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Ecuador Regulates Independent Energy Storage Market to Support Grid Capacity Vista Valle Scheduled to Open November 13 as San Gabriel Adds Retail Space Santa Cruz Declares Emergency Following Severe Flooding in Galapagos Recurrent Flooding in El Oro Threatens Spread of Banana Fungus Fusarium R4T Ecuador Executive Submits $50.2 Billion Budget Proposal for 2027 Ecuador Regulates Independent Energy Storage Market to Support Grid Capacity Vista Valle Scheduled to Open November 13 as San Gabriel Adds Retail Space Santa Cruz Declares Emergency Following Severe Flooding in Galapagos Recurrent Flooding in El Oro Threatens Spread of Banana Fungus Fusarium R4T Ecuador Executive Submits $50.2 Billion Budget Proposal for 2027

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Ecuador Regulates Independent Energy Storage Market to Support Grid Capacity

Ecuador's September 2026 reforms regulate an independent energy-storage market, allowing authorized providers to contract with electricity distributors. An earlier battery requirement applies to a narrower group of renewable projects.

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Vista Valle Scheduled to Open November 13 as San Gabriel Adds Retail Space

Grupo Ortiz plans to open Vista Valle in Alangasí on November 13, 2026. The announced USD 25 million mall follows other retail openings in San Gabriel, while residents offer differing views on property-price increases.

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Santa Cruz Declares Emergency Following Severe Flooding in Galapagos

Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos has declared a local state of emergency after intense rainfall caused flooding, infrastructure damage, and casualties.

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Recurrent Flooding in El Oro Threatens Spread of Banana Fungus Fusarium R4T

Severe flooding in Santa Rosa, El Oro, threatens to spread the soil-borne Fusarium Raza 4 Tropical fungus across banana plantations, prompting agricultural authorities to initiate biological control measures.

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Ecuador Executive Submits $50.2 Billion Budget Proposal for 2027

The administration of President Daniel Noboa has submitted a $50.213 billion national budget proposal for 2027 to the National Assembly, boosting public investment and health funding.

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Ecuador Temporarily Cuts VAT to 8% for Tourism Services Over November Holiday

President Daniel Noboa has signed Executive Decree 526, temporarily reducing Ecuador's Value-Added Tax (VAT) on qualifying tourism services from 15% to 8% across a four-day holiday period.

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Ecuador Extradites Three High-Profile Crime Suspects to United States

Ecuadorian authorities have completed the extradition of Daniel Salcedo, Ronald Herrera, and Francisco Bermudez to the United States. The move brings the total number of individuals extradited to international courts under the current administration to nine.

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