Ecuador

Ecuador, country of 18m, hit…

June 21, 2024

Quito: Ecuador was plunged into a nationwide blackout on Wednesday. Around 3.15pm, the majority of Ecuadorians found themselves without power. By evening, the sound of cars honking and drivers shouting filled the streets of Quito and the port city of…

Ecuador stops waiving visas for…

June 19, 2024

Ecuador‘s foreign ministry on Tuesday said that it was effectively reinstating a visa requirement for travellers from China, citing an increase in irregular migratory flows from the Asian nation. The ministry, in a statement posted on social media, said that…

Landslide in Ecuador kills at…

June 17, 2024

Picture credit: X@RobertoLuqueN QUITO: Ecuadorian authorities on Sunday reported that a devastating landslide in the city of Banos de Agua Santa, located in the central region of the country, claimed the lives of at least six individuals and left an…