https://sagire.online/topic/ecuador/ Articles and notes about Ecuador. en Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:25:00 -0300 https://sagire.online/wire/4e0143a3/https://sagire.online/wire/4e0143a3/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:22:00 -0300Ecuador's main unions, alongside social and Indigenous organizations, called for a demonstration this Thursday against the policies of President Daniel Noboa, according to Página/12.EcuadorLatin AmericaProtests https://sagire.online/wire/0e2822ea/https://sagire.online/wire/0e2822ea/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 03:22:00 -0300Agence France-Presse (AFP) identified major construction work near the runway of Taura air base, in Ecuador, about 20 American military flights between June and mid-October and documents mentioning the presence of United States troops. The expansion comes less than a year after Ecuadorians rejected the installation of foreign military bases in the country in a referendum.United StatesEcuadorDrug trafficking https://sagire.online/wire/9fc4e88a/https://sagire.online/wire/9fc4e88a/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:23:00 -0300The Argentine government confirmed that Senator Flávio Bolsonaro crossed the Brazilian border on the night of Tuesday, October 27 and boarded a private plane bound for Ecuador, according to Opera Mundi. Forty minutes later, at 11:30 p.m., the senator, his wife and their two daughters boarded a Gulfstream G400 from Baires Fly in Puerto Iguazú, with Guayaquil listed as the destination, according to Brasil de Fato. From Guayaquil, the jet took off at 6:22 a.m. Brasília time, with an expected arrival at the executive airport in Opa-locka, Miami, around 10:40 a.m., according to flight-tracking site FlightAware, cited by Brasil de Fato.BrazilArgentinaEcuadorUnited StatesMigration https://sagire.online/wire/8b2dac24/https://sagire.online/wire/8b2dac24/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 02:22:00 -0300Flávio Bolsonaro and three relatives were recorded by Argentine migration authorities crossing the border at 10:50 p.m. on Tuesday, according to G1 — the new development after the departure from Brazil, the US visas and the canceled passports. At 11:30 p.m., the group boarded a private Baires Fly flight with Guayaquil, Ecuador, as its declared destination. US President Donald Trump said he would approve Flávio’s travel to the US: “Well, I would approve. I think they are good people. The election was very strange, and I thought it was terrible”.BrazilArgentinaEcuadorPolitical crisis https://sagire.online/wire/a02fbd47/https://sagire.online/wire/a02fbd47/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:24:00 -0300Heavy rains triggered massive flooding in Guayaquil, Ecuador’s largest city. The Pilco, Tenguel and Balao rivers overflowed on October 25 and 26, flooding homes and streets in Tenguel parish, Guayaquil and Balao canton in Guayas province and causing road closures, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The National Risk Management Secretariat (SNGR) reported 24 adverse events across six provinces in a 24-hour period and 11 overflowing water bodies in Guayas and El Oro, PAHO reported.EcuadorClimateLatin America https://sagire.online/wire/29d5653c/https://sagire.online/wire/29d5653c/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 18:23:00 -0300Hours after the preventive detention of opposition leader and former presidential candidate Luisa González, her party, Citizen Revolution, called a nationwide mobilisation in Ecuador for her release on Thursday, October 22.EcuadorLatin AmericaElectionsJusticeProtests https://sagire.online/wire/a1b54976/https://sagire.online/wire/a1b54976/Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:22:00 -0300Police in Ecuador arrested former presidential candidate Luisa González on Thursday (22), the main political rival of President Daniel Noboa, and the country’s Attorney General’s Office ordered her held in pretrial detention over an alleged money-laundering crime, according to G1 and Opera Mundi. González belongs to the Citizen Revolution party. According to Opera Mundi, the investigations would be based on testimony from Estefanía Molina Freire, who reportedly worked in the financial management of the 2023 presidential campaign and alleges the receipt of illicit funds from “sources in Venezuela”, between US$ 300,000 and US$ 500,000.EcuadorLatin AmericaJusticeElections https://sagire.online/wire/944ddf5e/https://sagire.online/wire/944ddf5e/Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:25:00 -0300Sixteen Ecuadorian fishermen were bombed on March 17, about 170 nautical miles from the Galápagos Islands, in an operation for which the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been pointed to, according to BBC News Mundo. Their boat, the Negra Francisca Duarte II, was heading back to the port of Manta when two drones approached, and the explosions wounded crew members and set the vessel on fire; Le Monde describes the fishermen as collateral victims of American bombs, and one of them mourns the loss of his family’s boat: “This boat was my father’s inheritance, our livelihood. What am I going to do now?”EcuadorUnited StatesLatin AmericaConflict https://sagire.online/wire/551c7fd4/https://sagire.online/wire/551c7fd4/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:22:00 -0300The United States sent MQ-9 Reaper drones to South America, The New York Times revealed on Tuesday, in a text by G1, for anti-narcotics operations in the region. According to officials heard by the newspaper, the drones were redirected from Africa to Colombia and Ecuador, with no details on how many were sent to each country.United StatesColombiaEcuadorLatin AmericaDrug traffickingDrones https://sagire.online/wire/bc1f466b/https://sagire.online/wire/bc1f466b/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:23:00 -0300Ecuador received two MQ-9A Reaper drones in the last week of September, which arrived in Guayaquil aboard a C-5M Super Galaxy, according to Infodefensa. The two aircraft are already deployed at Taura Air Base, in Guayas province, for persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions against drug trafficking and organized crime. Colombia agreed with the United States to receive three MQ-9A Reaper drones on loan, according to Colombia One, for surveillance and intelligence against drug trafficking and armed groups.EcuadorColombiaUnited StatesLatin AmericaDrug traffickingDefense https://sagire.online/wire/2ea04840/https://sagire.online/wire/2ea04840/Mon, 05 Oct 2026 02:21:00 -0300Russia says that a mercenaries unit from Ecuador arrived in Kharkov for counterattacks in the area of Kazachya Lopan and Goptovka, where about 16,500 mercenaries now serve in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to TASS citing Russian security agencies.UkraineEcuadorRussiaConflict https://sagire.online/wire/4d95d0fd/https://sagire.online/wire/4d95d0fd/Mon, 28 Sep 2026 16:22:00 -0300The government of Donald Trump revoked the visas of 27 current and former Latin American officials and their family members from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, according to G1. According to the American State Department, the measures involve officials from those countries and are part of an offensive against corruption and drug trafficking. The Associated Press reported that the US revoked the visas of Bolivia's chief prosecutor and other Latin American officials, in a text republished by Gate News.United StatesLatin AmericaBoliviaColombiaEcuadorPeruDiplomacy