Update to: Women quarantine to keep the virus out, but inside the house the danger of domestic violence grows in Ecuador and worldwid Published: Volume 4, Issue 48 Woman in Shushufindi was killed by her partner, who later committed suicide Inhabitants of the Los Bosques neighborhood, in Shushufindi, in Sucumbíos province, woke up this Saturday […]

With the pandemic restricting mobility, many Ecuadorians have been gravitating toward the option of buying online in stores abroad and receiving their packages by courier or express mail. Likewise, operations for this have been gaining ground in the country and are even diversifying their services to move around these purchases. Courier companies that provide these […]

Last October, the country went through a “shutdown,” not from the coronavirus pandemic, but rather from the Government’s attempt to remove fuel subsidies that in some shape of form had been in place since the 1970’s. The government sought to reduce (or cancel) the subsidy as part of its austerity measures, to try to plug […]

The reduction in mobility due to COVID-19 accelerated the number of users of applications such as Glovo, Rappi and Uber in the country. This increase caused these companies to apply strategies to improve or maintain service during and after the pandemic, discover new market niches and expand their coverage in sectors where demand arose. Daniel Arévalo, […]

Last week, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), requested the cooperation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the G20 to help Latin America and the Caribbean continue to apply expansionary fiscal and monetary policies to mitigate a crisis that it estimates will last longer than expected. In a virtual meeting […]