Ecuador’s electricity use jumps 13% this year as mining, shrimp farms and electric cars strain a tight grid
Cenace data show Ecuador consumed 27,532 GWh between January and September 2026, up 13% on a year earlier, with September alone up 17% as the Amazon dry season cuts hydropower output.
Ecuador pays a $303.99 emergency bonus to rain-hit families in Milagro and other coastal cantons as storm warning stays active
The Labour and Human Development Ministry is paying a one-time $303.99 contingency bonus to families affected by floods in Guayas and Manabí, with 1,171 more people in El Oro, Esmeraldas and Los Ríos still pending.
Judge orders pretrial detention for Vinces mayor and nine others in Ecuador money-laundering case
A judge ordered pretrial detention for Vinces mayor Alfonso Montalván and nine other defendants, a day after police and prosecutors arrested 16 people in Operation Gran Fénix 066.
Plane linked to Flávio Bolsonaro refuelled in Guayaquil before heading to Miami; Argentina confirms he crossed its border
Flight records show a Gulfstream G400 spent 35 minutes at Guayaquil’s airport early on Wednesday. Argentina reversed its earlier denial and confirmed the senator’s entry.
Israel vote count: Netanyahu’s bloc leads with 54 seats but is short of a majority; Eisenkot’s camp has 49
With about 84.5% of votes counted, neither camp reaches the 61 seats needed to govern. Hundreds of thousands of double-envelope ballots are still to be verified.
At least 64 dead after two high-speed trains collide near Urda, in Spain’s Toledo province
A Renfe AVE ran into the back of an Iryo train on the Madrid–Andalusia line on Wednesday morning. Castilla-La Mancha’s president says the toll could still rise.
Prosecutors raid Cuenca’s city hall, municipal companies and ex-officials’ homes in embezzlement probe
Ecuador's Attorney General's Office and the National Police searched the Cuenca municipal palace, public utilities ETAPA and EMAC and homes of former officials on Tuesday in a preliminary embezzlement investigation tied to the administration of suspended…
Flávio Bolsonaro reported to have left Brazil as Washington says it will grant visas to him and his family
Two days after losing Brazil's presidential run-off, the senator is reported to have left for the United States via Argentina. The US State Department says it will issue visas to him and his family; Brazil's Federal Police have annulled his passports.
Israel exit polls: Eisenkot’s bloc edges ahead of Netanyahu, but neither side reaches 61 seats
TV exit polls give the opposition bloc led by former army chief Gadi Eisenkot 52–53 seats against 50 for Benjamin Netanyahu's camp, with Arab parties at 17–18. Official results are due on November 4.
Guayaquil and Milagro under water: photos, videos and figures from Ecuador’s record October rains
Ecuador’s coast is living through one of the wettest Octobers on record. Guayaquil was paralysed again on Monday, October 26, with more than 60 sectors under water after a torrential afternoon downpour and an overnight electrical storm, while…