provinces, to address rising insecurity
America Ecuador Ecuador celebrated its gold medal at Paris 2024 as Daniel Pintado won the 20km race walk, becoming the second Ecuadorian to win gold in this event after Jefferson Pérez in 1996
America Ecuador The Ecuadorian environmental group Ecoagents has urged China to stop dumping plastic waste near the Galapagos Islands, blaming Chinese fishing vessels for a significant portion of the 160 tons of plastic collected annually along the islands' coasts
America Ecuador The Sangay volcano in central Ecuador has resumed intense activity, spewing ash that has affected four cities and produced up to 15 explosions per minute for 19 hours
America Ecuador An Ecuadorian court recognised the legal rights of a river in the country, the Machángara, ruling that the municipality of Quito violated them by allowing it to be heavily polluted and must clean it up
America Ecuador Ecuadorean police have rescued 49 people kidnapped by the Los Lobos gang in Azuay province, arresting two suspects and seizing dynamite, weapons, and ammunition during an elaborate joint raid in a mining area
America Ecuador A nation-wide trial in Ecuador against 5 individuals accused of murdering presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio just began; Villavicencio, a journalist and former legislator known for exposing corruption, was shot after a rally in August 2023
America Ecuador Social organizations in Ecuador protested against the elimination of fuel subsidies, with participants marching while criticizing President Daniel Noboa, as the government prepares to increase gasoline prices and phase out the US$644 million subsidy
America Ecuador Fight against organized crime has recently been intensified, with soldiers deployed to patrol streets, some limitations on personal freedoms, and efforts to eliminate corruption