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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 12:12 UTC

Tag: Ecuador

  • Monday, July 31st 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Avian flu: Contingency protocols activated in Ecuador

    Special teams have been placed under round-the-clock alert while a vaccination plan against the disease was extended

    Ecuadorian authorities have actuated contingency protocols after a new outbreak of avian influenza was confirmed in a commercial farm in the Andean province of Cotopaxi, the Agency for Regulation and Control of Animal and Plant Health (Agrocalidad) announced Sunday in Quito.

  • Wednesday, July 26th 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Ecuador: Death toll in prison clashes rises to 31

    “The force of the State will never bend,” said Interior Minister Juan Zapata

    Ecuadorian authorities Tuesday confirmed that the number of inmates killed in prison clashes nationwide since July 22 had reached 31. In this scenario, President Guillermo Lasso declared a state of emergency in all correctional facilities for 60 days, through which some 2,700 law enforcement officers carried out a control operation at the premises, it was announced.

  • Tuesday, July 25th 2023 - 11:19 UTC

    State of emergency and curfew decreed in Ecuador

    President Lasso made the announcement

    Ecuadorian authorities Monday declared a new state of emergency and curfew in two provinces and one city following an escalation in acts of violence, including the murder of the mayor of Manta, the country's third-largest city.

  • Monday, July 24th 2023 - 10:35 UTC

    Mayor of Ecuador's third-largest city shot dead

    Intriago was elected mayor of Manta for the 2019-2023 term and re-elected until 2027

    Agustín Intriago, the 38-tear-old mayor of Manta, Ecuador's third-largest city, was assassinated Sunday by hitmen, who shot him at least three times in the chest at around 1.30 pm local time while he was visiting a construction site, Interior Minister Juan Zapata confirmed.

  • Friday, July 14th 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    Ecuador short of rice, looks to Mercosur members as a potential supplier

    Colombia is the main rice supplier to Ecuador, with private companies opting to import to meet market demand

    Mercosur members have been added to Ecuador’s list of potential rice suppliers as the Andean country seeks to import rice to keep its stocks full, as they have been significantly depleted due to crop issues. Ecuador shortfall production could reach some 200,000 tons.

  • Monday, June 26th 2023 - 10:22 UTC

    Bomb threat ruled out in KLM flight arriving in Quito

    The flight back to Amsterdam was delayed due to the security measures

    Ecuadorian police Sunday ruled out a bomb threat on a KLM flight arriving in Quito from Amsterdam, it was reported.

  • Monday, June 19th 2023 - 08:40 UTC

    “Resuscitating” Ecuadorian woman dies

    Montoya suffered an “ischemic stroke” that ended her life, it was reported

    The Ecuadorian woman who made the news worldwide last week for being almost buried alive, has died Friday aged 76, it was reported. Bella Montoya had been pronounced dead on June 9 at a public hospital in Babahoyo, in southwestern Ecuador.

  • Tuesday, June 13th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    “Dead” woman knocks on her coffin in Ecuador

    Retired nurse Bella Montoya is under intubation and with little hope of surviving, her relatives told reporters

    An Ecuadorian woman who was not quite dead knocked on her coffin during her wake in the central city of Babahoyo, about 200 km southwest of Quito last Friday, it was reported Monday in the South American country. The 76-year-old patient's “resurrection” has prompted a government investigation.

  • Thursday, June 8th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

    Sonnenholzner to run for president of Ecuador

    Sonnenholzner was vice president under Lenin Moreno

    Former Ecuadorian Vice President Otto Sonnenholzner Wednesday confirmed he will enter this year's snap elections called after President Guillermo Lasso enacted the so-called crossed-death mechanism which meant dissolving Parliament and ruling by decree until new lawmakers and a new head of state are chosen.

  • Wednesday, May 31st 2023 - 10:00 UTC

    Businessman to run for Ecuador's presidency

    Maruri helped write the new Constitution in 2007

    Ecuadorian businessman Eduardo Maruri will run in the Aug. 20 snap elections called in his country after President Guillermo Lasso enacted the so-called “crossed death” mechanism earlier this month dissolving the National Assembly and ruling by decree until 137 new lawmakers and a new President and Vice President are chosen to hold those positions for terms ending in May 2025.