Dominican Republic and Ecuador sign pact to boost trust in digital transactions

Santo Domingo.– The Dominican Republic and Ecuador have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening legal security and trust in digital transactions through the mutual recognition of electronic signatures. The agreement was...

Ecuadorian man pleads guilty to illegal re-entry in Buffalo

Michael DiGiacomo United State Attorney for the Western District of New York | Department of JusticeMichael DiGiacomo United State Attorney for the Western District of New York | Department of Justice U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced that...

Ecuadorian Anti-Mining Coalition Warns of Repression Under New Laws

Police repress protests in the Las Naves community, Ecuador, June 26, 2025. x/ @miningwatch July 3, 2025 Hour: 1:23 pm On Wednesday, Ecuador’s National Anti-Mining Front (FNA) denounced a smear campaign by mainstream media and multinational...

Ecuadorian fishing industry launches new national union

Ecuadorian fishing industry groups have partnered to create a new national fishing union. The new organization, the Unión de Pescadores y Acuicultores del Ecuador, was announced on 18 June at the South Pacific Expopesca Convention in Guayaquil,...

In Ecuador’s Rainforest, Women Gather to Defend the Amazon With Law—and Sisterhood

Forty Indigenous leaders, lawyers, and organizers journeyed deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon last week, not for protest or spectacle, but to build a transnational legal shield. Their message from Sarayaku was urgent and straightforward: only...

Ecuadorian man charged with illegal re-entry into the United States

Michael DiGiacomo United State Attorney for the Western District of New York | Department of JusticeMichael DiGiacomo United State Attorney for the Western District of New York | Department of Justice Segundo Juan Maynato-Guaman, a 46-year-old...

Over 280 Ecuadorian and International Organizations Speak Out Against the Criminalization and Violence against Environmental Defenders Resisting Canadian Mining

Quito-Ottawa: Yesterday, July 2, 2025, 283 Ecuadorian, Canadian, and international organizations, unions, and coalitions sent a letter expressing deep concern about the systematic criminalization of 29 human rights and land defenders in Bolivar...

Ecuadorian man charged with illegal reentry after traffic stop in Ogden

OGDEN, N.Y. — The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of New York says a 46-year-old Ecuadorian man is now charged with illegal reentry. Prosecutors say Segundo Juan Maynato-Guaman was arrested on June 25 during a traffic stop in Ogden. During...

Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry reveals new wave of migrant’s deportation

(MENAFN) The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry reported on Tuesday that the United States has deported 3,977 Ecuadorian migrants without legal status during the first six months of 2025. This total includes 38 individuals who arrived on Monday in...

Former Ecuador vice president sentenced to prison in embezzlement case

The Tribunal of the National Court of Justice of Ecuador sentenced Jorge Glas, the former vice president, to 13 years in prison for embezzlement charges on Monday. The judges, Mercedes Caicedo, Marco Rodríguez Ruiz, and Javier de la Cadena, ruled...

Xi meets with Ecuadorian Leader to discuss their bilateral ties

(MENAFN) Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa in Beijing on Friday, marking the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two nations. Xi highlighted the steady progress in their partnership, noting...

Ecuador’s Former Vice President Faces 13-Year Prison Sentence

(MENAFN) Ecuador's former Vice President, Jorge Glas, was handed a 13-year prison sentence for embezzling public funds allocated for the 2016 earthquake recovery, local media reported Monday. The sentence was delivered unanimously by a tribunal of...

Ecuador's former VP sentenced to 13 years in prison

QUITO, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas was sentenced to 13 years in prison for embezzling public funds intended for reconstruction following a devastating 2016 earthquake, local media said Monday. According to...

Ecuador’s ex-VP sentenced to 13 years in latest corruption case

An Ecuadoran court on Monday handed former vice-president Jorge Glas a 13-year sentence for corruption, following his arrest in a dramatic raid last year on the Mexican embassy where he had been given asylum. Glas, 55, served as vice president of...

Ecuadorian Immigrant and Chic Salon & Spa Owner Irina Erazo’s Passion to Excel Fulfills the American Dream

Overcoming adversity, chasing the American Dream with hard work and a passion to excel Tucked in a corner of the sprawling shopping center that once housed Old Time Pottery at 1270 N. Wickham Road in Melbourne, Irina Erazo’s tidy hair salon...

U.S. deports nearly 4,000 undocumented Ecuadorian migrants in H1 2025

QUITO, July 1 (Xinhua) -- The United States deported 3,977 irregular Ecuadorian migrants in the first half of 2025, the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The figure includes 38 Ecuadorians who arrived Monday in the southwestern coastal...

Vintage cumbia, Ecuadorian folk, guitar jamming and Mexican rap

The album cover for Óscar Agudello y el Combo Moderno's Pa' mi muñeca. VampiSoul hide caption toggle caption VampiSoul The album cover for Óscar Agudello y el Combo Moderno's Pa' mi muñeca. VampiSoul This week I get to flex a track from a record...

The Hearts of Palm Revolution: How Ecuador's Food Giants Are Quietly Saving Rainforests

The hearts of palm market is projected to hit $2.1 billion by 2033. Most people have never heard of hearts of palm. Even fewer know that this humble vegetable is quietly revolutionizing how we think about sustainable food production. But here's...

Continuing Promise 2025 Mission Update: Ecuador

MAYPORT, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES 07.01.2025 Courtesy Story The USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is now scheduled to conduct its Continuing Promise 2025 mission stop in Manta, Ecuador from July 4-10, instead of the previously planned July 12-19. Adjusting the...

Ecuador court orders 13 more years in prison for former VP Glas