Cuenca and two other cantons will test emergency responses as officials prepare for potentially damaging weather. A province-wide test before the real emergency Emergency agencies in Azuay will conduct a major disaster simulation Tuesday, September 22nd, designed to test how well the province can respond to flooding, landslides and other emergencies associated with the developing […]

New forecasts point to heavier rainfall in parts of the Coast and Amazon, with more variable conditions across the Andes. The ocean signal is getting stronger El Niño conditions have strengthened in the Pacific Ocean, and Ecuadorian scientists say the atmosphere over the country is beginning to respond more clearly to the warmer water. The […]

Income tax and VAT collections are rising sharply, giving the government billions more to finance its growing obligations. Tax collections surge Ecuador’s tax authority collected $16.685 billion between January and August 2026, an increase of $2.371 billion compared with the same eight months last year. That represents growth of 16.6%, substantially outpacing the country’s overall […]

Payments to Social Security have increased sharply, although disputed debts and pension pressures remain unresolved. Nearly twice as much money going to IESS Ecuador’s government says it will have transferred $8.917 billion to the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute between the beginning of 2024 and the end of this year, almost twice the amount transferred during […]

The latest nationwide outage adds to a year of disruptions, changing procedures and frustration for Ecuadorian drivers. Another shutdown at the ANT Ecuador’s troubled driver’s-license system suffered another disruption last week when the National Transit Agency suspended service at all of its offices nationwide after its computer systems failed. The outage began Thursday afternoon, September […]