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$400 million in new investments in Ecuador bring 2022 total to $1.360 billion

$400 million in new investments in Ecuador bring 2022 total to $1.360 billion

by | April 20, 2022 |

The National Planning Secretariat reported last Thursday that the Strategic Committee for the Promotion and Attraction of Investments (Cepai) approved $400 million more in new investments. The Ministry of Production explained that 29 contracts for $407 million were approved, and that these investment commitments will generate about 5,935 jobs linked to the service, metalworking, agricultural and […]
Chinese car sales dominate Ecuador market share and grow dramatically in first quarter 2022

Chinese car sales dominate Ecuador market share and grow dramatically in first quarter 2022

by | April 20, 2022 |

The market share of the Ecuadorian-assembled automotive industry has fallen significantly since 2015. Vehicle sales in Ecuador’s first quarter of 2022 registered a growth of 21.6%, compared to the same period in 2021, according to data revealed by the Association of Automotive Companies of Ecuador (Aeade). The car business is growing significantly in the country, amid a greater […]
Don’t spill that water glass

Don’t spill that water glass

by | April 20, 2022 |

Today I was talking to my friend Wayne. We were both remarking on how much easier our lives are here than in the US and expressing shock at how expensive everything has gotten there. It’s easier to see your glass as half-full when you go back there. For lots of reasons. But certainly lately because […]

National Court asks the Constitutional Court to review the application of habeas corpus in Ecuador

by | April 20, 2022 |

Update to: Glas released from prison after serving only 4 years for three different felony crimes Published: Volume 6, Issue 27 The president of the National Court of Justice (CNJ), Iván Saquicela, sent a document to the Constitutional Court for the authorities of the two entities to meet with the aim of discussing the application of ‘habeas corpus’ in Ecuador. The request, which bears the […]
Ecuador and Argentina sign declaration on Celac, Trade and Venezuela

Ecuador and Argentina sign declaration on Celac, Trade and Venezuela

by | April 20, 2022 |

President Alberto Fernández spoke of resuming diplomatic relations with Venezuela while President Guillermo Lasso indicated that his government ‘will analyze the issue.’ Venezuela was one of the high points of an interesting meeting between the presidents of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso and Alberto Fernandez, from Argentina. After the meeting, which lasted almost two hours, both leaders […]
Group pushes at-home Covid-19 testing though Minister of Health says it will hurt Ecuador’s pandemic surveillance efforts

Group pushes at-home Covid-19 testing though Minister of Health says it will hurt Ecuador’s pandemic surveillance efforts

by | April 20, 2022 |

According to the Ecuadorian Association of Distributors and Importers of Medical Products, the cost of the test would not exceed $7.00 Last January, a family of 15 members was tested for Covid-19. Five of those tests returned a positive result, ten came back negative. However, those results were not part of the statistics kept by the Ministry […]
Justice Commission challenges constitutionality of ‘abortion for rape law’ with its own lawsuit

Justice Commission challenges constitutionality of ‘abortion for rape law’ with its own lawsuit

by | April 20, 2022 |

Assemblywoman Johanna Moreira said that this was “the way we are going to continue the fight” for victims of sexual violence. The Justice Commission of the National Assembly will present a claim of unconstitutionality against the law of interruption of pregnancy in cases of rape when it is published in the Official Registry. This bill entered into force by the […]

Tropical plant thought to be extinct rediscovered in Ecuador

Published on April 20, 2022

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Scientists from the University of Miami found Gasteranthus extinctus in the Centinela mountain range A team of researchers from the University of Miami visited Ecuador in search of a tropical plant that had been thought to be extinct for nearly 40 years, Gasteranthus extinctus. Biology professor Kenneth Feeley encouraged graduate student Riley […]

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