Latest Ecuador government News

Desperation over gang violence fuels a surge of migration from Ecuador to the US

Oct. 30, 2024 11:52 AM EDT

SAN MATEO, Ecuador (AP) — Oswaldo Angulo is a born fisherman, like generations before him. The oldest of his brothers, he dropped out of high school in Ecuador to learn the trade with his father. When he isn’t at sea for weeks at a time, Oswaldo, 36, lives with his parents. He can’t imagine...

Ecuador expands power cuts to 14 hours a day due to drought

Oct. 25, 2024 12:28 PM EDT

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador has announced an increase in daily power cuts as the severe drought impacting the nation keeps lowering water levels for the key hydroelectric plants, the source of more than 70% of the country's electricity. Acting Energy minister Inés Manzano said...

US hits former Ecuador leaders with visa bans over corruption

Oct. 09, 2024 16:00 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday imposed visa bans on former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, his vice president and their immediate families for corruption. The State Department announced that Correa and his one-time deputy Jorge Glas would no longer be...

Border arrests are expected to rise slightly in August but are hovering near 4-year lows

Aug. 31, 2024 15:33 PM EDT

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July, officials said, possibly ending a streak of five straight monthly declines but the numbers are hovering near four-year lows. Authorities made about 54,000...

Ecuador starts dismantling Yasuni National Park oil block two days before court deadline

Aug. 29, 2024 19:00 PM EDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Ecuador's government says it has started dismantling infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park, just as Friday's court-imposed deadline for completion looms. The Ministry for Energy and Mines said in a statement Wednesday...

Ecuador's citizens voted to stop oil drilling in heart of Amazon. A year later, it hasn't happened

Aug. 28, 2024 09:46 AM EDT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — It's been a year since the people of Ecuador voted to halt oil drilling in a national park in the heart of the country's share of the Amazon, and nothing has been done to start shutting down operations. For supporters of the shutdown, that's not even the worst part: the...