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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Impact verdict
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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