Tag: Ecuador
Feminist NGOs again ask the Constitutional Court to decriminalize abortion
In Ecuador, feminist groups filed a new request on Tuesday, July 9, before the Constitutional Court to decriminalize voluntary termination of pregnancy (IVG). The activists had already mobilized a few…
Glory day for Eritrean Biniam Girmay and Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz
Eritrean Biniam Girmay won the third stage of the Tour de France in a sprint on Monday, July 1 in Turin. He became the first rider from sub-Saharan Africa to…
Venezuela and Ecuador to victory in Copa América group B | Sports in a nutshell
In the Copa América football tournament of the American continent, Venezuela defeated Mexico 1–0, and rose to the top of its group. Ecuador and Jamaica both went for their first…
Ecuador begins construction of new high-security prison in its fight against gangs
A new prison in Ecuador, but this time a high security prison to accommodate dangerous inmates. The project was launched on Saturday June 22 by President Daniel Noboa. A campaign…
general power outage throughout the country
Ecuador suffered a general power outage for at least an hour on Wednesday afternoon. national scale » due to network failures, said Energy Minister Roberto Luque. 2 mins “ There…
Electricity blacked out all over Ecuador | News in brief
There is a nationwide blackout in Ecuador. Minister of Energy Roberto Luque told the X-message service that the widespread power outage is due to a fault in the power transmission…
At least five killed in landslide in Ecuador | News in brief
In addition, at least thirty people are missing after the landslide. At least five people have died in a landslide in South America’s Ecuador, authorities said on Sunday, according to…
nearly 200 decomposing bodies in Guayaquil, the country’s largest city
In Ecuador, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, we remember these images of bodies abandoned, even burned in the streets of the coastal city of Guayaquil, because the local…
Yes to tougher action against the gangs in Ecuador
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen According to a preliminary vote count, voters in Ecuador say yes to the proposals presented to get rid of the criminal gangs in the country.…
security forces mobilized to ensure the smooth running of Sunday’s referendum
24 hours before a referendum on which he bases a large part of his political future, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa must face a difficult situation. Since the launch of its…