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Montevideo, November 21st 2024 - 11:41 UTC

Tag: Ecuador

  • Monday, October 28th 2024 - 21:21 UTC

    Noboa hopes Colombia will help Ecuador through the energy crisis

    “If I were a normal citizen, I would be upset with the president if there were blackouts,” Noboa admitted

    Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa asked neighboring Colombia for help getting through the electricity crisis with power cuts dating back to Sept. 23 affecting households up to 14 hours a day, it was reported Sunday. The head of state admitted his popularity was waning ahead of the Feb. 9, 2025, elections.

  • Wednesday, October 23rd 2024 - 09:45 UTC

    Citizens of Ecuador, Costa Rica, Chile, and Uruguay turn to 'iron fist' policies to fight insecurity

    The study identifies politicians, weak judicial systems, and media sensationalism as key drivers of public fear.

    A recent study conducted by the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) and the University of Santiago de Chile (USACH) reveals that citizens in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Chile, and Uruguay are increasingly open to harsh punitive measures, or mano dura, as a response to rising insecurity.

  • Monday, October 14th 2024 - 10:38 UTC

    No end in sight for Ecuador's energy crisis

    Ecuador has a 30% deficit in its electricity generation capacity

    Power shortages in Ecuador are expected to continue for the time being, Energy Minister Inés Manzano warned during the weekend in a video broadcast through social media. “Faced with this situation [of drought] we must maintain the cuts and be responsible,” argued the minister.

  • Thursday, October 10th 2024 - 09:06 UTC

    US State Dept. bans former Ecuadorean leaders from entering the country

    “Nobody in the WORLD has accepted the sentence for 'psychic influence',” Correa replied

    The US State Department announced Wednesday it was designating former Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa (2007-2017) as ineligible to enter the country. The measure also applied to former Vice President Jorge Glas (2013-2018) due to their involvement in cases of significant corruption while in public office. Both leaders reportedly “abused” their position by accepting bribes, including through political contributions, in exchange for awarding public works contracts.

  • Thursday, September 26th 2024 - 10:32 UTC

    Quito fires lead Noboa to cancel UN engagements and return to Ecuador

    At least six people were killed in the Ecuadorean capital

    Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Wednesday halted his agenda in New York and returned to his country after a suspect was arrested in connecting with arson maneuvers in Quito that have the country's capital under fire. The head of state also explained that terrorism charges would be filed against the perpetrator, who would thus face between 10 to 13 years in prison.

  • Tuesday, September 17th 2024 - 12:50 UTC

    Noboa wants foreign military bases back in Ecuador but needs Constitutional reform for that

    Noboa intends to reform Article 5 of the Ecuadorean Constitution so as to allow foreign military bases or installations in the country to fight organized crime

    Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa has submitted before the Constitutional Court (CC) a projected amendment whereby foreign military bases might be admitted in the South American country. “The present request seeks that this magistracy carries out the prior control at a first moment of the project of partial reform to the Constitution that is presented, and that, through an opinion, pronounces itself regarding the way by which it should be processed,” read the document signed by the head of state.

  • Saturday, August 31st 2024 - 08:20 UTC

    Noboa extends state of emergency and curfews in parts of Ecuador

    Through Presidential Decree 377, Noboa extended the extraordinary measures for another 30 days

    Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Friday extended for another 30 days the state of emergency in six provinces and one canton given the “serious internal commotion” due to criminal violence. Noboa's decree provided for the extension of the measure in force since July 2 in Los Rios, Guayas, Santa Elena, Manabi, and El Oro, as well as in the Amazonian province of Orellana and the canton (municipality) Camilo Ponce Enríquez, in the province of Azuay.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 21:41 UTC

    Ecuador's VP files gender violence complaint against Noboa

    Abad said Noboa was a “macho and misogynist” person

    Ecuadorean Vice President Verónica Abad filed a political gender violence complaint against President Daniel Noboa before Quito's Electoral Court (TCE). Although the case was submitted on Aug. 8, it was not reported until Tuesday. A TCE justice will now determine whether or not to admit the complaint.

  • Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 10:43 UTC

    Nationwide blackout hits Ecuador after heavy rains kill 17

    The power outages were due to “a fault in the transmission line” that caused a “cascading disconnection,” Luque explained

    Entire cities across Ecuador were left with no electricity Wednesday at around 3.30 pm just two days after Energy Minister Roberto Luque ruled out that possibility when he downplayed the importance of the cessation of activity of at least three hydroelectric power plants due to heavy rains that caused at least 17 deaths according to preliminary reports. In mid-April, a series of outages led to the dismissal of Luque's predecessor Andrea Arrobo.

  • Monday, June 3rd 2024 - 19:17 UTC

    Ecuadorian alternate lawmaker and his wife shot dead at circus function

    Through Burgos' streaming, the horror and desperation of those present went viral on social networks

    Alternate Assemblyman and social media influencer Cristhian Nieto (of the opposition Revolución Ciudadana party of former President Rafael Correa) and his wife Nicole Burgos were shot dead in the Ecuadorean port city of Manta in the province of Manabí on Sunday evening in the middle of a circus function Mrs. Nieto was broadcasting on Tik-Tok.

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