China, the United States and Mexico are among the first targets of the new “trade diplomacy”Which has been undertaken by the new Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Juan Carlos Holguín, who will have to balance between the two great superpowers. The 38-year-old politician undertakes a diplomacy oriented towards the search for commercial agreements and founded on the […]
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Ecuador raises cause of “force majeure” after recovering oil production
Updated on 01/06/2022 11:30 am The Government of Ecuador announced that, after recovering its oil production, it is lifting the cause of “force majeure” that it applied on December 12 to suspend oil exports, due to work on two pipelines threatened by a phenomenon of natural erosion. The Ministry of Energy issued a resolution by […]
Ecuador moves from vaccine diplomacy to commercial diplomacy, points to the Pacific Alliance
The first challenge of the new Foreign Minister of Ecuador, Juan Carlos Holguín, will specify a long-awaited treaty with Mexico that enables access to the Pacific alliance, within a new phase in diplomacy focused on the commercial opening of the country. Appointed with the intention of promoting the “new image” of Ecuador, according to the […]
Peruvians traveling to Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador will be able to use their postpaid line without paying roaming
Updated on 12/24/2021 02:52 pm Peruvians traveling to member countries of the Andean Community (CAN) will be able to use their postpaid mobile line without surcharges for international roaming from January 1, 2022, reported the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC). This benefit implies that they will not have to pay more for their telephone […]
Ecuador announces that vaccination against COVID-19 will be mandatory
Updated on 12/23/2021 02:41 pm The Ecuadorian government declared vaccination against the COVID-19 due to the increase in infections and the circulation of new variants of this virus such as omicron, which at an international level is putting pressure on hospital systems. In a statement it was specified that this country has the amount of […]
Ecuador reports first case of omicron variant
Updated 12/15/2021 10:13 am Ecuador reported on Tuesday the first case of the omicron variant of the coronavirus in a traveler who arrived from South Africa, reported the Minister of Health, Ximena Garzón. Garzón said at a press conference that the case was confirmed after laboratory studies but that “the patient is well, has no […]
Ecuador increases the basic monthly salary to US $ 425 in 2022
Updated on 12/14/2021 09:10 am The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, announced on Monday that the basic monthly salary for 2022 will be increased 6.25% from 400 to 425 dollars; the most important increase in the last eight years. The remuneration “corresponding to the year 2022 will be increased to $ 425”Said the president, who […]
Ecuador declares force majeure in the oil sector due to erosion in the Amazon region
Ecuador’s government said on Monday that it declared force majeure on crude exports and production contracts, after erosion in the Amazon region forced it to stop pumping in the two pipelines operating in the country. The state pipeline SOTE and private heavy crude oil company OCP decided to suspend pumping last week as a preventive […]
Ecuador will keep its land border with Peru closed
The Ecuadorian Government reiterated this Tuesday that it will keep its land border with Peru closed, as a prevention and control response to the spread of COVID-19. “Given the information related to the decision of the Government of Peru to proceed with the reopening of its land borders as of December 1”, the Chancellery indicated […]
Ecuador authorizes the mandatory face-to-face return to classes from Monday
Updated on 11/16/2021 05:00 pm As of November 22, 1.8 million students in elementary schools and colleges in Ecuador They will begin the mandatory face-to-face return to the classrooms, while the Ministry of Health announced that by the end of the year 85% of the Ecuadorian population will have been immunized. The Special Operations Committee, […]