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 […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

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 […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

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 […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

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 […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.

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 […] To access this post, you must purchase The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Monthly or The Cuenca Dispatch Subscription – Annual.