America Ecuador The country, along with Peru, decided to destroy 63 bridges in their shared border, as a solution to solve daily terrestrial migration
America Ecuador 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
America Ecuador The state has officially begun the process to provide legal documentation for over 300.000 Venezuelans seeking refuge in the country
America Ecuador The Sangay Volcano has erupted over 180 times in just 10 hours, causing a state of alert and several displacements in its surroundings
America Ecuador Due to the country’s medicinal shortage, a new programme has been implemented in which citizens can get their medications from authorised private pharmacies instead of the currently heavily trafficked public hospitals
America Ecuador The town of Zaruma is suffering from the creation of enormous sinkholes caused by 1000 years of gold mining, still often ‘artisanal’
America Ecuador Cacao growers will begin using drones to face labor shortage: drones will be used to spray pest and supply fertilisers
America Ecuador After almost a month of protests and the declaration of a state of emergency, a peace agreement was signed between the government and the delegation of indigenous associations, granting indigenous communities their territories back
America Ecuador The government decided to intensify price controls in the midst of the protests that are taking place in the country: governors will have to carry out operations and price control mechanisms to prevent speculation
America Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency in three provinces in response to the violent protests by Indigenous people demanding cuts in fuel prices
America Ecuador To fight illegal fishing in the Galapagos, the country has established Canadian satellites and sensing technologies to push back against the industrial-scale theft of marine resources
America Ecuador The Agriculture and Livestock Ministry has established an emergency plan for small banana producers to battle ongoing inflation, which consists in giving them a temporary subsidiary to restructure their debts
America Ecuador To boost shrimp productivity, the country has implemented new strategies to breed their shrimp in a way to make them resist disease and have the ability to thrive despite environmental challenges