Etiket: Ecuador
International Court of Justice | Ecuador sues Mexico over asylum granted to ex-vice president Glas
(Quito) Ecuador filed a complaint Monday against Mexico before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violation of “international obligations” after the asylum granted to former vice-president Jorge Glas, the…
in Ecuador, the decline in captured butterfly species worries scientists
Fewer and fewer butterflies are falling into the nets set up by biologists at the Cuyabeno reserve in the Ecuadorian jungle. In question, the effects of climate change. Published on…
Ecuador | Referendum on security, a prison director murdered
(Quito) Ecuador votes on Sunday on several measures proposed by the government to fight crime, a vote overshadowed by the assassination of a prison director in the west of the…
Ecuador | A referendum in turmoil in the face of drug trafficking and gangs
(Quito) Ecuador decides on Sunday on several government measures against drug trafficking and gangs, in the face of criminal violence still omnipresent in the country, and now a double energy…
Ecuador publishes list of ‘military objectives’
(Quito) The Ecuadorian government published Friday the names of the country’s eleven most wanted criminals, now designated as “military targets”, with the leader of the Mexican Sinaloa cartel and a…
A new mayor assassinated in Ecuador
(Quito) The mayor of a mining town in southern Ecuador was assassinated on Friday, police announced, the second such incident in three days in this country plagued by drug trafficking…
Crisis between Mexico and Ecuador | “Help me”, demands the former Ecuadorian vice-president
(Mexico City) Former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, arrested by police in the Mexican embassy in Quito on April 5 and detained, appealed for help to Mexico, Colombia and Brazil…
Ecuador | Jorge Glas on hunger strike, according to ex-president Rafael Correa
(Quito) Former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas is on hunger strike in the high-security prison in Guayaquil, where he was transferred after his arrest at the Mexican embassy in Quito,…
Diplomatic crisis | Ecuador willing to “restore” its relations with Mexico if its sovereignty is “respected”
(Quito) Ecuador is willing to “restore its relations” with Mexico, provided that its “sovereignty” is “respected,” Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld said on Monday. Posted at 1:29 p.m. The intrusion…
Crisis between Quito and Mexico | Mexico to take violation of its embassy in Ecuador to the ICJ
(Mexico) Mexico announced its intention to refer Monday to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the highest judicial body of the United Nations, after the police raid on its embassy…
Raid against the Mexican embassy | Mexican diplomats prepare to leave Ecuador
(Quito) Mexican diplomatic staff based in Quito will leave Ecuador on Sunday, two days after the police raid against the Mexican embassy which triggered international disapproval and the breakdown of…
Mexico and Nicaragua cut diplomatic ties with Ecuador after embassy arrest
Mexico, followed by Nicaragua on Saturday, broke off diplomatic relations with Ecuador, after police burst into the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president, Jorge Glas,…
Police intrusion into its embassy | Mexico breaks ties with Ecuador
(Quito) The diplomatic crisis is open between Ecuador and Mexico, which broke off relations with Quito after police raided the Mexican embassy on Friday to arrest former Ecuadorian vice-president Jorge…
Mexico breaks diplomatic relations with Ecuador after police intrusion into its embassy in Quito
Ecuadorian police officers burst into the Mexican embassy on Friday to arrest the former vice-president of Ecuador, Jorge Glas, who had taken refuge there. Published on 04/06/2024 11:17 Update on…
Mexico breaks diplomatic relations with Ecuador after police intrusion into its embassy in Quito
Ecuadorian police officers burst into the Mexican embassy on Friday to arrest the former vice-president of Ecuador, Jorge Glas, who had taken refuge there. Published on 04/06/2024 11:17 Update on…
Ecuador | A mutiny breaks out in the prison where a powerful gang leader escaped
(Guayaquil) Inmates of the Guayaquil prison from which the gang leader “Fito”, public enemy number one in Ecuador, escaped in January, launched an “internal revolt” on Wednesday, the prison administration…
Canada is considering a loan of 120 million over 10 years to Ecuador
(Toronto) The Government of Canada announced Monday its intention to grant the Government of Ecuador a sovereign loan of $120 million over ten years. Negotiations must take place in this…
Ecuador | President orders extradition of foreign prisoners
(Quito) The President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, has ordered the extradition of all foreign prisoners incarcerated in the country, which is in the grip of an acute prison crisis amid…
Ecuador | The homicide rate falling and the curfew eased
(Quito) Ecuador, at war against drug trafficking and criminal groups, on Tuesday eased the curfew imposed 15 days ago as part of the state of emergency which allowed the number…
Violence in Ecuador | Dozens arrested after attempted assault on hospital
(Quito) Dozens of people were arrested Sunday in Ecuador during an attempted assault on a hospital, a new episode of violence in this country shaken by the war with gangs,…