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The National Government confirmed this Thursday, June 27, 2024, Cristian Espinosa Cañizares as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States. The…
The US diplomat pledged to continue supporting Ecuador on security issues. He replaces Michael Fitzpatrick. The new ambassador of the United States, Arthur Brown, presented his…
The president, Daniel Noboa, announced that 40,000 women are part of the ‘Futuro Femenino’ higher education scholarship program . Its objective is to guarantee the right to quality…
Julian Assange, founder of the Wikileaks portal, reached an agreement with the United States Department of Justice to accept charges for the leak of classified documents from the…
The military actions undertaken in Ecuador in the midst of the “internal armed conflict” declared by the president, Daniel Noboa, have affected the country’s criminal groups by…
The Minister of Defense, Gian Carlo Loffredo, questioned the action of justice for releasing criminals detained in joint operations. The Minister of the Interior, Mónica Palencia,…
The bakery industry is always looking for new supplies, although it might be rare or expensive, everything depends on the scope or target. The market is looking forward to getting…
President Daniel Noboa sounded the “chicharra” to begin work on the Santa Elena prison amid shouts of “We don’t want prison.” The prison will have an area of 12.2 hectares, five…
This Friday, June 21, 2024, construction of the Encuentro maximum security prison, located in Santa Elena, began. The structure will have controls and surveillance with artificial…
Ecuador suffered a massive power outage on June 19, 2024. This was confirmed by the Minister of Energy, Roberto Luque. The failure was due to the departure of a power line. Massive…