by Michael Soares | Oct 28, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 13
Turmoil. On the phone today, that’s about the best way I could describe South America to my friend who lives in Thailand. He’s seeing it there too; the King is tossing out and making moves that to many people there, look like he is taking a stronger autocratic...
by Jonathan | Oct 28, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 13
An Ecuadorian citizen died in the social protests that are ongoing in Santiago, Chile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of the Andean country confirmed on Monday. “Unfortunately, Romario Wladimir Veloz Cortez, [a 26-year-old an Ecuadorian...
by Jonathan | Oct 28, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 13
On Tuesday, October 22nd, the National Assembly began the analysis of the tax reform project presented by Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno, after having repealed a decree that eliminated the fuel subsidy and caused eleven days of protests in the country. The...
by Jonathan | Oct 28, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 13
Cuenca and National Criminal Activity (Cuenca) On Tuesday, a group of five criminals stole an ATM that was installed in a building located in Challuabamba, east of Cuenca. The ATM of the Pacific Bank was located in a mini-market. A security camera located in one of...
by Jonathan | Oct 28, 2019 | Volume 4, Issue 13
The Ministry of Economy and Finance says that a new decree on the “rationalization” of fuel subsidies will come out before October 31, when it presents the budgetary pro-forma for 2020 (which must be presented 60 days before the new fiscal year). This means that the...