Mining reform and Law on Sustainability and Efficiency of Spending by Decentralized Autonomous Governments faced 34 lawsuits alleging unconstitutionality; the latter is second most challenged proposal by Noboa after the repealed Public Integrity Law

HBO Max has announced a renewed focus on film in Ecuador, aiming to reduce the time between cinema releases and their digital availability; The most anticipated premiere is the new version of ‘Wuthering Heights’ available from Friday 1st May

A genetic analysis revealed that over 47% of corvina samples collected from a number of markets trace like shark meat; the molecular technology thus confirms that shark meat is being sold as corvina in Ecuador

Since November 2025 the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued two precautionary measures concerning Ecuador: one addressing the alleged forced disappearance of 26 individuals and another related to a growing health crisis in the prison system

Trade unions in Ecuador have called a national strike against a government labour decree allowing the 40-hour workweek to be reorganised into shifts of up to 12 hours a day, arguing it undermines workers’ rights