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Numbers Of Deaths And Hospitalizations Fall Again, New Vaccination Plan Rolled Out With Promises Of More Vaccines
The first ‘authorized’ drug against Covid-19 costs thousands in Ecuador
Sinovac vaccine restores a Brazilian city to near normal
Flying to the US to get the Covid-19 vaccine
Donuts aren’t the only things with holes in them
Ecuador’s exports expected to grow market share in 2021
Ecuador will honor the award in favor of Perenco for $374.3 million

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Numbers Of Deaths And Hospitalizations Fall Again, New Vaccination Plan Rolled Out With Promises Of More Vaccines

by Jonathan | June 8, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 35

We are two weeks out from the lifting of restrictions and the number of new cases and new deaths continue to fall. In the past, we have seen a rise in these numbers at around 2-3 week’s post increases in mobility. So, it is encouraging to see these numbers continue to improve even as we […]

The first ‘authorized’ drug against Covid-19 costs thousands in Ecuador

by Jonathan | June 8, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 35

Although remdesivir does not have a sanitary registration in Ecuador, and its use has not yet been officially approved, there are doctors who are prescribing it. Andrea’s 50-year-old father is in the intensive care unit at a Guayaquil hospital because he was infected with Covid-19. She says that to “improve” his condition, the doctors sent her […]

Sinovac vaccine restores a Brazilian city to near normal

by Jonathan | June 8, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 35

Just one COVID-19 patient is in critical condition at the Dr. Geraldo Cesar Reis clinic in Serrana, a city of almost 46,000 in Sao Paulo state’s countryside. The 63-year-old woman rejected the vaccine that was offered to every adult resident of Serrana as part of a trial. Doctors say the woman was awaiting one of […]

Flying to the US to get the Covid-19 vaccine

by Jonathan | June 8, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 35

Lately the United States has been called the “promised land,” although it already was for many migrants who continue to seek the American dream. But this time it is not a purely economic issue, but rather a public health issue. American—the country hit the worst by the COVID-19 pandemic, at a point having bodies stored in […]

Donuts aren’t the only things with holes in them

by Jonathan | June 8, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 35

This week I want to talk about something completely unrelated to politics or the coronavirus, and that’s work ethic. Right now, we have two local brothers, both in their mid-twenties, working on construction projects at our house. We’ve had them there for 3 months. We started first with having them rebuild an old carport that […]

Ecuador’s exports expected to grow market share in 2021

by Jonathan | June 8, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 35

In 2020, several Ecuadorian companies were able to export to the United States for the first time. Non-traditional products such as dragon fruit and ginger performed well in the international market. Exports of goods and services from Ecuador had a fall of 2.1 percent in 2020. However, bananas, coffee, cocoa and fish presented a positive performance, […]

Ecuador will honor the award in favor of Perenco for $374.3 million

by Jonathan | June 8, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 35

The Government of Ecuador declared last week its commitment to respect the arbitration award that obliges it to pay some $374.3 million, plus interest, to the French oil company Perenco, after a long-standing trade dispute tied to a bilateral investment treaty. The Presidency of Ecuador, in a statement, reported that an Ad-Hoc Committee of the Arbitral […]

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In this article

More from this issue

Numbers Of Deaths And Hospitalizations Fall Again, New Vaccination Plan Rolled Out With Promises Of More Vaccines

The first ‘authorized’ drug against Covid-19 costs thousands in Ecuador

Sinovac vaccine restores a Brazilian city to near normal

Flying to the US to get the Covid-19 vaccine

Donuts aren’t the only things with holes in them

Ecuador’s exports expected to grow market share in 2021

Ecuador will honor the award in favor of Perenco for $374.3 million

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