In November 2020, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved $50 million in financing for the first Latin American country to join as a non-regional member: Ecuador. What is the scope of the project? What can we expect from the AIIB for Latin America? Project 000435 is a $50 million sovereign guaranteed loan to Ecuador’s largest […] 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!

I’ve got a friend who believes in every possibly “conspiracy theory” you can think of. For example, he still believes that some senior Democrat politicians were involved in sacrificing children in the basement of a pizza parlor in Washington, DC. Honestly, he believes it. And that Hilary Clinton was involved. He now thinks that a […] 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!

As of December 2019, there were around 311,000 girls and boys working in Ecuador. “I am sure that with the pandemic that number must have grown,” said President Guillermo Lasso this pat Thursday. Lasso spoke these words at the presentation of the Solidarity without Begging campaign, which was held in La Carolina Park, in the north of Quito. Government authorities and families […] 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!

In the last month, the National Court of Justice issued three rulings in favor of those sentenced in emblematic cases of corruption during the Rafael Correa administration. These cases returned to the courts thanks to the appeal for review, allowed in Ecuadorian criminal law. The three cases were: the policemen sentenced for the 2010 30S […] 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!

Faced with the advance of inflation, the United States must decide whether to raise interest rates in 2022, and this measure would appreciate the dollar. Ecuadorian exports could become more expensive. 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!

In an interview last week, US Ambassador Michael Fitzpatrick spoke about the bilateral relationship with Ecuador on anti-corruption actions, such as the withdrawal of visas for those investigated. For Washington, Ecuador represents a horizon of opportunities for bilateral cooperation on different activities. And above all, in the reinforcement of democracy and the rule of law, […] 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!