Macará thrash Barcelona SC 3-0 in Ambato and close in on a direct Copa Libertadores 2027 place, delaying Independiente del Valle’s title party
Macará beat Barcelona SC 3-0 at the Bellavista stadium on Saturday to reach 66 points in second place of LigaPro’s final hexagonal. Barcelona, sixth, see their Libertadores hopes fade.
Curfew begins in Guayas and four other coastal provinces: midnight-to-5am restrictions run until November 10, with checkpoints already up in Guayaquil
Ecuador’s new curfew under Executive Decree 519 took effect at midnight on Sunday in Guayas, Manabí, Los Ríos, El Oro and Esmeraldas. It runs every night from 00:00 to 05:00 until the early hours of November 10, overlapping the November 2–3…
Floods on Galápagos’ Santa Cruz island leave at least one dead and two missing as Ecuador declares an emergency; 14 rivers overflow on the mainland
Around ten hours of rain flooded the upper neighbourhoods of Santa Cruz, the most populated island in the Galápagos. Authorities report one death, two missing, about 80 evacuated and damage to the road to Baltra airport.
Ecuador’s mining exports jump 42% to $3.59 billion on gold above $4,000, but key projects such as Mirador Norte remain stalled
Central Bank data show mining is Ecuador's fastest-growing major export in 2026, and the Chamber of Mining expects a record $5 billion for the year. Investment fell, the mining cadastre is still closed and several projects are delayed by power disputes.
Influenza reaches ‘epidemic levels’ in Ecuador, PAHO says, as the health ministry brings forward a flu-vaccine drive for 3.3 million people
Influenza B dominates Ecuador's flu season, according to the Pan American Health Organization. The Ministry of Public Health has started vaccinating high-risk groups early, citing El Niño.
Ecuador’s long weekend: heavy-rain warning for Guayas until Sunday night, VAT on tourism cut to 8% and 4,914 traffic agents on the roads
What travelers from Guayaquil and Milagro need to know for the October 31–November 3 holiday: INAMHI's rain warning, floods in Santa Elena, the temporary VAT cut and the state of the roads.
Prosecutors raid Guayaquil City Hall and its transit agency in an embezzlement probe, hours after searching the Playas mayor’s home
Ecuador's Attorney General's Office searched Guayaquil's municipal offices and the ATM transit agency on Friday, the same day police found about $15,000 in cash in the car of Playas mayor Gabriel Balladares.
2,300-year-old DNA from Salango reveals 1,500 years of genetic continuity on Ecuador’s coast — and early tuberculosis
QUITO — Ancient human genomes recovered at Salango, on Ecuador’s central Pacific coast, show that the people who lived there remained genetically continuous for more than 1,500 years despite a volcanic catastrophe, social change and expanding trade,…
Ecuador passes 43,000 dengue cases in 2026, its second-worst year since 1994, as El Niño rains spread mosquito breeding sites
QUITO — Ecuador has recorded more than 43,000 dengue cases so far in 2026, making it the country’s second-worst year for the disease since records began in 1994, according to Ministry of Public Health (MSP) figures to October 24 reported by Primicias on…
Curfew returns to Guayas and four other coastal provinces from November 1, overlapping Ecuador’s long weekend
GUAYAQUIL — A nightly curfew will be in force from 00:00 to 05:00 every day from Sunday, November 1, to Tuesday, November 10, 2026, in the coastal provinces of Guayas, Manabí, Los Ríos, El Oro and Esmeraldas. The restriction covers every canton in those…