Tag: Quito

Thursday, August 31st 2023 - 07:15 UTC
Multiple explosions rock Quito downtown in suspected car bomb attack

A car bomb, believed to be loaded with two gas cylinders and dynamite sticks, caused multiple explosions in a commercial area of Quito on Wednesday night. The event is generating concern due to the ongoing climate of violence in Ecuador.
Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:22 UTC
Bomb threat ruled out in KLM flight arriving in Quito

Ecuadorian police Sunday ruled out a bomb threat on a KLM flight arriving in Quito from Amsterdam, it was reported.
Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 10:22 UTC
Quito Metro does not run smoothly on first day of commercial service

Ecuadoreans stood in long lines Tuesday to buy tickets for the first day of commercial services by Quito's new underground railway system, it was reported. The Quito Metro had been performing free-of-charge test rides for the past four months.
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.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 20:31 UTC
New Ecuadorian prison riot leaves 5 inmates dead

Another prison riot in Ecuador Monday evening has left at least five inmates dead and six others wounded at the Pichincha correctional facility in Quito also known as “El Inca,” where some 1,365 inmates are housed.
Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 10:08 UTC
80 arrested in Ecuadorian protests, police say

Ecuadorian police have reported that 80 people had been arrested in arrests in anti-government protests over the past few days following riots in Quito and other parts of the country where a curfew is in force and a state of emergency has been declared.
Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:58 UTC
Mexico grants political asylum to members of Ecuadorean opposition holed in its Quito embassy

Mexico granted political asylum on Thursday to four members of Ecuador's opposition holed up in its embassy in Quito since widespread social unrest in October, the foreign ministry said. The four lawmakers, including former Congress speaker Gabriela Rivadeneira, “took a commercial flight to Mexico” early Thursday, the ministry said in a statement.
Monday, October 21st 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Ecuador resumes oil exports after days of violent protests

Ecuador on Sunday said it had resumed crude oil exports curbed by violent protests that forced several wells in the Amazon to halt operations.
Tuesday, October 8th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Clashes in Ecuador as big march approaches Quito to protest rising fuel prices

Hundreds of indigenous people and farmers clashed with Ecuadoran security forces on Monday as they marched toward the capital Quito to protest against rising fuel prices.
Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 21:13 UTC
President of Uruguay criticizes Prosur for “generating another integration with ideological purpose”

Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez questioned on Thursday the Colombian-Chilean initiative to create a new integration bloc to replace the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and argued that the region has a number of integration processes that collide and they become inefficient.