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Volume 5, Issue 37
June 20, 2021
United States imports $1.21 billion in Ecuadorian non-oil exports thru April, trade agreement moves forward

United States imports $1.21 billion in Ecuadorian non-oil exports thru April, trade agreement moves forward

According to figures from the Ecuadorian Federation of Exporters (Fedexpor), exports to the United States for the first four months of the year grew by 20%, with shipments of $1.209 billion led by shrimp and bananas with $335 million and $181 million, respectively. They were followed by flowers ($154 million), cocoa ($79 million) and fresh fish ($72 million). Meanwhile, […]

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Number Of New Deaths Increases, Rate Of New Cases Increases, Icu Beds Remain Full

Number Of New Deaths Increases, Rate Of New Cases Increases, Icu Beds Remain Full

It appeared last week that the country would be bypassing the increases in deaths, new cases, positivity rate, etc. that we had typically seen three weeks post-events; however, at four weeks post lifting of the restrictions across the country, we are seeing increases in almost all the important figures we track. Last week we warned […]

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New traffic light system announced for back-to-work, experts question decision

New traffic light system announced for back-to-work, experts question decision

The new “traffic lights” for the tracking of the coronavirus announced this week by the national Emergency Operations Committee (COE), will take into account several factors. This traffic light system will be used first in the progressive and face-to-face return to work for the central government, which will be partial, and then in other activities. That return to work is […]

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Lasso will present a reform to the Higher Education Law allowing more students, EAES test eliminated

Lasso will present a reform to the Higher Education Law allowing more students, EAES test eliminated

The President of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso, announced this past Thursday, June 17, 2021, that in the second week of July, he will personally present to the National Assembly a bill to reform the Organic Law of Higher Education (LOES). Lasso pointed out that the objective of this reform is to have ” free universities and free young people.” It is sought, […]

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Is he left, or right?

Is he left, or right?

I’ve been reading a lot this week about the things that the Lasso government is doing to focus on some serious social problems: childhood malnutrition, unemployment, Covid vaccination, and even the imbalance of salaries and working conditions between men and women in the country. They’ve even retracted the policy of the Correa government that limited […]

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