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...
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...
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...
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, improve the reliability of public records and close opportunities for corruption. The National Registry of Transit and […]
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 officials insisting that another round of scheduled blackouts is not expected. But behind those assurances, the national power […]
Authorities say intelligence and a military search disrupted a large-scale confrontation inside Guayaquil’s most notorious prison. Ecuadorian security forces say they prevented a potentially devastating outbreak of violence inside the Litoral Penitentiary after discovering a clandestine weapons depot containing rifles, explosives, homemade grenade launchers and more than 12,000 rounds of ammunition. The arsenal was concealed […]
Thousands of worshippers will accompany the revered image on its demanding journey from El Cisne to Loja. Thousands of pilgrims are preparing to cross the mountains of Loja province in August as one of Ecuador’s largest religious celebrations returns with three days of processions, worship and community festivities. The 2026 pilgrimage of the Virgin of […]
Regional governments pursue an integrated aviation market while Ecuador watches for a possible new United States connection. South American governments are moving toward an ambitious overhaul of regional air travel that could eventually make international flights within the continent operate more like domestic services, while Ecuador’s capital waits for American Airlines to disclose plans for […]
Judges found the American drug-trafficking case insufficiently detailed, while a separate Ecuadorian request remains unresolved. A Spanish court has rejected a United States request to extradite Wilmer Geovanny Chavarría Barré, alias “Pipo,” ruling that the accusations presented by American authorities lacked the specific details required to justify his surrender. The decision represents a temporary legal […]