One of the main barriers that prevents young people from studying and improving their employment status is the lack of economic resources.
As of June 2022, 18.5%* of young Ecuadorians between the ages of 15 and 24 neither study nor work, which places them within the so-called ‘ninis.’
While the number of ninis has decreased slightly in the last year—according to the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), compared to June 2021, the percentage of ninis fell by 0.6 percentage points—the percentage of ninis in June 2022 is still high, compared to 17% in June 2019, the year the...
The case of the ‘narco-generals’ moves forward.
After eight and a half months, the State Comptroller General’s Office announced that it found evidence of criminal responsibility in the asset declarations of three generals of the National Police.
The investigation in the Comptroller’s Office began because the generals requested that a special examination be carried out on their patrimonial declarations, after the United States ambassador, Michael Fitzpatrick, said that the United States was targeting the case of the ‘narco generals’ who had their visas withdrawn, although no names were mentioned.
On the morning of August 5, 2022, the State Comptroller, Carlos Riofrío, said that after executing 24...