America Ecuador The National Assembly has approved motions that will grant access to land for rural communities, provide indigenous people rights of ancestral possessions of land and territories, and ensure recognition of decisions made by the communities’ authorities
America Ecuador The state has signed the Commitment to the Elimination of Malaria, establishing an official plan to eliminate the disease, a public health problem that affects the poorest and most vulnerable groups in the country
America Ecuador For the easter holidays, the government has deducted the VAT tax by 4% for all tourist activities, as a way to incentivise local tourism
America Ecuador Contrary to the world’s several financial markets, Ecuador’s economy has seemingly seen its interest rates decrease instead of increasing, this is due to the low demand from national consumers
America Ecuador The series of earthquake that struck the Esmeralda area, resulting in hundreds of people displaced and the temporary closing of myriads of local businesses, also ring a bell about the increase of seismic and volcanic activity in the Ring of Fire
America Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso vowed that he will veto a bill that Congress is debating to regulate abortion in cases of rape, and established his position as a person who ‘believes in the defence of life from conception to natural death’
America Ecuador The company ‘AYA Natural and Medical Products’ has officially begun its production of cannabis-based products, being the first ever Ecuadorian company focused on medicinal cannabis
America Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso signed an executive decree that grants certain prisoners early freedom in order to avoid overcrowding in state prisons
America Ecuador National authorities arrested the Interpol’s ‘most wanted’ criminal, Juan Hernando Hurtado, alias ‘El Paisa’, a top illicit armed group leader
America Ecuador Indigenous protests took place due to the recent oil spills that occurred in the Amazon, affecting over 60.000 people
America Ecuador This month the massive expansion of the Galapagos Marine Reserve will officially begin, as proposed by President Lasso during the UN’s climate conference last November: over 37.000 square km will be added to the protected area
America Ecuador The state suspended activities on its coasts due to the recent eruption of the Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the Tonga islands, causing a state of alert in case of possible tidal impacts and strong currents
America Ecuador Thousands of citizens protested against the newly passed legislations by president Guillermo Lasso, such as the privatisation of public enterprises, the increase of gas prices, and employee termination procedures