Chile's Constitutional Convention installed, elects Mapuche indigenous woman as president

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US Ambassador says trade, more vaccines, and visas all in the works
Antibiotic resistance in Galapagos Giant Tortoises
UPDATES: 07/04/2021
Chinese fishing boats approaching Galapagos: what’s being done, what species they endanger and who comprises the fleet
Ecuadorian economy falls 5.6% in the first quarter of 2021
New Deaths Fall Significantly, ICU And Hospitalized Patients Drops, But New Cases Rise In 15 Provinces
It’s not all bad in South America
Constitutional court rules $360 million in VAT stays with GADs and Universities

Chile’s Constitutional Convention installed, elects Mapuche indigenous woman as president

Protests delayed the installation of Convention members

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US Ambassador says trade, more vaccines, and visas all in the works

by Jonathan | July 6, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 39

The bilateral relationship between Ecuador and the United States will be further strengthened under the current government of Guillermo Lasso, says Michael Fitzpatrick, US ambassador to the country. He says that the dialogues will be deepened to close a commercial agreement and that agreements to improve drug trafficking control are also a priority. Fitzpatrick adds that they […]

Antibiotic resistance in Galapagos Giant Tortoises

by Jonathan | July 6, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 39

Scientists from the Charles Darwin Foundation (CDF), the Saint Louis Zoo Institute for Conservation Medicine (ICM), the Animal Health Research Center (INIA-CISA), the Complutense University, and the European University of Madrid, together with technicians from the Galapagos National Park Directorate (GNPD) showed that one of the most emblematic species on Earth, the giant tortoises of Galapagos, carry antibiotic resistance bacteria associated with human […]

UPDATES: 07/04/2021

by Jonathan | July 6, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 39

Update to: Aeroregional will begin commercial flights between Quito-Cuenca-Guayaquil Published: Volume 3, Issue 45 Aeroregional will relaunch the Cuenca-Quito route starting Friday, July 9th Aeroregional airline confirmed, through its social networks, that starting Friday, July 9th, it will offer the Cuenca-Quito and Quito-Cuenca flights. The price of round-trip ticket will be $160, which includes taxes and fees. Passengers may carry, free […]

Chinese fishing boats approaching Galapagos: what’s being done, what species they endanger and who comprises the fleet

by Jonathan | July 6, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 39

The Más Galapagos collective alerted, on the morning of June 29th, that—through the Global Fishing Watch platform—it detected the arrival of the first Chinese-flagged fishing boat in the vicinity of Galapagos. This vessel is the first of the nearly 300 that make up the international fishing fleet that arrives in this area every year and […]

Ecuadorian economy falls 5.6% in the first quarter of 2021

by Jonathan | July 6, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 39

Ecuador had a negative annual growth of its economy in the first quarter of 2021. The result was -5.6%. This negative result, which compares the growth obtained in the first quarter of 2020 (the last almost normal quarter before the pandemic) with the first quarter of 2021, is due to the fall in government consumption (-8.5%) and Gross Fixed […]

New Deaths Fall Significantly, ICU And Hospitalized Patients Drops, But New Cases Rise In 15 Provinces

by Jonathan | July 6, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 39

With caution, we are happy to report that there were some very positive changes over the last week. However, there are two indicators that still raise concern and may mean a worsening of the situation in the coming week. First, the good news. New Covid-19 deaths fell by 40% this week, going from 230 […]

It’s not all bad in South America

by Jonathan | July 6, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 39

Sometimes I just have nothing to say. When it happens, it reminds me of Andy Rooney. He used to do his opinion piece at the end of every 60 Minutes episode. And one episode in particular stands out to me, the piece he did on a paper clip. I mean, he REALLY had nothing to […]

Constitutional court rules $360 million in VAT stays with GADs and Universities

by Jonathan | July 6, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 39

Last Monday, the Constitutional Court sent the notice to the Assembly to endorse and send the Reform Law to the Tax Code to the Official Registry

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More from this issue

US Ambassador says trade, more vaccines, and visas all in the works

Antibiotic resistance in Galapagos Giant Tortoises

UPDATES: 07/04/2021

Chinese fishing boats approaching Galapagos: what’s being done, what species they endanger and who comprises the fleet

Ecuadorian economy falls 5.6% in the first quarter of 2021

New Deaths Fall Significantly, ICU And Hospitalized Patients Drops, But New Cases Rise In 15 Provinces

It’s not all bad in South America

Constitutional court rules $360 million in VAT stays with GADs and Universities

Chile’s Constitutional Convention installed, elects Mapuche indigenous woman as president

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