Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn The Unified Basic Salary (SBU) for 2020 will be $400, which means an increase of only $6 compared to 2019. The increase is equivalent to 1.52%. In view of the fact that there was no agreement within the National Labor and Wages Council, the National Government made the decision, just like the […]
Government decides basic salary in Ecuador will rise $6 in 2020
Published on January 08, 2020
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The strangest thing happened to us this morning. We were quietly relaxing after a big breakfast on the first day of the new year when all of a sudden, our 7 dogs (yes, 7) started barking wildly. Codie jumped up first and said that there was a car at our front gate. She couldn’t tell […] 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!
CRIME AND ACCIDENT REPORT
Cuenca and National Criminal Activity (Cuenca) Three citizens were apprehended for causing damage to a vehicle in Monay. Police information indicates that around 10:50 on Saturday, December 28th, during a preventive patrolling on Asunción and Popayán streets, in Monay, police were alerted by a citizen who had been assaulted by several individuals, who also caused […] 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!
Lying and anarchy in 2019: the year of fake news in Ecuador
by Fernando Astudillo The Armed Forces ask the resignation of President Lenin Moreno. Protesters take strategic areas and leave Quito without drinking water. The police throw grenades at the natives. It is a tragedy: there are 22 dead. All are lies. Fake news as they are known in the digital world, so prone to anglicisms. They got virulent in Ecuadorian cell […] 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!
Three supermarkets, two telephone companies, among private companies with highest income in Ecuador in 2019
In Ecuador there are 3,080 private companies considered large (4.3% of the total) because they have more than 200 workers, or incomes above $5,000.001.00, as stipulated in the Organic Code of Production, Commerce and Investments. There are 7,236 medium-sized companies (10.2%), 10,623 small (28.8%) and 40,693 micro-enterprises (56.8%), as reported by the Superintendence of Companies. […] 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!
Eight world heritage sites are in Ecuador’s borders
Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse countries worldwide. Its historical architecture has been distinguished several times. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared eight patrimonies of humanity in the country, three of them shared with other nations. UNESCO explains that its 1972 convention for the “Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage,” […] 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!
Public Health did well in the battle for 2019 funding
A total of $362,748,192.62 were allocated to the purchase of medicines in 2019 under the IESS system. Among these are 64 for the battle against cancer and the attention of rare and catastrophic diseases. The maxim is that “no one will be left out of the national health system,” said President Lenin Moreno in August, when […] 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!
About 11 thousand humanitarian visas given to Venezuelans by Ecuador
A total of almost 11,000 “Exception Visas for Humanitarian Reasons,” were given to Venezuelan citizens by Ecuador since August 2019, reports the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility. In an official statement released on Saturday, December 28, 2019, the Foreign Ministry explained that between August 19th and December 26, 2019, it issued a total […] 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!
2020 holiday calendar in Ecuador
There will be eleven public and private sector holidays in 2020. The draft law regulating national and local holidays in the country, was approved in December 2016. According to the law, holidays that fall on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday or Sunday will be celebrated on Friday, and holidays that fall on Sunday or Tuesday will be […] 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!
Ecuador’s oil production should increase in 2020 after $717 million investment
About $717 million in private investment for oil drilling, reconditioning of wells and facilities construction was achieved in 20 fields operated by the public company Petroamazonas. As reported by the Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources and Petroamazonas EP, around 715 local jobs were generated in the provinces of Orellana and Sucumbíos. Of the $717 […] 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!
Ecuador has numerous challenges with international relations in 2020
The Ecuadorian government of Lenín Moreno has numerous aspirations in the international field to achieve this year, both in the region and with countries in North America and Europe. In the region, the entry to the Pacific Alliance, the exit of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and the formation of the Forum for […] 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!
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