Ecuador News News Ecuador » Social: How Ecuador’s capital merges technology, sustainability and social justice
The Vice Mayor of Quito discusses how the city integrates technology, innovation and sustainability to improve people’s quality of life.
News Ecuador » Social: In Ecuador’s Elections, Social Programs Won
Ecuador is headed to the second round of presidential elections with two candidates who support social measures as their primary strategy for addressing the wave of violence terrorizing the country.
News Ecuador » Social: Ecuador: Brutal gov’t repression forces end to national strike
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) — the country’s most powerful social movement — ended its month-long national strike against the neoliberal Daniel Noboa government on ...
News Ecuador » Social: Ecuador: The Government and Social Networking
The official website for the Presidency of Ecuador (www.presidencia.gob.ec) is full of multimedia content and it is interactive. It also contains a number of hyperlinks that allow visitors to access a ...
News Ecuador » Social: Ecuador: International organisations condemn the repression of social protest and call on the international community to remain vigilant
The undersigned organisations strongly condemn the excessive use of force by law enforcement forces in Ecuador during the social protests that began a week ago in various provinces. We call on the ...
News Ecuador » Social: Ecuador Vote Shows Contrasting Roles of Political Parties and Social Movements
On August 20 in Ecuador, 45-year-old lawyer Luisa González of the Citizen’s Revolution movement political party (RC) gained 33.6% of the votes in first-round balloting for eight presidential ...
News Ecuador » Social: Ecuador’s president claims poisoned chocolate and jam used in new attempt on his life
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa has had quite a month, surviving not one, not two, but three alleged assassination attempts – the latest of which apparently involved gifts of jam and chocolate laced ...
News Ecuador » Social: Social Backlash Is Wreaking Havoc On Ecuador’s Oil Industry
Ecuador’s oil industry was hit particularly hard by the global Covid-19 pandemic. It is now struggling to find its feet, facing increasingly difficult challenges on both the domestic and international ...
News Ecuador » Social: Ecuador markets first sovereign social bond from LatAm
NEW YORK, Jan 16 (IFR) - Ecuador is marketing a dual-tranche offering among international investors, the first crossborder social bond to come from a Latin American sovereign, say sources. Sole lead ...
News Ecuador » Social: Inmates beheaded in second Ecuador prison massacre in days
Clashes between drug gangs on Thursday claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, with rampaging inmates beheading and maiming rivals, officials in the ...