Tag: Ecuador

• Friday, February 10th 2023 - 09:42 UTC

  Ecuador's President reshuffles cabinet after referendum defeat

  

  Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso Thursday reshuffled his cabinet after losing last Sunday's referendum and local elections to the left. The conservative head of state brought on some fresh air to his administration by changing the government minister and two of his most loyal advisors, in addition to making new appointments where the opposition prevailed.

• Tuesday, February 7th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  Ecuador's referendum a major setback for President Lasso

  

  Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso Monday admitted defeat in Sunday's referendum through which he intended to garner enough consensus for the remainder of his term after 18 months in office. Citizens were asked, among other issues, to decide whether national offenders could be extradited abroad to face drug-trafficking charges. Lasso favored the idea, a slim majority did not with 47% of the votes counted.

• Monday, February 6th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  Ecuador's referendum goes on uneventfully

  

  Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced Sunday that turnout for the national referendum called by President Guillermo Lasso seeking endorsement after 18 months in office had reached 80.74 %. Ecuadorians were also voting to elect the members of the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS), in addition to municipal authorities.

• 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.