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Noboa said the borders would be closed over the weekend, when he is facing 15 opponents in a Sunday presidential election, due to "attempts by armed groups to destabilize the country."
The history of the border was marked by a territorial dispute up until 1998, when the Brasilia Presidential Act was signed between then presidents Jamil Mahuad and Alberto Fujimori. [1] The border was closed from 2020 to early 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]
The 2024 Peru wildfires are a series of wildfires that began in July 2024 that have caused at least 16 deaths and the burning of about 3,000 hectares [ha] (7,400 acres) of forest, protected areas, and agricultural land in 22 of 24 Peruvian regions.
More than 80 illegal migrants nabbed under President Trump’s border crackdown were recently loaded onto a C-17 military plane in El Paso, Texas, for a one-way flight back to Ecuador.
Ecuador’s ports are now a major exit point for South American cocaine headed to North America and Europe, the UN says. This newfound position in the international drug trade has sparked a ...
Due to better control of the Colombian government over transportation hubs, drug trafficking from Colombia decreased and its operations moved to Ecuador. [ 17 ] According to Vox , the lower demand for cocaine in the United States alongside the Colombian peace process created a power vacuum that saw Albanian, Mexican and Venezuelan criminal ...
Ecuador has the sixth largest concentration of Venezuelan migrants. Ecuadorian officials and nongovernmental organizations that assist migrants estimate that 475,000 Venezuelans live in Ecuador. Of those more than 231,000 live permanently and legally there, according to Ecuador’s 2023 census.
Myanmar: Closed its borders to all non-residents. All flights to Myanmar and visa applications were suspended. [50] Also, due to Myanmar coup d'état, all flights to the country are cancelled. [51] North Korea: Closed its borders to all international tourists on 21 January 2020, one of the first countries to do so. All air and train routes into ...