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Volume 6, Issue 51
As crime increases in Cuenca, locals feeling insecure

As crime increases in Cuenca, locals feeling insecure

Citizens begin to change routines, to reinforce the security of their homes and businesses. Security has been the constant demand of Cuencanans for months. This city—considered quiet—is beginning to get used to reports of crimes and assaults with a great deployment of...

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Barclays says that Ecuador will not need to issue bonds in 2024

Barclays says that Ecuador will not need to issue bonds in 2024

The reduction of the public accounts deficit has helped the Government to lower its borrowing needs, says the investment bank. The increase in the price of oil, higher tax collection and the slow execution of spending in the Budget during 2022 will allow Ecuador to stay away from issuing foreign debt bonds until 2024. According […]

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Bernal femicide is still a web of confusion while husband Germán Cáceres remains on the run

Bernal femicide is still a web of confusion while husband Germán Cáceres remains on the run

At least 12 uniformed men, a sister of Germán Cáceres and another cadet are in the sights of the Prosecutor’s Office. After the discovery of the body of the lawyer María Belén Bernal, last Wednesday afternoon, the investigations continue. Now, the Prosecutor’s Office is working to clarify the circumstances of the crime and to identify […]

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American is voted out as head of Inter-American Development Bank

Update to: IDB elects US hard-liner Mauricio Claver-Caroneas its next president Published: Volume 4, Issue 50 Mauricio Claver-Carone’s term as IDB president was set to expire in 2025. Claver-Carone was the first American to hold the top job at the organization. The Inter-American Development Bank, the hemisphere’s premier international lending institution, voted on Monday to […]

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Ecuador expresses interest in opening an embassy in Portugal

Ecuador expresses interest in opening an embassy in Portugal

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 […]

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We are not in charge

We are not in charge

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 […]

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Sinking of a boat in Galapagos leaves at least four dead

Sinking of a boat in Galapagos leaves at least four dead

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 […]

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The Constitutional rights of indigenous peoples and nationalities in Ecuador are often ignored

The Constitutional rights of indigenous peoples and nationalities in Ecuador are often ignored

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 […]

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Ecuador will seek a new agreement with the IMF in 2023

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 […]

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