The environmental and indigenous groups that promoted the plebiscites held last year in Ecuador to stop the extraction of Petroleum in a deposit in the Amazonian Yasuní National Park and prohibiting all types of mining in the Chocó Andino, they demanded this Tuesday that what was voted by Ecuadorians be fulfilled after six months of […]
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Ecuador and Russia will sign an agreement after lifting suspensions on banana exporters
The phytosanitary agencies of Ecuador and Russia will sign a memorandum of understanding after the Russian authorities lifted the suspensions of five Ecuadorian companies banana exporterswhich were in effect for two weeks. This is the main agreement reached between the government delegates of both countries in the meeting they held this Monday to discuss this […]
USA: Anti-drug chief evaluates with Noboa support to combat ‘narcos’ in Ecuador
The head of the anti-narcotics office of the White HouseRahul Gupta, concluded a three-day visit to Ecuador with an eminently private agenda except for his meeting with the president, Daniel Noboawhich took place this Friday in Guayaquil. Gupta came accompanied by the United States ambassador to Ecuador, Michael Fitzpatrick, while Noboa received him in the […]
Ecuador will send a mission to Russia to lift suspensions on banana exporters
This was announced this Thursday in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador after holding a meeting with the ambassador of Russia in Ecuador, Vladimir Sprinchan. of bananas due to the alleged presence of the humpback fly (megaselia scalaris) in some shipments. This was announced this Thursday in a statement by the […]
Ecuador: illegal mining devastated almost 800 hectares in 2023 in the Punino River
The illegal minery depredated a total of 784 hectares of jungle forests in 2023 alone in the Punino River area, one of the enclaves most affected by this illicit gold extraction activity in the Amazon of Ecuador. This was reported this Thursday by the Andean Amazon Monitoring Project (MAAP), an initiative that monitors the progress […]
Ecuador now allows euthanasia to be applied
Ecuador decriminalized this Wednesday euthanasiabecoming the second Latin American country to give the green light to this procedure after Colombia, following the case of a patient with an incurable and fatal disease. ”The fight for human rights is never a paved road, I thank everyone because today Ecuador is a slightly more welcoming, freer and […]
Tensions between Ecuador and Russia lead to restrictions on banana shipments
Five Ecuadorian banana exporters were notified over the weekend of phytosanitary restrictions by Russia, for having allegedly found fruit flies in some shipments, coinciding with moments of diplomatic tension between both countries following the Ecuadorian government’s decision to send disused Russian-Ukrainian military equipment to the United States. A US mission was in Ecuador two weeks […]
Ecuador evaluates response to Russia’s request to suspend banana exports
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The government of Ecuador evaluates the response that will be given to the request for Russia to suspend five companies banana exportersa request that comes after the Ecuadorian Executive has delivered Russian military equipment to the United States in exchange for new equipment valued at about 200 million dollars. “At this moment, meetings are being […]
Ecuador: controversy over tunnel that would cross a natural reserve for a future airport
The highway project for the future Guayaquil airport (Ecuador), which would involve the construction of a tunnel under a nature reserve, generated controversy and a confrontation between the city’s mayor, Aquiles Álvarez, and the environmental activist and former candidate for vice president Andrea González Náder. The area under controversy is the Cerro Blanco Protective Foresta […]
Ecuador foresees 5,000 additional barrels of oil with new wells in the Amazon
Ecuador foresees additional production of about 5,000 barrels of Petroleum additional per day until the end of 2024, thanks to the drilling of nine wells on a platform in the Amazon province of Orellana. The state company Petroecuador reported this Thursday that its technicians began drilling the first of those nine wells in the Sacha […]