According to Fedexpor, that country is the ninth ranked market for Ecuador’s non-oil exports within the European Union. Non-oil trade between Ecuador and Portugal was favorable for the country in the first six months of this year by $54 million. Between January and July of this year $68 million was collected from exports and $16 […]
I’m riding out Hurricane Ian with my mother in Florida. Or at least we are getting ready for it. It’s Tuesday and it’s supposed to hit tomorrow. We seem to have lucked out, as it is going to hit on the West coast, and we are on the East coast. Nonetheless, we are being told […]
Ecuador will be invited to the Pacific Alliance Summit in November as a full member. However, if there is no commercial agreement with Mexico by then, the country won’t attend, said Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín. Ecuador may not attend as a full member at the...
Four people died and two others are missing from the accident. A boat sank off the Galapagos Islands on the afternoon of September 25, 2022. Four people have been confirmed dead; 2 people are missing. In addition, 31 people were rescued. The four who died were two Ecuadorians, a Colombian and an American-Israeli. The sinking of the cabotage vessel —for […]
The rights of indigenous peoples and nationalities are protected by the Constitution and other international treaties. In Ecuador, there are 14 nationalities and 18 indigenous peoples who live in three regions: Coast, Sierra and Amazon. It is estimated that there is a total of 1.1 million indigenous people in the country. Most are in the Sierra, where 68% live. They […]
Update to: As Ecuador’s IMF agreement ends, it faces several hurdles to finding more credit Published: Volume 6, Issue 49 According to Bloomberg, President Guillermo Lasso told investors in New York that he will seek a new deal with the IMF. The Ecuadorian government wants to sign a new economic agreement with the International Monetary […]
Several organizations representing workers, teachers and students announced that they would lead a national mobilization on September 21st. A planned national mobilization of trade unions may be the first measure of support or rejection of the popular consultation...
Let me ask you a question: if you keeping doing the same thing, and I reward you, then why should I expect you to stop doing it? I ask you this because another group is now calling for a national strike for Wednesday. These are completely different people than those who called for the strike […]
The prices of products imported from the European Union will fall, but remittances sent by migrants will also decrease. The euro fell on September 5th to its lowest value for almost 20 years against the dollar, closing at $0.99. On September 17th, it had only recovered to $1.00, which is a 14.7% fall over the […]
Ecuador is part of international extradition agreements, but since 1945, the Constitution prevents the extradition of Ecuadorians, regardless of the crimes they commit. The extradition of Ecuadorians is prohibited no matter what or how many crimes they commit. President Guillermo Lasso wants to withdraw that constitutional lock and allow it for those who commit crimes […]
Some commit crimes ranging from arms sales to murder. Almost two-thirds of those arrested return to active duty. The police forces in Ecuador are not immune from accusations of serious crimes. From 2018 to the first half of 2022, 1,898 Ecuadorian police officers were arrested for allegedly having committed contraventions or crimes defined in the Comprehensive Penal […]
President Guillermo Lasso’s referendum proposal proposes that the Prosecutor’s Office no longer depend on the Judicial Council to select, evaluate and sanction its officials. The problems of the Ecuadorian justice system are evident. And the disagreements between the Prosecutor’s Office and the Judicial Council (CJ) have several chapters. For this reason, President Guillermo Lasso proposes […]
The fifth question, which seeks to regulate the existence of political movements in Ecuador, highlights the little control over these organizations. The text of question 5 of the referendum raised by the government of Guillermo Lasso is clear: “Do you agree with requiring political movements to have a minimum number of affiliates equivalent to 1.5% of the electoral registry […]
Update to: Exports to Russia increase over 2020, but lack of trade deal with Eurasian Economic Union could cause problems starting in mid-October Published: Volume 5, Issue 46 China has doubled its purchases from Ecuador of non-mining non-oil products by July 2022. Shrimp continues to grow, and banana sales are suffering. The reduction of Ecuadorian […]
Russia has secretly funneled at least $300 million to foreign political parties and candidates in more than two dozen countries since 2014, in an attempt to shape political events beyond its borders, according to a new U.S. intelligence review. Moscow planned to spend...
The Economist believes that the struggle between the Legislative and the Executive will delay urgent reforms to boost economic activity. The Intelligence Unit of the British firm The Economist Group forecasted that Ecuador’s economy will grow 2.4% in 2022 and no longer 3.5%, as projected in February. The Economist lowered the estimate due to hostility […]
Update to: In first 5 months of 2022 there were 118 gender-related deaths of women with 53 femicides Published: Volume 6, Issue 36 “We are owed by the State, due to impunity,” expressed representatives of organizations and groups that declared themselves in permanent vigil. Women’s and feminist groups came together to report that they declare […]
Brazil and Bolivia account for 90% of the deforested Amazon rainforest that is at a point of no possibility of recovery. Environmental destruction in the Amazon rainforest is so extensive that parts of the forest have reached a point of no return. In other words, they...
During the past month, 8,734 Ecuadorians left for Mexico and Nicaragua; 51% did not return. These are the highest figures over the last eight months. The image is moving. With a toy in his hand, a hat to protect himself from the sun and carrying his identity documents, an Ecuadorian boy was found walking alone […]
“Claudia Tomsa, age 39, died Friday, September 9, 2022, in Newton, MA from a long dormant brain tumor. Claudia was born in Sibiu, Romania where she lived with her mother, grandmother and cousins until age 15 when she emigrated to the US to study classical piano at a summer camp for gifted children. While there […]
In 2023, after the end of its agreement with the IMF, the Government will be forced to increase credits from multilateral organizations, such as the World Bank, the IDB and CAF. Ecuador has a credit quota of $1.751 billion with multilateral organizations for 2023, and...
An energy project worries the communities of the Shuar Arutam people, in the southern Amazon of Ecuador, who believe it will compromise the waters of a river essential for their life and culture. Several communities of the Shuar Arutam people, in the south of the Ecuadorian Amazon, are concerned, because a hydroelectric project is to […]
A report from the Commission on the Right to Work and Social Security, approved by votes of Correismo and the PSC, raises suspicions in the National Assembly. The National Assembly does it again. It is involved in another controversy. This time for the reforms to two articles of the Organic Law of Public Service. Some […]
The eight questions of the popular consultation will be delivered to the Constitutional Court for review. On Monday morning, President Guillermo Lasso presented the eight questions that will make up the popular consultation that will be part of the November election. At an event at the Parque de la Juventud, in Carapungo, north of Quito, the President promised […]
In the midst of the security crisis aggravated by drug trafficking, Ecuador will have to deal with the changes announced by Colombian President Gustavo Petro, including another approach to the extradition of drug traffickers. Gustavo Petro, the new president of Colombia, has changed the focus of the fight against drug trafficking, which he described as […]
More than 70% of the concessions did not have an environmental authorization. The Ministry of Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (Maate) announced that 146 mining concessions have been suspended. According to the Ministry, these suspensions have been made in 15 months, from May 2021 to September 2022. Why were the concessions suspended? A statement from the Maate […]
The coordinator of the official Bank of the National Agreement (BAN), Juan Fernando Flores, spoke about the relationship between the Government and the Assembly, the negotiations and pending issues of the Executive for the next three years. The reopening of the dialogue between the Executive and Legislative branches marks what appears to be the reconciliation […]
After the war broke the supply chain with Russia and Ukraine, Ecuador buys agrochemicals from Chile and the United States to replace urea. Ecuador has imported a greater amount of potassium fertilizers in the first half of 2022, according to the Ecuadorian Federation...
Two violent crimes occurred in Cuenca in the last three days. In one of them the participation of three police officers is presumed. Octavio Tapia, a 62-year-old man who collected old objects, lived in a house in the El Cebollar sector (west of Cuenca). On Wednesday,...
This week we reached agreement with a company who is going to come out and drill a well for us. They came and tested the ground to get an approximation of how deep they would have to go to get water. Turns out it (50 meters) wasn’t as deep as we had been led to […]