Ecuador has achieved a “mirror agreement“with Switzerland as a diplomatic channel and to provide consular support in Mexico, while relations between the two American governments remain broken, the Foreign Ministry in Quito reported this Sunday. “Mexico and Ecuador will maintain mirror agreements with Switzerland as a diplomatic channel and support in consular services“, stated the […]
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International Monetary Fund: the nations that are currently most in debt
According to information from International Monetary Fund Regarding the total credit outstanding of countries with the IMF, five of the ten most indebted countries are in Africa, while three are in South America. The data also show that Argentina leads the list as the country with the highest debt, which is equivalent to 5.3% of […]
Mining, tourism and agriculture, sectors that Ecuador should promote according to the World Bank
The formal mining and environmentally responsible, tourism and agriculture are the three sectors with the greatest potential identified by the world Bank so that Ecuador diversify your economy and maintain sustained and resilient growth that allows you to create employmentreduce poverty and become a high-income country, all accompanied by changes that encourage innovation and competitiveness […]
The ICJ sees no reasons for precautionary measures against Quito for assault on the Mexican embassy
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) This Thursday, it did not consider the existence of an “urgency” or a “real and imminent risk” that requires the issuance of the precautionary measures requested by Mexico against Ecuador in response to the assault on his embassy in Quito, although he emphasized “the fundamental importance” of respecting the […]
Ecuador: scientists seek to confirm the first record of a weaver ant species
A team of researchers from the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), the University of Bologna (Italy) and the National Institute of Biodiversity (Inabio) of Ecuador They seek to confirm the first record of the weaver ant in Ecuadorian territory ‘camponotus textor’. This discovery may expand the known distribution range of the species by approximately […]
Exhibition of HIV-positive artists from Latin America seeks to break HIV stigma
A group of nine HIV-positive artists from seven countries in Latin America participate in an exhibition that is currently in Quito to break the stigma and discrimination around the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) through audiovisual proposals, poetry and photographs. ‘Positive. Artistic residency of Latin American HIV culture’ is a group exhibition hosted at the Contemporary […]
So far this year, Ecuador has recorded almost all of the dengue cases from last year
So far this year, Ecuador has registered 23,064 cases of denguealmost the total number of cases from last year, which is why experts asked on Tuesday that the government declare an emergency in the health sector. According to the authorities, 31 deaths have also been reported, especially in four provinces, El Oro, Manabí, Los Ríos […]
They demand compliance with the closure of oil exploitation in the jungle of Ecuador
Organizations natives and environmentalists Ecuador They demanded this Friday compliance with the historic referendum voted last year at the national level, where the cessation and dismantling of oil exploitation in Block 43-ITT, one of the most important fields in the country, located in the Amazonian Yasuní National Park, was approved. . In a press conference […]
Furukawa, accused of modern slavery in Ecuador, denounces “interference” by the UN
The company Furukawa, with Japanese capital, considered this Wednesday as an attempt to influence the Ecuadorian Justice the recent pronouncement of a group of rapporteurs of the UNwho urged that reparations be ratified for those who denounced alleged modern slavery in the abaca plantations, owned by this firm in Ecuador. The company, dedicated to producing […]
Andean women ask for a “new rurality” without gender violence
Leaders of rural communities Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia demand their respective States to take concrete actions to combat gender violence in rural environments, and adopt a “new rurality”, It was reported this Tuesday. The request was made after a meeting of women leaders held in Quito between April 24 and 26, within the framework of […]