The rate of violent deaths in Ecuador is the highest in the last decade

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Ukraine war forces Ecuador to import more fertilizers from Chile and the United States
“I’m (not) digging it”
Citi Research says that inflation in Ecuador will be very low in 2023
Conaie and the government disagree on results of dialogue, Fenocin threatens another national strike
Micro-trafficking in the streets of Cuenca being coordinated by Los Lobos, from jail
One of the pillars of the Escazú Agreement is citizen participation
Prison group points out that they have rights too

The rate of violent deaths in Ecuador is the highest in the last decade
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Ukraine war forces Ecuador to import more fertilizers from Chile and the United States

by Rebeca Mendoza | September 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 48

After the war broke the supply chain with Russia and Ukraine, Ecuador buys agrochemicals from Chile and the United States to replace urea. Ecuador has imported a greater amount of potassium fertilizers in the first half of 2022, according to the Ecuadorian Federation of Exporters (Fedexpor). The country allocated $64 million for the acquisition of […]

“I’m (not) digging it”

by Rebeca Mendoza | September 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 48

This week we reached agreement with a company who is going to come out and drill a well for us. They came and tested the ground to get an approximation of how deep they would have to go to get water. Turns out it (50 meters) wasn’t as deep as we had been led to […]

Citi Research says that inflation in Ecuador will be very low in 2023

by Rebeca Mendoza | September 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 48

Dollarization and fuel price fixing offset the impact of world inflation in Ecuador, while in Argentina it will reach 90%. Inflation in Ecuador will close at 3.5% annually in 2022, according to Citi Research, which does not foresee a pronounced rise in prices in the country. In 2023, Citi Research forecasts a 1.5% rise in […]

Conaie and the government disagree on results of dialogue, Fenocin threatens another national strike

by Rebeca Mendoza | September 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 48

The tables are the product of the end of the June 2022 strike. The tension between Conaie and the national government increased last Thursday on the 50th day of the talks that began at the end of the June 2022 national strike. Only one agreement has been signed from the first of the dialogue tables. And on September […]

Micro-trafficking in the streets of Cuenca being coordinated by Los Lobos, from jail

by Rebeca Mendoza | September 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 48

In a year in which violent deaths and crimes have increased, the authorities are on the trail of the criminal organizations that operate in Azuay. The presence of the Los Lobos criminal organization has become notorious in Cuenca and is related to drug micro-trafficking. That presence is seen in the unusual wave of crimes that […]

One of the pillars of the Escazú Agreement is citizen participation

by Rebeca Mendoza | September 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 48

Enabling the general public and citizens to be part of decision-making on environmental matters is one of the four pillars of the Escazú Agreement (see below), one of the most important regional agreements on the environment. The Agreement was signed by Ecuador in 2018 and ratified by the National Assembly in 2020. It entered into force in April 2021 […]

Prison group points out that they have rights too

by Rebeca Mendoza | September 5, 2022 | Volume 6, Issue 48

People deprived of liberty are a guaranteed priority attention by the Ecuadorian Constitution. The deep prison crisis that Ecuador is experiencing —there have been seven massacres in prisons between 2021 and 2022— has ratified not only the structural abandonment of prisons in the country, but also the violation of rights against prisoners. Almost 400 inmates have been […]

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More from this issue

Ukraine war forces Ecuador to import more fertilizers from Chile and the United States

“I’m (not) digging it”

Citi Research says that inflation in Ecuador will be very low in 2023

Conaie and the government disagree on results of dialogue, Fenocin threatens another national strike

Micro-trafficking in the streets of Cuenca being coordinated by Los Lobos, from jail

One of the pillars of the Escazú Agreement is citizen participation

Prison group points out that they have rights too

The rate of violent deaths in Ecuador is the highest in the last decade

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