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Ecuador starts building prison for narco bosses
Digital Journal· 1 hour agoThe country’s prisons have become the nerve center for the gangs, with more than 460 inmates killed in three years in bloody narco wars. The January...
Ecuador hit by nationwide blackout, leaving 17 million in the dark
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAs of Wednesday night, energy had been restored in 95% of the country, according to the government....
Ecuador to Phase Out ‘Unfair’ Gasoline Subsidy in Late June
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 3 days ago(Bloomberg) -- Ecuador’s government on Tuesday unveiled a plan to slash subsidies for low-octane...
National blackout in Ecuador leaves 18m people without power
Daily Telegraph· 2 days agoA nationwide electricity outage struck Ecuador on Wednesday, leaving the nation of some 18 million...
Blackout affects millions in Ecuador after transmission line fails
CBS News· 2 days agoA failure in an energy transmission line on Wednesday produced an unexpected blackout throughout...
Nationwide power outage leaves Ecuador in the dark
Reuters· 2 days ago"There is a failure in the transmission line that caused a cascade disconnection, so there's no electricity at a national scale," said Luque, who is also the acting energy minister. In April ...
Ecuadorian lawmakers block indictment of vice president whom authorities accuse of collusion
Houston Chronicle· 7 days agoEcuador's Vice President Verónica Abad, for now, will not be indicted in a corruption case against...
Everything Went Dark in Ecuador After a Series of Energy Errors
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 1 day ago(Bloomberg) -- Traffic lights, elevators, refrigeration and air conditioning stopped working. Subway...
Influx of murder victims overwhelms forensic morgue in Ecuador
Digital Journal· 7 days agoBodies by the dozen are piled up at an overfull forensic morgue in Ecuador’s drug violence-plagued city of Guayaquil; the stench of death hanging over an entire neighborhood. On site, workers ...
Power back on in Ecuador after massive outage blamed on transmission failure
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 days agoPower was nearly fully restored in Ecuador on Wednesday afternoon, after a nationwide electricity outage struck residential users, hospitals as well as the capital's subway system, a failure ...