UK FCDO Travel Advisory – Ecuador – State of Emergency & Curfew – April–May 2026
The UK FCDO updated its travel advisory for Ecuador on 29 April 2026, advising against all but essential travel to multiple coastal and border provinces due to ongoing internal disturbance and armed violence. A 60-day state of emergency (SOE), renewed on 2 April 2026, covers 12 provinces including Guayas, Manabí, Esmeraldas, and Pichincha. A curfew between 11pm and 5am was imposed across SOE provinces from 3 to 18 May 2026. Heightened police and military presence is expected nationwide.
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Low impact. LOW: Fourth-pass historical recalibration. This is a travel/security/advisory update rather than a discrete London Market loss event. It may be useful background context, but the available reporting does not evidence a current insured-loss pathway such as named insured asset damage, vessel/cargo loss, port/airspace/waterway closure, energy/facility outage, claims/loss estimate, sanctions asset action, reinsurance impact, or market pricing/capacity response.
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FCDO advises against all but essential travel to named Coastal Region provinces and within 20km of the Ecuador-Colombia border.▾
A 60-day state of emergency was renewed on 2 April 2026 covering 12 provinces.▾
A curfew between 23:00 and 05:00 is in effect from 3 May to 18 May 2026 in SOE provinces.▾
Travellers with valid boarding passes are exempt from the curfew at airports.▾
Heightened police and military presence is expected nationwide.▾
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The SOE is attributed to internal disturbance and armed violence.▾
The advisory was last updated 29 April 2026 and confirmed still current as of 11 May 2026.▾
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Specific nature and scale of armed violence or groups responsible not detailed in the advisory.▾
Whether the SOE will be extended beyond its current 60-day renewal period is unknown.▾
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The UK FCDO updated its travel advisory for Ecuador on 29 April 2026, advising against all but essential travel to multiple coastal and border provinces due to ongoing internal disturbance and armed violence. A 60-day state of emergency (SOE), renewed on 2 April 2026, covers 12 provinces including Guayas, Manabí, Esmeraldas, and Pichincha. A curfew between 11pm and 5am was imposed across SOE provinces from 3 to 18 May 2026. Heightened police and military presence is expected nationwide.
A 60-day state of emergency (SOE) was renewed on 2 April 2026 due to internal disturbance and armed violence. A curfew will be in effect from 3 May to 18 May, between 11pm and 5am, in the provinces listed above that are under a SOE.
Source: UK FCDO Travel Advisories (Official Advisory) · View source
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