Lenin Moreno

• Coronavirus: Ecuador to collect from businesses, residents in drastic economic plan

  Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno unveiled an emergency economic plan Friday aimed at rescuing the South American nation hard hit by the new coronavirus.

  World

  Apr 10, 2020
  
• Ecuador president apologizes for offensive sexual harassment comments

  In a speech to investors, Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno said women only tend to complain about sexual harassment when it comes from ugly people.

  Politics

  Feb 2, 2020
  
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• Boat carrying 600 gallons of diesel capsizes off Galapagos Islands

  The islands are home to a "melting pot" of marine species, with everything from giant tortoises to sea lions to mockingbirds and finches. 

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  Dec 23, 2019
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• Indigenous groups in Ecuador score big win as Moreno scraps fuel subsidy

  The signing of the decree is a blow to Moreno, and leaves big questions about the oil-producing nation's fiscal situation.

  World

  Oct 14, 2019
• Ecuador officials, indigenous leaders to begin talks in wake of violent protests

  The protests have paralyzed Ecuador's economy and cut off more than half of the country's production of oil, Ecuador's most important export.

  World

  Oct 13, 2019
• Protesters in Ecuador agree to talks as president declares curfew in capital

  The highland capital of Quito was rocked by a 10th day of clashes over Moreno's austerity plan, with the office of Ecuador's comptroller set on fire and access roads to Quito's airport blocked.

  News

  Oct 12, 2019
• Ecuador’s president fled the capital and called a state emergency — what’s happening?

  Protests reached a climax when demonstrators rampaged through police barriers into the country's empty congress building and were repelled by tear gas fired by police.

  World

  Oct 8, 2019
• Protesters in Ecuador rally against austerity measures as food prices climb

  Ecuadoreans complain consumer prices have risen sharply as a knock-on effect of Moreno's abolition of fuel subsidies, which has also triggered the nation's worst unrest in more than a decade.

  Politics

  Oct 6, 2019
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• Ecuador’s president accuses Julian Assange of using embassy for spying

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange repeatedly violated his asylum conditions and tried to use the Ecuadorian embassy in London as a centre for spying, Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno told Britain's Guardian newspaper.

  World

  Apr 15, 2019