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Migration
2022: Large-scale population immigration from Venezuela amid crisis
2021: Net population inflow in 4 years
Foreign policy
2024: Plan to transfer Russian Mi-17 helicopters to Ukraine in exchange for new ones from the United States
The chaos of unrest, into which Ecuador plunged in January 2024, became a convenient pretext for the Daniel Noboa administration to increase investment in the power apparatus, and opened up new opportunities for Washington to support Ukraine.
On January 10, the president of Ecuador, who was born in the United States and attended a school in Washington, D.C., announced that the country would exchange Soviet-made military equipment for new American models. According to him, in return Ecuador will receive new equipment totaling $200 million.
"We will get help from the US. There will be an exchange of Russian and Ukrainian scrap metal for modern equipment, modern equipment for $200 million, "Noboa said in an interview with Canela radio station.
The exchange will be carried out as part of a "large package of assistance" from the United States, which was promptly agreed with the American embassy exactly after the start of protests by drug cartels. At the same time, Noboa openly admits that the equipment handed over by Ecuador will soon go into service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
At this time, the Ecuadorian army has 11 Mi-17 helicopters, 18 Grad MLRS units, about 10 BTR-60, dozens of Soviet and Russian-made air defense systems and MANPADS, but the main thing is thousands of ammunition and spare parts for this equipment.
In early February, the Rosselkhoznadzor suspended the export of bananas of the five largest Ecuadorian firms engaged in supplies to Russia. The reason was the identification of humpback flies in the supplied products. Literally immediately, floral trips were found in Ecuadorian carnations, and therefore they were also limited in export.
The incident was immediately considered a kind of response of Russia to the statement of President Daniel Noboa. Nevertheless, the Ecuadorian authorities reported that they provided all the necessary documentation to lift restrictions on the export of bananas to Russia and are confident that everything will be in order soon.
On February 9, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Kevin Sullivan announced that Soviet-made military equipment, which Ecuador would transfer to the United States in exchange for new equipment, would be delivered to Ukraine.
Ecuadorians will receive UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, and for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will give the available Soviet-made Mi-17, the number of which is 11 units.
Only one helicopter is operational, and ten others will go to parts due to lack of maintenance and repairs.
According to Rybar, 16 Mi-17 helicopters are in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine at this time, of which two require repair.
On February 16, 2024, the Russian ambassador, following a meeting with the President of Ecuador, told the media that Ecuador was canceling its decision to supply Russian equipment to the United States.
Ecuador's president has vowed to make every effort to address Russia's concerns over the supply of bananas.
Economy
Financial system
External debt
2019: Debt to China - $5.8 billion
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Inflation
2022: Inflation in November - 4%
Unemployment
2020: Unemployment rate - 8.1%
Incomes of the population
2023: Minimum wage - $407
2022: Share of citizens with a budget of less than $5.5 per day
Minerals
Oil production
R&D
2020: R&D expenses - $806 million
Foreign trade
2022: US is the biggest export destination
2020: Main export item - oil
2019: Russia's biggest banana supplier
In 2019, Ecuador supplies about 1.4 million tons of bananas to the Russian Federation, which is 96% of all imports of the product.
Energy carriers
2020: Energy consumption per capita
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Agriculture
2024: World number three for cocoa production
2019: High levels of pesticide use in agriculture
Information Technology
2019: Data breach of nearly all residents
In mid-September 2019, it became known about the data leak of almost all residents of Ecuador. It was due to the local company Novaestrat, which incorrectly configured the Elasticsearch base.
The vpnMentor research group discovered in the public domain a database with personal data of almost the entire population of Ecuador - this is about 16.5 million people, including 6.7 million children.
The server contained data obtained from various sources (some from government sources, another part from private databases), including names, information about family members and relatives, civil registration data, financial data, as well as information about the work and ownership of vehicles.
 | Most of the citizens affected by the leak live in Ecuador. However, it was not possible to find out the details at this stage. Apparently, the open database contained information obtained from external sources, reads the vpnMentor report. |  |
Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno ordered an open investigation. He also promised to submit a bill on the protection of personal data.[1]
Consumption
2023: Poultry meat is the most consumed type of meat
2022: World No. 1 for marijuana cheapness: $1.34 per gram
Health care
2024: Permission to carry out euthanasia
In early February 2024, the Constitutional Court of Ecuador approved euthanasia. The decision was made as part of the trial of Paola Roldan, who sought the possibility of voluntary retirement due to a serious illness. Read more here.
2021: Maternity leave
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2020: Duration of guaranteed paid sick leave 6 months or more
Crime
2023: Criminals start sending out USB flash drives with explosives inside
On March 20, 2023, at least five journalists working for TV and radio stations in Ecuador were sent bomb letters with exploding flash key fobs. Read more here.
Prisons
2024: Prisoners in five prisons took more than 130 guards hostage. Leaders of the largest gangs fled
In January 2024, the President of Ecuador said that the country is at war, more than 130 prison guards and other employees are held hostage by prisoners in at least five prisons in Ecuador.
Daniel Noboa, who has pledged to address the growing security problem caused by an increase in drug gangs transporting cocaine through Ecuador, has described 22 gangs as terrorist organizations, making them official military targets. The list includes such large gangs as Los Lobos, Los Choneros, Los Tiburones, the Latin Kings gang distributed in the United States and many others.
Ecuador has declared a state of emergency. It all started with the disappearance of a citizen nicknamed Fito, the leader of the Los Choneros gang (rumored to be the operational unit of the Sinaloa cartel in Ecuador), who, in theory, was supposed to be in prison and enjoy the status of the country's most wanted criminal there. However, on January 8, 2024, there were reports that he had disappeared from the Detention Center in Guayaquil.
In response to the disappearance of the Los Choneros leader, President Noboa said he would not yield to the demands of drug-terrorist groups. A curfew has been introduced, freedom of assembly is temporarily limited, and more than three thousand law enforcement officers have been thrown in search of Fito.
The situation is interesting because Fito is the very criminal who was accused of organizing the murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who received threats from Los Choneros.
The second leader of the large Los Lobos gang, Fabrizio Colona Pico, also escaped from prison. Together with him, his accomplices escaped from prison, the exact number of which is still unknown.
2022: The minimum age for children to be jailed is 12
2018: Number of prisoners per 100 thousand citizens
History
2024: Police break into Mexican embassy and detain former Vice President Jorge Glas
On April 6, 2024, Mexico severed diplomatic relations with Ecuador after police broke into the country's embassy in Quito, where former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas was sheltering, on April 5, and detained him.
Mexican Foreign Minister Alicia Barcena announced an "immediate severance" of relations, citing a "flagrant violation" of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. Mexican embassy staff were injured, she said.
By this time, this is the most striking case of violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, according to which the premises of foreign representation are inviolable.
2023: Electronic voting fails in Ecuador after hacker attack 120 thousand citizens could not vote
On August 20, 2023, the National Electoral Council of the Republic of Ecuador reported a hacker attack on its electronic voting platform. As a result of this cyber incident, tens of thousands of Ecuadorians living abroad were unable to vote during early presidential and parliamentary elections. Read more here.
Sport
2022: The most popular sport is football
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