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…
Schools in flooded parts of Guayaquil, Durán and Samborondón switch to remote classes as Inamhi forecasts another rain peak this afternoon
Ecuador’s Education Ministry activated non-classroom learning for Tuesday in areas where Monday’s storm left streets under water. The city’s emergency committee recorded 170.37 mm of rain and 57 affected zones, and Inamhi expects the heaviest rain…
Guayaquil braces for another night of electrical storms after a Monday downpour leaves 42 sectors under water
Segura EP keeps its alert in place for Monday night and asks residents to stay home during heavy rain, after a second wave of flooding hit northern Guayaquil in the afternoon.
Guayaquil wakes up to flooded streets as Ecuador’s coast stays under a heavy-rain warning until Wednesday
At least 18 flooding points were reported in Guayaquil by dawn on Monday, a lightning storm hit Manta, and Inamhi says Monday and Tuesday will be the wettest days of the current warning.
El Niño rains have now affected more than 28,000 people in Ecuador, with three deaths since the red alert began
Ecuador's risk management agency counts 629 adverse events in 23 provinces since August 29. The number of people affected has grown by roughly 9,000 in under two weeks.
Quito’s ‘VaQnas’ case reaches the National Assembly: lawmakers set to vote Tuesday on probing alleged forced payments by city workers
Ecuador's Assembly is expected to vote on October 27 on investigating claims that Quito municipal employees were pressured to fund political activity linked to Mayor Pabel Muñoz, who rejects the accusations.
Ecuador’s exporters urge the Constitutional Court to fast-track trade deals with the US, Canada and the UAE
Fedexpor says only 53% of Ecuador's non-oil exports enjoy trade-agreement coverage, against more than 85% in Colombia, Peru and Chile. The US deal now also needs National Assembly approval.
Bank transfers and bearer checks: prosecutors detail the two routes they say funded Luisa González’s 2023 campaign
Ecuador's prosecutors say an oil trading company paid campaign suppliers directly and cashed bearer checks to cover field costs. The defendants have not been convicted.
Luisa González flown to Andean highlands and jailed in Riobamba as Laberinto probe begins its 90-day clock
Ecuador's former presidential candidate was moved overnight from Guayaquil to the women's prison in Riobamba after a judge ordered pretrial detention. She says she is innocent and politically persecuted.
Police raid Ambato public hospital over alleged scheme charging up to USD 7,000 for jobs
Operation 'Código Blanco' targeted the management of Hospital General Docente de Ambato after a complaint that officials demanded between USD 3,000 and USD 7,000 in exchange for jobs.