AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoPower Shortages: Ecuador’s drought-driven electricity crisis is deepening: industrial users face outages of up to 72 hours a week, prompting businesses to turn against President Daniel Noboa’s government. Rain has helped reservoir levels, but not ended the cuts. Public Oversight: Authorities have filed three peculado complaints linked to Cuenca municipal hospitals, while a separate fight over anti-corruption courts has reached the Constitutional Court as hundreds of cases are reassigned. Digital ID: Ecuador is tightening cellphone registration with biometric identity checks, raising the stakes for how personal data is handled. Press Freedom: Newspaper Expreso has ended its print edition after 53 years amid allegations of government pressure. Organized Crime: A cocaine seizure exceeding 42 tonnes has exposed a trafficking network stretching from Ecuador to the United Arab Emirates.
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