Tag: Ecuador

• Thursday, September 3rd 2026 - 08:11 UTC

  Lenín Moreno and a former Chinese ambassador convicted over bribes at Ecuador's largest dam

  

  A court of Ecuador's National Court of Justice on Friday sentenced former president Lenín Moreno to five years in prison for bribery, in the case over kickbacks linked to the construction and financing of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant. The same sentence was handed to China's former ambassador in Quito, Cai Runguo, and to former representatives of the Chinese state builder Sinohydro, Yang Huiju and Song Dongsheng.

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• Friday, August 7th 2026 - 10:43 UTC

  Milei promotes a summit of right-wing presidents outside existing regional bodies

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei is working to convene a summit of right-wing leaders from across the Americas outside existing multilateral organizations, though no date has been set. The initiative comes amid a series of trips that took him this week to Ecuador and Colombia.

• Saturday, July 11th 2026 - 07:00 UTC

  Four held in Ecuador over migrant-smuggling network to the United States

  

  Ecuador's police arrested four people, including a serving officer and a former immigration-control official, accused of belonging to an alleged network dedicated to smuggling migrants to the United States, the institution said. The arrests were made in simultaneous operations in the provinces of Pichincha, Tungurahua, Carchi and Santa Elena.

• Friday, May 29th 2026 - 06:42 UTC

  Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru sign joint agreement to combat transnational crime

  

  The governments of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru on Thursday signed in Santiago a joint cooperation agreement against transnational organized crime, in a meeting convened by the Chilean government of President José Antonio Kast and attended by five foreign ministers, four security ministers, and one interior minister. The so-called Santiago Regional Compact articulates five areas of cooperation and will be presented before the 56th General Assembly of the Organization of American States to extend the initiative to the rest of the continent.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2026 - 22:45 UTC

  Petro accuses Ecuador of bombing Colombian territory, deepening rift with Noboa

  

  The crisis between Colombia and Ecuador escalated sharply on Tuesday after Colombian President Gustavo Petro said his country was being bombed from Ecuadorian territory, while his counterpart Daniel Noboa rejected the allegation and insisted military operations were taking place only on Ecuador’s side of the border.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2026 - 11:44 UTC

  Rafael Correa in Uruguay: controversy over visit by convicted Ecuadorean ex-president

  

  Former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa is in Uruguay, according to Uruguayan government sources cited by Montevideo daily El País. His presence prompted criticism from the opposition, while the government said that, for now, no formal meetings with executive branch authorities were planned.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2026 - 03:00 UTC

  Noboa imposes curfew in four provinces of Ecuador deploys 75,000 personnel in new anti-crime offensive

  

  Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa has launched a new security offensive with a nightly curfew in four violence-hit provinces and the deployment of 75,000 soldiers and police officers. The restriction runs from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. in Guayas, El Oro, Los Ríos and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, began on Sunday night and is expected to remain in force for two weeks. In the first hours of the operation, authorities reported 253 arrests for violating the measure.

• Saturday, March 7th 2026 - 01:24 UTC

  Ecuador and U.S. Forces Destroy FARC Dissident Training Camp in Amazon Region

  

  Ecuadorian and U.S. military forces bombed and destroyed a training camp belonging to the Comandos de la Frontera, a dissident faction of Colombia's former FARC guerrilla organization, in the Amazon border province of Sucumbíos on Tuesday, both governments confirmed Friday.

• Monday, March 2nd 2026 - 02:27 UTC

  Ecuador’s rainy season: 21,089 affected as regional emergency remains in force across eight provinces

  

  Ecuador’s rainy season has left 21,089 people affected since January 1, 2026, with three deaths and 14 injured, according to the latest assessment by the National Secretariat for Risk Management (SNGR).

• Wednesday, February 11th 2026 - 02:37 UTC

  Ecuador military accused of restricting press access; HRW condemn

  

  Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday warned of an “attack on freedom of expression and information” after the disclosure of alleged parameters issued by Ecuador’s armed forces to restrict coverage by media outlets deemed critical, EFE reported.