News & Events | U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Ecuador

Actions Against Venezuela’s Corrupt Regime

Press Statement Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Washington, DC January 10, 2019 The United States condemns Maduro’s illegitimate usurpation of power today following the unfree and unfair elections he imposed on the Venezuelan people on May 20, 2018. The United States remains steadfast in its support of the Venezuelan people and will continue to ...

By U.S. Mission Ecuador | 10 January, 2019 | Topics: News, U.S. Secretary of State

Government Shutdown

Please note that consular operations, including emergency and routine services for U.S. citizens, will remain operational despite the lapse in government appropriations. Visa services will resume December 26, 2018, when the Embassy reopens after the holidays.

By U.S. Mission Ecuador | 22 December, 2018 | Topics: Alert, embassy, Emergency Services

Special Advisor for Children’s Issues visits Ecuador

Special Advisor Suzanne Lawrence of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Children’s Issues visited Ecuador this week to strengthen the operation of the Hague Abduction Convention between the United States and Ecuador. The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, which has been in force between the United States and ...

By U.S. Mission Ecuador | 13 December, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases, U.S. & Ecuador

Statement by Secretary Pompeo on Human Rights Day

U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesperson Statement by Secretary Pompeo on Human Rights Day December 10, 2018 Seventy years ago, the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Emerging from a world war that shocked humanity with its cruelty, the sovereign nations of the world united to specify those rights that are ...

By U.S. Mission Ecuador | 11 December, 2018 | Topics: Human Rights, News, U.S. Secretary of State