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Volume 10, Issue 35
July 5, 2026
By law, renting in Ecuador does not require a deposit and leases can be verbal
Current rules give tenants stability while outlining repairs, deposits and eviction procedures for landlords.
Ecuador prepares for heavy farm losses as El Niño threat builds
Farm losses could reach two million hectares as officials prepare insurance and recovery measures.
Study finds coastal femicides increasingly tied to Ecuador’s criminal violence
Study links coastal killings to criminal systems, firearms and changing patterns of violence against women.
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Prosecutors say $1 million contract linked Los Lobos boss to Villavicencio assassination
New accusation places alias Pipo at the center of the alleged chain between planners and gunmen.
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Wiretaps expose alleged Manabí transit bribery network led by Jipijapa mayor
Coded calls and altered records exposed a transit bribery network prosecutors say stretched across Manabí.
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Ecuador enters global torture index as prison crisis and militarized policing draw scrutiny
New report cites militarized security, prison overcrowding and weak safeguards amid states of emergency.
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Petroecuador spends more as oil output keeps sliding
Higher spending has not stopped falling output as Ecuador looks to private capital and new drilling.
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Turkish power barge leaves grid as Ecuador heads toward another dry season
Contract dispute removes 100 megawatts from national supply as officials warn of a widening energy gap.
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