by Rebeca Mendoza | Jul 20, 2026 | Volume 10, Issue 37
Warnings of crop losses, disrupted transport and absent reserves revive memories of the devastating 1997 disaster. Ecuador is entering the early stages of a potentially powerful El Niño with little of the public food-storage capacity that helped the country respond to...
by Rebeca Mendoza | Jul 20, 2026 | Volume 10, Issue 37
New research finds financial activity rises before provincial sales, challenging assumptions about what drives growth. The expansion of bank deposits and lending appears to be helping propel Ecuador’s economy rather than merely reflecting an improvement that has...
by Rebeca Mendoza | Jul 20, 2026 | Volume 10, Issue 37
Full reservoirs offer temporary security while aging plants and delayed contracts leave little margin for error. Ecuador enters the final months before its annual dry season with reservoirs full, electricity production comfortably meeting present demand and government...
by Rebeca Mendoza | Jul 20, 2026 | Volume 10, Issue 37
New digital registry would track every vehicle while tighter controls target delays, fraud and corruption. Ecuador’s National Transit Agency is preparing to re-register the country’s entire vehicle fleet as part of a broad effort to replace fragmented databases,...
by Rebeca Mendoza | Jul 20, 2026 | Volume 10, Issue 37
Past cases show how asylum claims, federal prosecutions and evidentiary disputes can block a suspect’s return. Ecuador has formally asked the United States to extradite Xavier Jordán, one of the principal defendants in the Metástasis organized-crime case, but...
