Ecuador expresses interest in joining the UN Security Council

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As spending falls revenues increase 29% in first quarter of 2022
Ecuadorians will no longer need in-person interviews for US Visa renewal
Government protests Honduras invitation to Rafael Correa
I’m not lost, I’m wandering
Minister of Government draws two ‘red lines’ for dialogue with the Assembly
Nicovita to spend $80 million to build new shrimp feed plant in Guayaquil
The murder of Nange Yeti, Waorani sage
The war in Ukraine exposed the trafficking of ‘student packages’
Twenty-one dead as gangs use rifles in Turi prison riot

Ecuador expresses interest in joining the UN Security Council
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As spending falls revenues increase 29% in first quarter of 2022

by Rebeca Mendoza | April 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 26

The rise in the price of oil, higher collection due to the tax reform and the increase in domestic sales left a fiscal surplus of $609 million in the first quarter of 2022. The Government’s fiscal accounts show a positive performance due to an increase in tax and oil revenues. In the first quarter of […]

Ecuadorians will no longer need in-person interviews for US Visa renewal

by Rebeca Mendoza | April 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 26

After having overcome the worst part of the pandemic, the United States Embassy in Ecuador announced that as of April 4th, people who want to renew their US nonimmigrant visa —B1 (business) and B2 (tourism)— will no longer have to attend a face-to-face interview. This is the same procedure that applied before 2021 will be resumed. […]

Government protests Honduras invitation to Rafael Correa

by Rebeca Mendoza | April 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 26

The former president was in Honduras to present the “good practices” of his administration. The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry said that he is a fugitive from justice. A diplomatic note of protest was sent by the Ecuadorian government to its Honduran counterpart, who received former President Rafael Correa to advise them on the “good practices” that he applied during […]

I’m not lost, I’m wandering

by Rebeca Mendoza | April 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 26

I was out with a group of guys last night in Denver. I used to get together with all of them every Tuesday for “Tuesgerday.” Tuesgerday was a special at a local pub where we got a half-pound burger and pint of beer for $6.00. Of course, that price wouldn’t float today. But that restaurant […]

Minister of Government draws two ‘red lines’ for dialogue with the Assembly

by Rebeca Mendoza | April 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 26

The Minister of Government referred to a possible referendum as Plan B of the Executive. Jiménez also confirmed the departure of the Undersecretary of Governance, Juan Manuel Fuertes. Two red lines that could strain the dialogue between the Executive and the National Assembly have been drawn by the new Minister of Government, Francisco Jiménez. During […]

Nicovita to spend $80 million to build new shrimp feed plant in Guayaquil

by Rebeca Mendoza | April 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 26

Nicovita, a brand of Vitapro, which in 2021 has already invested $35 million in expanding its production and storage capacity in Ecuador. With an investment of more than $80 million for this year, Nicovita, a brand of the Vitapro company, announced the construction of a new shrimp feed plant that will expand its production capacity by more than 45%. This […]

The murder of Nange Yeti, Waorani sage

by Rebeca Mendoza | April 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 26

The investigation into his murder began 3 months after his body was found. On December 19, 2021, Nange Yeti Nimonca, a grandfather and Pikenani —sage— of the Waorani nationality, disappeared while on patrol in the community of Wawampare in the Amazonian province of Pastaza, near the Curaray River. His lifeless body was found two days later, on December […]

The war in Ukraine exposed the trafficking of ‘student packages’

by Rebeca Mendoza | April 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 26

The crisis unleashed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine exposed an unusually large presence of Ecuadorian students in Ukraine, many of whom did not have passports. Among the thousands of students from 158 countries who lived in Ukraine before the Russian invasion in February 2022, were hundreds of Ecuadorians. The rescue of the Ecuadorians who lived […]

Twenty-one dead as gangs use rifles in Turi prison riot

by Rebeca Mendoza | April 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 26

After a period of calm during the first quarter of 2022, in which no brutal murders or clashes in the country’s prisons were recorded, in the early morning of April 3rd, that tense calm ended. Around 1:30 in the morning, in prison No. 1, better known as the Turi prison, shooting was heard, according to the residents […]

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In this article

More from this issue

As spending falls revenues increase 29% in first quarter of 2022

Ecuadorians will no longer need in-person interviews for US Visa renewal

Government protests Honduras invitation to Rafael Correa

I’m not lost, I’m wandering

Minister of Government draws two ‘red lines’ for dialogue with the Assembly

Nicovita to spend $80 million to build new shrimp feed plant in Guayaquil

The murder of Nange Yeti, Waorani sage

The war in Ukraine exposed the trafficking of ‘student packages’

Twenty-one dead as gangs use rifles in Turi prison riot

Ecuador expresses interest in joining the UN Security Council

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