Lasso’s cabinet members come with enormous experience, are tasked with laser focus and transparency

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Nepotism, expensive gifts and party collections will be prohibited in the new Executive Code of Ethics
False documents in contracts that cost Cuenca hundreds of thousands of dollars
UPDATES 05/09/2021
Deaths Fall This Week, But New Data Shows That Overall Number Of Deaths May Be Severely Underreported
Ecuador has 1,607 ICU beds but almost all Covid-19 beds are occupied
The passing of a gentle giant
A modern-day slavery case in which a Japanese company and the government of Ecuador were forced to apologize

Lasso’s cabinet members come with enormous experience, are tasked with laser focus and transparency

Simón Cueva, future Minister of Economy
Admiral Fernando Donoso will lead the Ministry of Defense
Mae Montaño will be in charge of the Ministry of Economic and Social
Ximena Garzón will be in charge of the Ministry of Health
Sebastián Palacios, the new Secretary of Sports
María Brown Pérez will head the Ministry of Education
Darío Herrera, an expert in real estate development, will lead the Ministry of Housing
María Elena Machuca will assume the Ministry of Culture
Bernarda Ordóñez, an expert on human rights and gender becomes the next Secretary Human Rights
Alejandro Ribadeneira will be the Secretary of Higher Education, a Ministry that will be changed under Lasso

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Nepotism, expensive gifts and party collections will be prohibited in the new Executive Code of Ethics

by Jonathan | May 11, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 31

Guillermo Lasso will sign an executive decree with these rules of conduct on May 24th, when he assumes the Presidency of the Republic Issues related to conflict of interest, family ties, use of public assets and resources, norms of transparency and management with equality and non-discrimination will be addressed in the Code of Ethics for […]

False documents in contracts that cost Cuenca hundreds of thousands of dollars

by Jonathan | May 11, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 31

The Comptroller’s Office found irregularities in at least three hiring packages since 2016 The maintenance done to the ETAPA vehicle fleet from 2016 to 2019, the Zero Hunger summit organized by the Prefecture of Azuay in 2018 and the disinfection of the streets with ammonia as prevention of the pandemic by the Municipality in 2020, […]

UPDATES 05/09/2021

by Jonathan | May 11, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 31

Update to: Banana sector reinforces prevention measures to avoid Foc R4T fungus Published: Volume 5, Issue 27 Alfredo Saltos: Most likely (Foc R4T) is already in Ecuador waiting for the best opportunities to hatch Alfredo Saltos, former Minister of Agriculture, indicated that it is important to study the behavior of the Formosana during various cycles […]

Deaths Fall This Week, But New Data Shows That Overall Number Of Deaths May Be Severely Underreported

by Jonathan | May 11, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 31

One of the lead stories this week lays out how serious the situation is in hospitals across the country; we will not go into that further here. But along with that, one of the more alarming bits of information that was published this week was just how many “unusual” deaths occurred over the past year. […]

Ecuador has 1,607 ICU beds but almost all Covid-19 beds are occupied

by Jonathan | May 11, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 31

Ecuador had 1,183 beds in the Intensive Care Units (ICU) as of 2019, according to the latest Registry of Beds and Hospital Discharges published in June 2020 by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC). How many are there now, after a year in crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and what is the level […]

The passing of a gentle giant

by Jonathan | May 11, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 31

I didn’t think I’d write about this again this week, but the ex-pat community has lost another one of our best people. Dr. Alan Woods, died this weekend due to health complications (unrelated to Covid). He was a dentist. He was a minister. He was a teacher. He was a great man. He trained as […]

A modern-day slavery case in which a Japanese company and the government of Ecuador were forced to apologize

by Jonathan | May 11, 2021 | Volume 5, Issue 31

The discovery of the abuses suffered by more than a hundred peasants in the Furakawa Plantaciones CA Ecuador farms “Subhuman” working conditions, without drinking water, electricity and sanitation. Working hours of more than 10 hours without contracts or social security. Overcrowding, Child labor, Mutilations due to the unsafe use of agricultural machinery. These are just some of the abuses […]

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In this article

More from this issue

Nepotism, expensive gifts and party collections will be prohibited in the new Executive Code of Ethics

False documents in contracts that cost Cuenca hundreds of thousands of dollars

UPDATES 05/09/2021

Deaths Fall This Week, But New Data Shows That Overall Number Of Deaths May Be Severely Underreported

Ecuador has 1,607 ICU beds but almost all Covid-19 beds are occupied

The passing of a gentle giant

A modern-day slavery case in which a Japanese company and the government of Ecuador were forced to apologize

Lasso’s cabinet members come with enormous experience, are tasked with laser focus and transparency

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