Starting Monday, August 31st, drivers seeking new or renewed licenses are expected to choose an agency and attend on the weekday tied to the last digit of their cédula. Ecuador’s Agencia Nacional de Tránsito is changing the way drivers obtain and renew licenses beginning Monday, August 31st. Instead of reserving a specific date and time […]

The official Fiscalía bulletin reports that nine people and six companies were convicted, with about $61.5 million in joint restitution ordered. Guayaquil Mayor Aquiles Álvarez was sentenced to six years and eight months in prison on August 29th after a specialized criminal tribunal found him responsible as a direct perpetrator of illegal commercialization of hydrocarbons […]

The 80-vote majority report cites roughly $150 million in economic harm but assigns no political responsibility to former energy ministers; the separate criminal investigation remains active. Ecuador’s National Assembly approved an oversight report on the failed Progen and Austral Technical Management emergency power contracts on August 30th, adding a political finding to a criminal investigation […]

The reform cuts credit-data retention from six years to four and ordinary report windows from three years to two, while allowing new payment sources to be added gradually. Ecuador has rewritten the rules governing the credit information used by banks and other lenders, opening the door for payment of electricity, water, telecommunications and taxes to […]

The national declaration moves Ecuador from preparation to active response planning, while Cuenca’s immediate risks remain drought, wildfire and pressure on highland water sources. Ecuador declared El Niño present on August 29th and placed all 24 provinces under a red alert, moving the country from preparation for a possible event to response planning for an […]

Cuenca residents should watch the September 1st-to-3rd start dates, extraordinary enrollment window and the new $482 spending cap for private and fiscomisional schools. More than 1.7 million students are beginning the 2026-2027 school year across the Sierra and Amazonía, with public-school students returning in stages from September 1st through September 3rd and some private schools […]