Tag: Ecuador

• Wednesday, February 1st 2023 - 09:54 UTC

  Presidents Petro and Lasso deepen Ecuador-Colombia cooperation

  

  Presidents Guillermo Lasso of Ecuador and Gustavo Petro of Colombia Tuesday launched the XI Binational Cabinet between the two countries to jointly develop “a work agenda to strengthen relations between the two nations,” according to a statement from Quito.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2023 - 08:51 UTC

  Ecuador: Anticorruption secretary resigns amid growing scandal

  

  Luis Verdesoto Monday turned in his resignation as Secretary of Anticorruption Public Policy amid growing allegations of corruption in Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso's entourage.

• Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 09:44 UTC

  Pope welcomes Ecuadorian President, calls for no more deaths in Peru

  

  The Argentine-born Pope Francis welcomed Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso at the Vatican during the weekend to discuss indigenous issues and other matters concerning South America. Last week, the Catholic leader also held a meeting with Paraguay's Mario Abdo Benítez.

• Thursday, January 12th 2023 - 11:20 UTC

  First human patient with avian flu reported in Ecuador

  

  Ecuadorian health authorities have confirmed the first case of avian influenza in a human patient. The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) announced it was a 9-year-old girl who had been in contact with infected birds in the province of Bolivar.

• Saturday, January 7th 2023 - 06:57 UTC

  Ecuador expects to ink a wide ranging free trade agreement with China

  

  Ecuador has reached a free trade agreement with China which is expected to increase the country's exports by a billion US dollars as well as boost the growth in the industrial sector, it was announced.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 23:02 UTC

  Not bananas: shrimp now Ecuador's second-most-exported product

  

  After a steady growth since 2018, shrimp has taken over as Ecuador's second-most exported item behind oil, thus toppling bananas from a notch they had held for quite a while, it was reported in Quito.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 10:22 UTC

  Cotopaxi volcano fumes have Ecuador under alert

  

  Ecuadorian authorities have been placed on alert after a 1,500-meter column of steam, gas, and ash emanated Sunday from the Cotopaxi volcano, it was reported.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Quito opens first subway line in a peculiar way

  

  Ecuadorian authorities Wednesday celebrated the opening of Quito's first subway line, which will for now not be operational. In other words, trains will not be running until a later date, but the stations are open for people to get used to the new system. “Static induction,” they call it.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 09:14 UTC

  Biden, Lasso discuss deepening bilateral ties between US and Ecuador

  

  US President Joseph Biden Monday told his Ecuadorian colleague Guillermo Lasso at the White House that his country was interested in strengthening ties with one of its staunchest South American allies.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:06 UTC

  Peru and Ecuador declare bird flu health emergency; 10,000 pelicans dead, 180,000 chickens to be slaughtered

  

  Peru and Ecuador last week declared three-month health emergencies because of outbreaks of bird flu after a wave of cases led to tens of millions of poultry being slaughtered in Europe and the United States.