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Volume 6, Issue 34
May 29, 2022

Updates: 06-29-2022

Update to: Peru president forced to install third cabinet amid criticism and resignations Published: Volume 6, Issue 18 Peruvian prosecutor investigates Pedro Castillo for corruption crimes The president of Peru is being investigated for ‘criminal organization,...

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SRI Director General replaced by Lasso disciple

SRI Director General replaced by Lasso disciple

The Internal Revenue Service (SRI) reported that Francisco Briones assumed the position of Director General of the tax administration Francisco Briones is the new Director General of the Internal Revenue Service (SRI). Since May 2021, Briones had been serving as Deputy Secretary General of the Cabinet. Briones is an economist from the Escuela Politécnica del […]

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More than 80% of Ecuadorians disapprove of National Assembly efforts

More than 80% of Ecuadorians disapprove of National Assembly efforts

The Cedatos polling company conducted 2,020 interviews in 19 cities across the country. The approval ratings of the National Assembly have plummeted in slightly more than one year of work. According to the polling firm Cedatos, at the beginning of this administration, on June 5, 2021, the Assembly had a 42.1% approval rating, but as of […]

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Lasers used to find another ‘Lost City’ in the Amazon

Lasers used to find another ‘Lost City’ in the Amazon

A sprawling society with pyramids, moats, and “forest islands” thrived from 500 to 1400 A.D. in the Bolivian Amazon. The ruins of a vast ancient civilization that has remained hidden under the densely forested landscape of the Bolivian Amazon for centuries has now...

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Government insists that there will be a popular consultation in 2022

Government insists that there will be a popular consultation in 2022

The Minister of Government, Francisco Jiménez, said that it will be done this year. The Minister of Government responded with a seriousness in tune with his navy-blue suit and his white and light blue striped tie. “We are going to implement it. We hope to do it in the course of this year,” said Francisco Jiménez last […]

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Ecuador announces the ‘2025 road plan’

Ecuador announces the ‘2025 road plan’

$5.2 billion would be invested to repower and improve Ecuador’s highways One of the greatest concerns across the country in recent years is the deterioration of Ecuador’s highways. According to the Ministry of Transport and Public Works, less than 13% of the country’s roads are in very good condition; 44% are rated as “good.” However, on the remaining […]

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Bored to have you back

Bored to have you back

Our friends are moving back to Ecuador from Poland. They moved there a few years ago after leaving Ecuador for Spain; they didn’t like it there so then they went to Italy. Didn’t like that either. So, they went to Poland—because she’s from there. They’ve been there a few years. And they did kind of […]

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