Ecuador It will seek to return to the international capital market in an “orderly” and “predictable” manner, which is why it is working to regain its credibility after a process of restructuring its sovereign bonds, declared the Minister of Economy and Finance, Simón Cueva. The northern nation managed last year to restructure some US $ […]
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Lasso wants a “Plan Ecuador” against drug trafficking with the help of the United States.
The Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso raised in Madrid (Spain) the need for a “Plan Ecuador” against drug trafficking, alluding to the Plan Colombia funded by the United States. Likewise, the Ecuadorian president raised the need to have a law that allows the demolition of illegal flights and narrated that he found a third of the […]
Lasso affirms that Ecuador has the mining potential of Chile and Peru
Updated on 11/04/2021 11:07 am The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, said this Thursday in a meeting with investors in Madrid that his country has the mining potential of the South American giants of the sector, Chile and Peru. On the first of the three days of his visit to Spain, Lasso was received by […]
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama create a marine reserve in the Tropical Pacific
Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama agreed to extend their marine areas and jointly protect them in the Tropical Pacific, they announced at the United Nations climate conference in Glasgow. “We are protecting ecosystems as valuable as Galapagos, such as Cocos Island and its surroundings, from the most valuable ecosystems in the world,” said the […]
Reforms, fuel hikes and Pandora give life to protests in Ecuador
The tax and fiscal reforms that the president intends to carry out Guillermo Lasso, the progressive increase in fuel prices and the appearance of the president’s name in the Pandora Papers are the gasoline of the protests called this Tuesday in Ecuador, which will reach their climax in the afternoon. The Ecuadorian capital woke up […]
Narco, crime and protests: Ecuador looks back into the abyss
The emboldened drug trafficker, hundreds of deaths in prisons and a government harassed by a scandal and by the discomfort of a population impoverished by the pandemic: Ecuador look back into the abyss of instability. Crime, largely linked to drugs and which leaves almost 1,900 deaths this year, claimed the life of athlete Álex Quiñónez, […]
Ecuador: Guillermo Lasso freezes fuel prices to avoid social conflict
The Ecuadorian president, Guillermo Lasso, announced on October 22 the freezing of the monthly increase in the price of fuels. “As of today, the price of extra gasoline is set at USD $ 2.55 per gallon and the price of diesel in public, community, school, tourism and general public transport is set at USD $ […]
Ecuador freezes fuel prices after struggle with social movements
The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, announced the freezing of the price of fuels and he promised that he would enforce “without exceptions” the official prices of the basic food basket in the country, after an intense struggle with social movements over their tax and labor reforms. “As of today, the monthly increases in fuel […]
Ecuador dismisses four managers of state electricity and oil companies due to drop in crude production
Updated on 10/19/2021 05:55 pm Ecuador He dismissed the managers of three electricity companies and one oil company, all state-owned, due to failures in the supply of the service that resulted in the loss of some US $ 44,000 barrels of crude, informed the Minister of Energy, Juan Carlos Bermeo. “It is regrettable that, despite […]
US Secretary of State begins first tour in South America in an Ecuador under emergency
On his first trip to South America, the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken, arrives this Tuesday in Ecuador under a state of exception, a measure ordered by the government to confront drug violence. The Secretary of State will be in Quito from the afternoon and on Wednesday he will travel to Bogotá for a […]