Businessman Daniel Noboa advances at the head of the runoff in Ecuador, with more than 60% of the preliminary count. The electronic voting record indicated that Noboa had a lead of 52.42% in front of 47.58% of the leftist lawyer Luisa González, with the 62.98% of the minutes counted. If the trend continues, Noboa would […]
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Ecuador elects president in close runoff under drug violence
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Ecuador began voting this Sunday to elect its first female president or the youngest president in history in a runoff that is expected to be close and tense after the murder of a candidate in the midst of the drug onslaught. The day started calmly and will last until 5:00 pm to choose under mandatory […]
Daniel Noboa, the young millionaire candidate who is aiming for the presidency in Ecuador
Daniel Noboawho unexpectedly entered the presidential second round with 23.4% of the votes. Ecuador behind Correista candidate Luisa González (33.61%), he is now the favorite in the polls to win at the polls on Sunday. He is a millionaire candidate who projects himself as the prototype of success and tries to shake off the policy […]
Ecuador enters the final stretch to elect its new ruler
The Ecuadorians This Monday they enter the final stretch of an electoral process that seeks to define the replacement of the conservative president Guillermo Lassoa position disputed by the correísta Luisa González and the businessman Álvaro Noboa. With less than a week to go before the runoff between the two and with a starting holiday, […]
Ecuador: On the trail of the bears of the Cordillera del Cóndor
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Ecuador is on the trail of some “giants” solitary bears that live in the exuberant Cordillera del Cóndor and about which there is very little information: the Andean bears (tremarctos ornatus), a species on the list of vulnerability categories of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Also known as “spectacled bears” Due to […]
Ecuadorian among the few women operating heavy mining machinery in South America
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Mother of a one-year-old little girl, Ecuadorian Maritza Reyes went from being a secretary to becoming one of the few women operators of machinery mining heavy in South America, work carried out tens of meters below land in the mine gold largest in his country. 30 years old, Maritza operates the machinery called “Jumbo”, a […]
Ecuador increases alert level from “yellow” to “orange” due to El Niño
The national Emergency Operations Committee (COE) of Ecuador announced this Monday that it has raised to “orange” (preparation for an imminent event) the level of alert for the emergency that the marine atmospheric phenomenon of The boy. He COEmade up of authorities from various ministries and assistance and rescue institutions, reported that it has been […]
Gold boosts Ecuador’s mining exports
Fruit of the North, the largest goldmine of Ecuador and one of the two large-scale recently operated in the country, is behind the “boom” of the mining exportswhich in 2022 were among the star products sent abroad, with more than US$ 2.7 billion in sales, 2.41% of the gross domestic product (GDP). Located in the […]
Experts will analyze sustainable finance in Ecuador in a forum with multilaterals
The first edition of the Sustainable Finance Forum of Ecuadororganized by the Association of Private Banks of Ecuador (Asobanca), will bring together Quito to experts from the sector and from multilateral organizations that have financing lines for this area. The Forum, which will take place next Wednesday, is the first of its kind in Ecuador, […]
Ecuador: Guild rejects illegal mining in a natural reserve near Peru
The Chamber of Mining of Ecuador (CME) rejected the activity illegal mining which is registered within the Podocarpus National Park, one of the main protected natural areas of the country, located in the Amazonand warned that the pollution generated can reach the territory of Peru. Through a statement, the main mining union of Ecuador expressed […]