Tag: Ecuador

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:57 UTC

  New riot at Ecuadorian prison leaves at least another 12 inmates dead

  

  A new episode of Ecuador's prison crisis Sunday has resulted in the death of yet another 12 inmates following clashes at the correctional facility in the southern city of Cuenca. Last year, 316 prisoners were killed in fights between rival gangs.

• Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  Force-majeure applies to pre-war Russian diesel shipments bound for Ecuador

  

  Ecuador's oil ruling entity Petroecuador has granted force majeure exemptions to shipments of Russian diesel which were already underway when the invasion of Ukraine started and western powers replied by imposing sanctions on Vladimir Putin's government

• Tuesday, March 15th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  Ecuadorian banana producers seek declaration of emergency

  

  Ecuadorian banana producers in the coastal provinces of Guayas, Los Rios, and El Oro, have staged road blockades demanding the government to step in and purchase the surplus resulting from Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Ecuador grants amnesty to those involved in 2019 scuffles

  

  Ecuador's National Assembly Thursday passed a bill to grant amnesty to 268 people who were being prosecuted for “exercising their own right and collective rights recognized in the Constitution and international instruments” during the social uprisings in the last quarter of 2019, it was announced.

• Friday, February 4th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Ecuadorian authorities speak of “major disaster” following oil spill last week

  

  An oil spill in Ecuador in late January has been spreading over the past few days throughout the Yasuní area reaching unforeseen proportions, it was reported Wednesday.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2022 - 09:08 UTC

  Guayaquil welcomes first cruise ship of the season with 11 COVID-19 cases

  

  Passengers of the Silver Whisper cruise ship were not allowed to go ashore by themselves in Guayaquil after 11 of the 228 travelers tested positive for COVID-19, it was announced. The first cruise ship of the 2021-2022 season moored in Guayaquil Tuesday.

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Ecuador extends Galapagos reserve forming a string of protected areas along the Pacific to Central America

  

  Ecuador has created the marine reserve north of the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific helping to form a ring of protected areas, along the South American north Pacific rim that will include Colombia's Malpeso island, Panama's Coiba islands and Costa Rica Cocos islands.

• Sunday, January 9th 2022 - 08:29 UTC

  No human or wildlife damages reported after Galapagos volcano eruption

  

  Ecuador's Geophysical Institute has reported the Wolf Volcano, located on Isabela Island, the largest in the Archipelago of the Galapagos, went into eruption early Friday. The volcano, the highest of the Galapagos, is some 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the nearest human settlement.

• Friday, December 24th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Ecuador makes COVID-19 vaccination mandatory

  

  The Government of Ecuador has decided to make vaccination against COVID-19 mandatory, except for people with a medical condition that renders the shot counterproductive, it was announced Thursday.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Mexico tightens travel requirements on South American visitors

  

  Mexican migration authorities have decided over the past few days to reinstate a visa requirement for travelers from Venezuela, Ecuador, and Brazil after it was detected large numbers of those alleged tourists were seeking to go on by land and try to cross into the United States.