Colombia responds to Ecuador’s tariff hike with 100-percent import tax
The tit-for-tat tariff increase comes amid cross-border tension over illicit drugs and fate of politician Jorge Glas.
The tit-for-tat tariff increase comes amid cross-border tension over illicit drugs and fate of politician Jorge Glas.
Cuba’s Ambassador to Ecuador Basilio Gutierrez and his diplomatic staff were given 48 hours to leave Quito.
Critics have questioned the increasing scope and deadly consequences of US anti-narcotics operations in Latin America.
The new announcement from Quito follows an initial 30 percent tariff imposed by the Andean nation in early February.
More than 150 giant tortoises have been reintroduced to Ecuador’s Floreana Island in the Galapagos.
School superintendent says the child was ‘essentially’ used ‘as bait’ to apprehend his father, who is seeking asylum.
President Daniel Noboa has sought closer relations with Donald Trump while criticising Colombia’s left-wing leader.
Sentencing caps yearlong investigation into abuse, disappearance of four children in Guayaquil amid crime crackdown.
Former Fluminense star Mario Pineida killed in attack as Ecuadorian president responds to most violent year in history.
The former South American leader is accused of receiving bribes connected to the construction of a power plant.
Trump claims to be cracking down on drug gangs in Venezuela but pardoned a Honduran drug lord serving time in the US.
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