Ecuador issues new law to address energy crisis with renewables

Ecuador’s National Assembly has unanimously approved a new law to promote private initiative in energy generation. Among other measures, it seeks to stimulate self-consumption and promote private investment in the energy sector. November 4, 2024 Luis Ini …

Doctor illegally sent prescription drugs from Ecuador to Easton and New Jersey, feds say

A doctor from Ecuador is accused of prescribing drugs illegally to customers in Easton, New York City and New Jersey. Mauricio Sarmiento is charged with introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce, according to a criminal information filed …

10 Dead in Truck Crash in Ecuador’s Amazon

Sun 03 Nov 2024 | 11:08 PM Ten people lost their lives on Sunday when a truck plunged into a ravine in Ecuador's Amazon region, officials confirmed.  The sole survivor, a three-year-old girl, was rescued from the crash site in the Morona Santiago …

Girl, three, the sole survivor in Ecuador crash that killed 10

Ten people died when the truck they were travelling in on the Ecuadorian Amazon fell into a ravine, law enforcement authorities in the South American country said. Police in the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago, in the country's southeast, said …

World News | Truck Crashes in Ecuador's Amazon Killing 10 People

Quito (Ecuador), Nov 3 (AP) Ten people died Sunday when the truck they were travelling in on the Ecuadorian Amazon fell into a ravine, law enforcement authorities in the South American country said. Police in the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago, in …

A truck crashes in Ecuador’s Amazon killing 10 people

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Law enforcement authorities in Ecuador say 10 people were killed after the truck they were traveling in on the country’s Amazon fell into a ravine. Police in the Amazonian province of Morona Santiago, in the country’s southeast, say …

Ecuador to reopen mining register for first time in over six years

Ecuador’s mining sector is following closely President Daniel Noboa’s recent decision to reopen and update the country’s mining cadaster within six months. The executive decree, signed last week, mandates the inclusion in the country’s official registry of …

Why is an Ecuador forest petitioning for the rights to a song?

A petition has been submitted to Ecuador’s copyright office to recognise Los Cedros cloud, an Ecuadorian forest roughly 15,000 acres (6,070 hectares) in size, as a co-creator of a musical composition. This proposal aims to grant legal recognition to nature …

He fled gang violence in Ecuador. Now, he’s homeless in Massachusetts.

And twice now, their car has been their home, once when the family arrived in the US and again last month. After reaching their time limit at the state-run shelter where they’d been staying in Cambridge and with nowhere else to go, Alexander and his family …

Ecuador in the dark: President announces reduction in daily power cuts