The authorities of the Social Front of the Government formed a commission to fight chronic child malnutrition (DCI) that held its first meeting on the morning of Friday, June 18th, at the Carondelet Palace, with the presence of President Guillermo Lasso and...

Fact: the two largest superpowers in the world, the United States and China, are vying for leadership in the world political and economic order. Due to the enormous influence that both countries exert on a global scale, Ecuador and Latin America are inevitably...

This sector was as affected as the hotel industry, indicates a report on Latin America by ECLAC and ILO The National Union of Domestic Workers reports that six out of eight women who lost their jobs in the pandemic have been resuming their activities, but several no...

The mangroves that inhabit the Galapagos Islands are special; there is not so much mud, and the trees are smaller and set apart from each other. In the rest of the country the mangroves are dense, and the trees are much taller. Those characteristics, precisely, caught...

No one is a prophet in his own land says a popular adage that sums up the success that compatriots have achieved abroad. However, it is also unfair to describe all the effort and, in some cases, even falls, that they experienced to start businesses in a foreign...

“President Guillermo Lasso, your concern is legitimate but they are not government officials, but former authorities and personnel from other functions and 'distinguished citizens', who have wanted to advocate for the review of measures ordered against the accused...

Lately the United States has been called the “promised land,” although it already was for many migrants who continue to seek the American dream. But this time it is not a purely economic issue, but rather a public health issue. American—the country hit the worst by...

In 2020, several Ecuadorian companies were able to export to the United States for the first time. Non-traditional products such as dragon fruit and ginger performed well in the international market. Exports of goods and services from Ecuador had a fall of 2.1 percent...

The Government of Ecuador declared last week its commitment to respect the arbitration award that obliges it to pay some $374.3 million, plus interest, to the French oil company Perenco, after a long-standing trade dispute tied to a bilateral investment treaty. The...

Bringing electricity to the most remote rural areas of Ecuador, especially the Amazon, and thus improving the living conditions of peasants and indigenous people are María Iglesias, Dalena León and Ronny Velasteguí, inventors of the Energy Ball, main objectives. In...

On Monday afternoon, President Guillermo Lasso offered details of his plan to vaccinate 9 million people for Covid-19 within the first 100 days of his administration. This came after a new platform was launched on Saturday that lets citizens verify the place where...

The plan of the government of Guillermo Lasso to increase wages gradually, during the four years of administration, is not yet known. Unemployment is one of the problems that the new government will have to take on. Along with that problem, one of the new President’s...

With restrictions lifted and a confirmed case of the South African variant in the country, we have no choice but to voice a warning: keep following social distancing, wear your mask everywhere outside of your home, and be highly selective about who you chose to...

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic changed the priorities of purchases in the foreign market in the last year. When infections spread throughout the world, nations intensified negotiations to stock up on medical and biosafety supplies, such as masks, gloves, rapid virus...

Lasso, 65, takes office after his third attempt Today, Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, became the forty-seventh president of the Republic of Ecuador. Lasso, a 65-year-old Catholic, takes office after his third attempt. In his administration, he will face challenges such as...

Agricultural and livestock expansion, roads, settlements, oil extraction and mining have a significant impact on populations Of the 635 species of amphibians registered in Ecuador, 57% are in some category of extinction threat (13% critically endangered, 23%...

“The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming!” It sounds like a battle cry warning everyone to hide, but in fact it may be Ecuador’s saving grace. What I’m talking about is the announcement that incoming President Guillermo Lasso has achieved what the outgoing...

Waste isn’t waste anymore Bertha Jimenez is the co-founder of RISE Products, a startup that turns organic industrial waste into value by converting it into raw materials. RISE is currently focusing on converting by-products of the beer and wine industry into food...

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...

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...

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...

I just returned from the US yesterday. En route, I learned that my friend Jeff Salz had died of covid-19. I’m shocked and heartbroken. First let me say this: I am honored to have been able to call Jeff Salz my friend. He was a better man than me, and to have him...

The legal reform approved by the National Assembly last week, on the structure of the IESS Board of Directors, has not convinced experts and union representatives that changes will be made. The main criticism is that the structure approved in the Law is practically...

First level agreements were signed with Johnson and Johnson, Moderna and Sputnik-Gamaleya The Government of Ecuador announced early Wednesday that it has signed first-level agreements with the Johnson and Johnson, Moderna and Sputnik-Gamaleya laboratories, to obtain...

The outgoing government will deliver to the president-elect, Guillermo Lasso, a World Bank diagnosis to the IESS pension fund, the conclusion is that it needs an urgent reform. The World Bank made a technical diagnosis of the situation of the pension fund (IVM) of the...

Every time I come to the US, I get worn out by the unrelenting consumerism and a sense that American’s really have little else to occupy their time than buying and selling. Such a sharp contrast from Ecuador, which seems to be more interested in family, time spent not...

A month before leaving the presidency of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno leaves a signature piece of legislation, the "Law for the defense of dollarization," as a sort of inheritance for incoming president-elect Guillermo Lasso in the elections, a law that is vital for Ecuador...

While I’m here in the US, Ecuador is bracing for another possible shutdown, is struggling to get the vaccines it needs, and is seeing the numbers of new deaths from the virus rise to levels first seen over a year ago. All the while, the US announced today that more...

Ecuador has penal reforms for police officers and prison guides on the subject and regulations for the military, the application of which is being analyzed by the CC. The Government is seeking, through a single organic law, to regulate the progressive use of force in...

The president-elect has said that he will present his reform on the night of his first day in office. President-elect Guillermo Lasso’s first announcement on tax mattes has gathered both support and questions. Analysts, experts and the representatives of the business...