Ecuadorian shrimp exports could close the year at approximately $7.0 billion, the highest figure in the Central Bank’s historical record. In the first nine months of 2022, shrimp exports amounted to $5.676 billion, a growth of 54% compared to the period January-September 2021, according to the Central Bank. It is a value that is 7% […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!

A forest fire in Cerro Azul, northwest of Guayaquil, destroys the habitat of several critically endangered species. Days after the forest fire in Cerro Azul, which occurred on November 5th, volunteers from the Sacha Project inspected the area devastated by the fire. They went up to a viewpoint on the hill, located in the north […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!

The security reforms that the Assembly is processing include a new reform to the COIP, which will focus on reinforcing measures such as preventive detention in people with criminal records. Long sought-after reforms on security issues won’t be ready until the end of the year, but the National Assembly is ‘pressing the accelerator’ so that […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!

My father would have been 80 years-old today. He would have shared that milestone with Joe Biden. That would have been something special. But, as some of you who know me will remember, he died almost 7 years ago now, on February 3, 2016, from complications related to kidney disease. Not a day goes by […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!

Only half of Ecuador’s children have access to safe drinking water and sanitation The lack of access to basic services, such as drinking water and sanitation, is closely related to the quality of childhood nutrition, a primary cause chronic malnutrition. Access to basic services in Ecuador is limited. A survey by the United Nations Children’s […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!

The government’s intervention in the prison on November 1, 2022, leaves 6 policemen and 10 prisoners dead in its wake. Three prisons have been impacted by the ‘Service for Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty (SNAI), the National Police and the Armed Forces (FF. AA.)’ in 18 days: Litoral Penitentiary CPPL Pichincha No. 1 (El […] To view this article you must have an active subscription. Already a member? Sign in. Subscribe to weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Not sure you want to commit? Don’t worry, you can cancel anytime. For a limited time,subscribe now and get your first month for only $1. Regular subscriptions available at $4.99/month or $42/year. Subscribe now!