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Volume 6, Issue 17
Lasso travels to China in search of trade agreement and debt renegotiation

Lasso travels to China in search of trade agreement and debt renegotiation

President Lasso left for China on Monday, January 31, at 6:40 p.m. The two objectives of his trip, according to Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín, is to achieve a free trade agreement —to improve the conditions of small and medium-sized exporters— and to renegotiate the conditions of the country’s debt with China. According to Holguín, the Ministers of Economy and Finance of both countries […]

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Growth projections for Ecuador are maintained or improved for 2022

Growth projections for Ecuador are maintained or improved for 2022

The attraction of investment, one of the goals of the Government of President Guillermo Lasso, is key to the recovery of the Ecuadorian economy. The World Bank, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the United Nations Organization (UN) have updated and presented their projections on the growth of world economies […]

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Government promises that three hospitals in Manabí will be ready in 2022

Government promises that three hospitals in Manabí will be ready in 2022

The reconstruction of the Manta hospital and the construction of the Bahía de Caráquez hospital have been going on for more than two years, with continued delays. The one in Pedernales, which began in 2020, is 57% complete. The construction and reconstruction of hospitals in Manabí is a situation that has been ongoing since the […]

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Friends in need

Friends in need

We had to buy a new car this week. Our 20-year-old Honda CR-V finally told us, “Enough is enough!” Understandable. We got a lot of kilometers out of it and treated it less than kind most of the time. It was less of a “passenger vehicle” and more of a “farm horse.” It has transported […]

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Cuenca has the highest cost of goods, second highest inflation in the country

Cuenca has the highest cost of goods, second highest inflation in the country

The acquisition of the Basic Family Basket costs a Cuencan $30 more than in the rest of the country, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC). While the national average, as of December 2021, stood at $719.65, in the capital of Azuay it reached $749.46. Cuenca closed 2021 not only as […]

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