Lawmakers back regulation in principle while pressing for changes to safeguards, oversight and access. Ecuador’s National Assembly has taken its first formal step toward regulating euthanasia, opening debate on a bill designed to set the legal, medical and...
Bogotá says it can restore electricity sales, but Quito must decide whether to reopen the door. Colombia says it is prepared to resume electricity exports to Ecuador, offering a potential buffer as Ecuador’s power system shows fresh signs of stress from lower...
An accelerated local voting calendar is forcing alliances, primaries and survival strategies into overdrive. Ecuador’s political organizations are being forced into a rapid reorganization after the National Electoral Council moved the country’s 2027 local elections up...
The revived route is expected to strengthen tourism, business travel, and family ties between the two countries. Aeromexico has returned to Quito, restoring a direct air link to Mexico City that airport officials and travelers say had been sorely missed for nearly two years. The airline resumed operations on March 24th, 2026, with four weekly […]
Electoral council says weather risk, not politics, drove the decision to move voting day forward. Diana Atamaint, president of Ecuador’s National Electoral Council, is defending the controversial decision to move up the voting date for the country’s next local elections, insisting the change is grounded in technical reports and legal authority rather than political convenience. […]
Ministers describe dialogue differently as tariffs, border controls and energy measures deepen the standoff. After two months of escalating trade retaliation, Ecuador and Colombia are still publicly at odds over both the substance and direction of talks meant to ease tensions between the neighboring countries. Although officials from both sides met again this week, their […]
Government says seasonal pressures are being managed even as key plants generate below expectations. Ecuador’s power system is facing renewed strain as falling water levels at the Mazar reservoir and reduced output from the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant expose the country’s continued vulnerability to drought, even as officials insist there is no risk of […]
This week’s seven stories read less like a neat package of daily news and more like a national personality test. Ecuador, once again, appears to be trying to run a modern country with one eye on the weather, one eye on politics, one eye on the power grid, and no eyes left over for the […]