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December 2022
In brief: Quito Metro inaugurated in Ecuador - LatinNews Daily - 22 December 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s state oil company given new drilling licences - LatinNews Daily - 20 December 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso meets Biden - LatinNews Daily - 20 December 2022
In brief: Costa Rica and Ecuador conclude trade talks - LatinNews Daily - 20 December 2022
US’ Mayorkas meets Ecuador’s Lasso and Colombia’s Petro - LatinNews Daily - 19 December 2022
In brief: Ecuador receives final US$700m of IMF agreement - LatinNews Daily - 15 December 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s state oil company struggles with storm damage - LatinNews Daily - 13 December 2022
ECUADOR: Another blow to Lasso’s mining goals - Economy & Business - December 2022
In brief: Ecuador announces roadmap for green hydrogen take-up - LatinNews Daily - 02 December 2022
November 2022
ECUADOR: Legislature votes to repeal tax reform - LatinNews Daily - 30 November 2022
ECUADOR: Criminal groups flex their muscles against gov’t - Security & Strategic Review - December 2022
In brief: Ecuador and Canada discuss possible FTA - LatinNews Daily - 25 November 2022
ECUADOR: Struggling to respond to drug violence - Weekly Report - 24 November 2022 (WR-22-47)
In brief: Gov’t U-turns on debt forgiveness - LatinNews Daily - 23 November 2022
Ecuador and US hold political dialogue - LatinNews Daily - 21 November 2022
ECUADOR: Security meltdown prompts harsh measures - Weekly Report - 10 November 2022 (WR-22-45)
ECUADOR: Corruption probe forces ministerial shakeup - Weekly Report - 03 November 2022 (WR-22-44)
ECUADOR: Wave of violence leaves country reeling - LatinNews Daily - 03 November 2022
ECUADOR: Energy and mining minister replaced amid corruption investigation - LatinNews Daily - 01 November 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s gov’t presents 2023 budget - LatinNews Daily - 01 November 2022
October 2022
ECUADOR: Femicide case grips nation and forces political shakeup - Security & Strategic Review - November 2022
ECUADOR: Indigenous dialogue wrapped up - Weekly Report - 20 October 2022 (WR-22-42)
In brief: Ecuador hails foreign interest in oil bidding round - LatinNews Daily - 19 October 2022
ECUADOR: Indigenous dialogue process ends with mixed success - LatinNews Daily - 17 October 2022
ECUADOR: Prison system rocked by further massacres - Weekly Report - 13 October 2022 (WR-22-41)
ECUADOR: Prison system hit by multiple massacres - LatinNews Daily - 07 October 2022
In brief: Ecuador-Mexico trade negotiations ‘99% complete’ - LatinNews Daily - 05 October 2022
In brief: Tender opened for modernisation of Ecuador’s main oil refinery - LatinNews Daily - 04 October 2022
US begins implementing Los Angeles Declaration on Migration - LatinNews Daily - 03 October 2022
September 2022
ECUADOR: Femicide scandal topples interior minister - Weekly Report - 29 September 2022 (WR-22-39)
Harris meets Caribbean leaders - LatinNews Daily - 26 September 2022
ECUADOR: Interior minister sacked as femicide controversy escalates - LatinNews Daily - 26 September 2022
Ecuador’s wave of violence hits prosecutors - Weekly Report - 22 September 2022 (WR-22-38)
In brief: Ecuador restructures debt with China - LatinNews Daily - 20 September 2022
Ecuador's Lasso suffers major setback to oil and mining plans - Weekly Report - 15 September 2022 (WR-22-37)
ECUADOR: Lasso’s oil targets – a pipedream? - Economy & Business - September 2022
ECUADOR: Planned referendum proposes constitutional changes - LatinNews Daily - 14 September 2022
ECUADOR: Gov’t caves in to indigenous demands on oil and mining - LatinNews Daily - 12 September 2022
ECUADOR: Court ruling paves way for referendum on Yasuní oil drilling - LatinNews Daily - 07 September 2022
ECUADOR: Military presence stepped up along Colombian border - LatinNews Daily - 02 September 2022
REGION: Andean Community broadens its horizons - Weekly Report - 01 September 2022 (WR-22-35)
ECUADOR: Dialogue with Conaie falters - LatinNews Daily - 01 September 2022
August 2022
ECUADOR: Bomb blast highlights changing tactics by organised crime - Security & Strategic Review - September 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s state oil company appoints new director - LatinNews Daily - 19 August 2022
ECUADOR: Guayaquil bombing highlights escalation of gang war - Weekly Report - 18 August 2022 (WR-22-33)
In brief: Ecuador-China FTA will be signed this year, says minister - LatinNews Daily - 18 August 2022
ECUADOR: Troops deployed to Guayaquil following ‘terrorist’ attack - LatinNews Daily - 15 August 2022
ECUADOR: Government defies verdict ordering Glas’ release - Weekly Report - 11 August 2022 (WR-22-32)
ECUADOR: Heightened scrutiny over gov’t refusal to release Glas - LatinNews Daily - 11 August 2022
ECUADOR: Political turmoil drives up country risk - Economy & Business - August 2022
In brief: Costa Rica and Ecuador begin FTA talks - LatinNews Daily - 09 August 2022
In brief: Director of Ecuador’s state oil company resigns - LatinNews Daily - 03 August 2022
July 2022
REGION: Brazil hosts regional meeting on transnational crime - Security & Strategic Review - August 2022
In brief: Ecuador hails first legal cannabis exportation - LatinNews Daily - 28 July 2022
In brief: Ecuador claims drop in poverty - LatinNews Daily - 25 July 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s finance minister meets IMF head - LatinNews Daily - 22 July 2022
ECUADOR: Conaie extracts concessions on loans and debt - Weekly Report - 21 July 2022 (WR-22-29)
ECUADOR: Progress in dialogue with Conaie - LatinNews Daily - 19 July 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s mining exports surge - LatinNews Daily - 15 July 2022
In brief: Ecuador lifts force majeure on oil exports - LatinNews Daily - 13 July 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso forced into U-turns on subsidies, oil and mining - Economy & Business - July 2022
ECUADOR: Gov’t tables economic plan ahead of indigenous talks - LatinNews Daily - 12 July 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso makes major concessions to end protests - Weekly Report - 07 July 2022 (WR-22-27)
ECUADOR: Finance minister goes amid cabinet resignations - LatinNews Daily - 06 July 2022
In brief: Ecuador minister hails recovery of oil production - LatinNews Daily - 05 July 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s state oil company counts costs of protests - LatinNews Daily - 04 July 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso and Conaie reach agreement to end protests - LatinNews Daily - 01 July 2022
June 2022
Wounded Lasso escapes impeachment but protests persist - Weekly Report - 30 June 2022 (WR-22-26)
In brief: Ecuador’s Petroecuador suspends exports of ‘Oriente’ crude - LatinNews Daily - 30 June 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso narrowly avoids impeachment - LatinNews Daily - 29 June 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso facing impeachment vote - LatinNews Daily - 27 June 2022
In brief: China is top CAN trading partner - LatinNews Daily - 27 June 2022
In brief: Protests send Ecuador’s oil production into tailspin - LatinNews Daily - 24 June 2022
ECUADOR: Anti-government protests intensify - Weekly Report - 23 June 2022 (WR-22-25)
ECUADOR: Protest violence escalates - LatinNews Daily - 23 June 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso expands state of exception as protests intensify - LatinNews Daily - 21 June 2022
US to launch Caribbean climate change plan - LatinNews Daily - 20 June 2022
ECUADOR: Under pressure to increase public investment - Economy & Business - June 2022
ECUADOR: Indigenous protesters mobilise against Lasso - Weekly Report - 16 June 2022 (WR-22-24)
ECUADOR: ‘Indefinite’ wave of indigenous protests begins - LatinNews Daily - 14 June 2022
In brief: Ecuador and Costa Rica to begin FTA talks - LatinNews Daily - 10 June 2022
ECUADOR: Llori’s downfall increases risk of legislative gridlock - Weekly Report - 09 June 2022 (WR-22-23)
ECUADOR: Deputies push through bill to tackle insecurity - LatinNews Daily - 08 June 2022
US advisor seeks to shore up support in Argentina ahead of Summit - LatinNews Daily - 06 June 2022
May 2022
ECUADOR: When states of exception are no longer exceptional - Security & Strategic Review - June 2022
US First Lady seeks to shore up support in the region - LatinNews Daily - 30 May 2022
In brief: WB announces new loan for Ecuador to reduce malnutrition - LatinNews Daily - 27 May 2022
ECUADOR: Supreme court president suspended - Weekly Report - 26 May 2022 (WR-22-21)
In brief: Ecuador’s Lasso touts economic progress - LatinNews Daily - 25 May 2022
US sanctions Guatemala’s AG - LatinNews Daily - 23 May 2022
ECUADOR: Casting a wide net in search of trade agreements - Economy & Business - May 2022
ECUADOR : Troubled SolGold looks to expand in mining sector - Weekly Report - 19 May 2022 (WR-22-20)
In brief: UN fund approves finance for Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands - LatinNews Daily - 19 May 2022
In brief: Updated Ecuador-Chile trade agreement takes effect - LatinNews Daily - 18 May 2022
ECUADOR: Gangs undeterred by state of exception - Weekly Report - 12 May 2022 (WR-22-19)
ECUADOR: Dozens killed in prison riot - LatinNews Daily - 10 May 2022
ECUADOR: Pacifying the coast - Weekly Report - 05 May 2022 (WR-22-18)
ECUADOR: Lasso accused of endangering judicial independence - LatinNews Daily - 04 May 2022
April 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso takes on ‘cowardly’ judges - Weekly Report - 28 April 2022 (WR-22-17)
ECUADOR: Challenges laid bare for new defence minister - LatinNews Daily - 28 April 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s Lasso unveils new state development bank - LatinNews Daily - 26 April 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso talks trade in Southern Cone - Weekly Report - 21 April 2022 (WR-22-16)
ECUADOR: Ukraine war brings mixed fortunes for exporters - Economy & Business - April 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s Lasso highlights possible trade agreement with Uruguay - LatinNews Daily - 20 April 2022
ECUADOR: China FTA negotiations get the green light - Weekly Report - 14 April 2022 (WR-22-15)
In brief: Ecuadorean banana producers block roads in protest at low prices - LatinNews Daily - 12 April 2022
ECUADOR: Llori clings to the congressional presidency - Weekly Report - 07 April 2022 (WR-22-14)
ECUADOR: Prison massacre undermines govt’s claims of progress - LatinNews Daily - 04 April 2022
March 2022
ECUADOR: Steps to address the prisons crisis - Security & Strategic Review - April 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso clashes with congress over investment - Weekly Report - 31 March 2022 (WR-22-13)
ECUADOR: Lasso announces plans to bypass legislature - LatinNews Daily - 30 March 2022
US and Costa Rica announce new migration agreement - LatinNews Daily - 28 March 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso suffers major setback over investment bill - LatinNews Daily - 25 March 2022
ECUADOR: Government acts on prisons - Weekly Report - 24 March 2022 (WR-22-12)
ECUADOR: Trade union protests erupt - LatinNews Daily - 24 March 2022
In brief: Ecuador energy project attracts multinational interest - LatinNews Daily - 23 March 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s gov’t opens dialogue with trade union over labour reform - LatinNews Daily - 18 March 2022
ECUADOR: Closer to balancing the books - Economy & Business - March 2022
ECUADOR: Anger at Lasso’s partial veto of abortion bill - LatinNews Daily - 17 March 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s Petroecuador seeks investment - LatinNews Daily - 14 March 2022
ECUADOR: Seeking deeper security partnerships - Weekly Report - 10 March 2022 (WR-22-10)
ECUADOR: Oil spill highlights erosion risks in pipeline system - Security & Strategic Review - March 2022
February 2022
Brazil rejects US remarks over Russia - LatinNews Daily - 28 February 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso denies interfering in CPCCS - Weekly Report - 24 February 2022 (WR-22-08)
In brief: Ecuador’s Lasso to submit investment bill in coming days - LatinNews Daily - 22 February 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso’s investment drive facing major obstacles - Economy & Business - February 2022
REGION: Mixed fortunes in the struggle against inflation - Economy & Business - February 2022
In brief: International SME finance scheme to launch in Ecuador - LatinNews Daily - 16 February 2022
ECUADOR: Grisly message heightens drug trafficking concerns - LatinNews Daily - 15 February 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s tax take increases - LatinNews Daily - 08 February 2022
US and Mexico hold follow-up HLSD meeting - LatinNews Daily - 07 February 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s Lasso signs MoU with China’s Xi Jinping - LatinNews Daily - 07 February 2022
Colombia and Ecuador citizen security laws excite controversy - Weekly Report - 03 February 2022 (WR-22-05)
ECUADOR: Lasso’s policies under scrutiny after oil spill - Weekly Report - 03 February 2022 (WR-22-05)
ECUADOR: Lasso takes a hard line in response to surging violence - Security & Strategic Review - February 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s CC bans oil drilling in Yasuní buffer zone - LatinNews Daily - 03 February 2022
January 2022
In brief: Ecuador’s Lasso to prioritise FTA and debt negotiations in China visit - LatinNews Daily - 26 January 2022
ECUADOR: Fiscal outlook improves with passage of tax reform - Economy & Business - January 2022
In brief: Ecuador eliminates capital outflow tax for fuel imports - LatinNews Daily - 19 January 2022
US sanctions more Cuban officials - LatinNews Daily - 17 January 2022
In brief: Petroecuador’s production recovers from pipeline closures in Ecuador - LatinNews Daily - 10 January 2022
ECUADOR: Uncertainty follows high court ruling upholding rights of nature - Security & Strategic Review - January 2022
VENEZUELA/ECUADOR: Saab under scrutiny in Ecuador - Security & Strategic Review - January 2022
ECUADOR: Lasso lashes out at indigenous leader - Weekly Report - 06 January 2022 (WR-22-01)
In brief: Ecuador’s GDP grows in Q3 - LatinNews Daily - 05 January 2022