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Ecuador declares red alert in most of country over Omicron
Jan 17, 2022Ecuador on Sunday declared a red alert in most of the country following a ten-fold increase in Covid-19 cases. The red alert applies to 193 of the South American country’s 221 cantons, including major population hubs... -
Ecuador declares emergency after 22 killed in prison riots
Jul 23, 2021Ecuador announced a state of emergency in its prison system on Thursday after disturbances in two prisons left 22 people dead and 57 injured. In Ecuador’s jails, President Guillermo Lasso issued an order “to mobilize all... -
Messi, De Paul and Martinez score as Argentina pip Ecuador 3-0 to enter Copa America semi-final
Jul 4, 2021Argentina pipped Ecuador 3-0 on Sunday in the quarter-final to enter the semis of the Copa America 2021 with goals from Rodrigo De Paul, Lautaro Martinez and Lionel Messi sealing the result. Argentina pipped Ecuador 3-0... -
Ecuador to elect new president in left-right battle
Apr 11, 2021Ecuadorans will vote on Sunday to elect a new president with a straight choice between socialist Andres Arauz and conservative Guillermo Lasso to take over the mantle of the beleaguered Lenin Moreno. The next president will... -
Voting in Ecuador’s presidential election begins
Feb 7, 2021Ecuador is set to go to the polls on Sunday for the presidential election. About 13 million voters are voting to elect their president. Opinion polls show left-wing economist Andrews Araujo and conservative Guillermo Lasso in... -
Ecuador city runs out of coffins amid COVID-19 crisis
Apr 6, 2020Soaring numbers of COVID-19 deaths in Ecuador’s second city Guayaquil have led to a shortage of coffins, forcing locals to resort to using cardboard boxes, city authorities said Sunday. Authorities in the Pacific port city said... -
Ecuador court orders release of Swede linked to Assange
Jun 21, 2019An Ecuador court ordered the release Thursday of a Swedish national with ties to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and who was accused of computer hacking, as his detention was deemed “arbitrary.” Ola Bini had been arrested... -
Ecuador to appeal Amazon oil exploration ruling
Apr 28, 2019The Ecuadoran government announced Saturday it will appeal a ruling won by the country’s Waorani indigenous tribe that blocks oil companies’ entry onto ancestral Amazonian lands for exploration activities. The Ministry of Energy and Non-renewable Natural... -
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange arrested after Ecuador withdraws asylum
Apr 11, 2019WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s nearly seven-year stay at Ecuador’s embassy in London came to an abrupt end on Thursday when police entered the building and arrested him after Ecuador withdrew his asylum. Assange has been living... -
Canada Supreme Court rejects Ecuador damages appeal against Chevron
Apr 7, 2019Canada’s Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear an appeal from a group of Ecuadoran villagers seeking compensation from the Canadian subsidiary of US energy giant Chevron over oil pollution in the Amazon jungle. The indigenous...
