To establish the 'ranking' of the most expensive countries to fly to in Latin America, ticket fee, airport taxes and security fees that passengers must pay evaluated. Passengers traveling by plane to Ecuador must pay $123 for fees, taxes and contributions. This was...
Large commercial shrimp farms will an end to fuel subsidies that heave helped them grow to Ecuador’s second largest industry. Shrimp farms that are not artisanal, or that do not belong to the small industry, will no longer receive a diesel fuel subsidy. On the...
The former police colonel was assassinated after serving 22 days in his position as director. A former Colonel of the Police, Santiago Loza, had come out of retirement to run the Pichincha No. 1 Male Provisional Detention Center, known as the El Inca...
Update to: Ecuador has the second highest level of chronic malnutrition in the region Published: Volume 6, Issue 25 There is a budget of $350 million for childhood malnutrition program thru 2023. In parallel, funds are being sought after the fall in the sale of Banco del Pacífico. The Government is seeking additional resources to […]
Update to: Basic Unified Salary remains at $400 for 2021 due to negative inflation forecast Published: Volume 5, Issue 9 The 2023 unified base salary will be increased. On Wednesday, November 30, 2021, President Guillermo Lasso announced that there would be an increase of $25 compared to 2022. Lasso was the one who decided on the increase because the workers, businessmen and […]
The Mundialito de los Pobres, with a format inspired by the Soccer World Cup, is the most popular neighborhood tournament in Cuenca. The first edition was played in 1966. Cuencanos do not have to wait every four years to see their favorite teams lift the World Cup. Every year, during the holiday season, 36 teams […]
I don’t really have much to say this week, other than that I have been really humbled by the response to our ‘A Simple Box of Food’ program. We met our goal in three days. Imagine that. I’m just floored by it. Anyway, more on that below. Back to the humbling part. I guess I […]
At 7:00 p.m. on November 28, the SNAI announced through a statement Glas was released and left amid a sea of his supporters. Amid the shouts, applause, and hugs of his supporters, Jorge Glas, was released from Prison 4 in Quito last Monday night, November 28, 2022....
The audit of Petroecuador’s balance sheets is part of the commitments of the credit program that Ecuador signed with the IMF. No company submitted bids in the contest called by Petroecuador to audit their financial statements. The call for contracting the audit was made in August 2022, and its objective was to clarify and order […]
Illegal mining activity grows in 13 Napo communities after the intervention in the Yutzupino area. Invasions are reported in four legal concessions. Illegal mining activities in the Amazonian province of Napo increased during the second half of 2022. The reactivation of these illegal activities occured after the military and police evicted some 700 informal miners […]