The two new prisons that the president of EcuadorDaniel Noboa, plans to build in the country under a model similar to that of his counterpart Nayib Bukele In El Salvador they will cost approximately US$ 125 million. This was announced this Wednesday by the Vice Minister of Finance, Daniel Falconí, in a workshop on the […]
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Exporters from Ecuador ask the Government to be careful with trade partners like Russia
The Ecuadorian Federation of Exporters (Fedexpor) This Tuesday, he asked the Ecuadorian authorities to be very careful and prudent with the country’s main trading partners, after achieving that Russia lift the suspensions imposed on five banana exporting companies. “You have to be very careful with international relations. “Ecuador is a country that cannot afford to […]
They demand that the plebiscites against oil and mining held in Ecuador be fulfilled
The environmental and indigenous groups that promoted the plebiscites held last year in Ecuador to stop the extraction of Petroleum in a deposit in the Amazonian Yasuní National Park and prohibiting all types of mining in the Chocó Andino, they demanded this Tuesday that what was voted by Ecuadorians be fulfilled after six months of […]
Ecuador and Russia will sign an agreement after lifting suspensions on banana exporters
The phytosanitary agencies of Ecuador and Russia will sign a memorandum of understanding after the Russian authorities lifted the suspensions of five Ecuadorian companies banana exporterswhich were in effect for two weeks. This is the main agreement reached between the government delegates of both countries in the meeting they held this Monday to discuss this […]
USA: Anti-drug chief evaluates with Noboa support to combat ‘narcos’ in Ecuador
The head of the anti-narcotics office of the White HouseRahul Gupta, concluded a three-day visit to Ecuador with an eminently private agenda except for his meeting with the president, Daniel Noboawhich took place this Friday in Guayaquil. Gupta came accompanied by the United States ambassador to Ecuador, Michael Fitzpatrick, while Noboa received him in the […]
Ecuador will send a mission to Russia to lift suspensions on banana exporters
This was announced this Thursday in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador after holding a meeting with the ambassador of Russia in Ecuador, Vladimir Sprinchan. of bananas due to the alleged presence of the humpback fly (megaselia scalaris) in some shipments. This was announced this Thursday in a statement by the […]
Ecuador: illegal mining devastated almost 800 hectares in 2023 in the Punino River
The illegal minery depredated a total of 784 hectares of jungle forests in 2023 alone in the Punino River area, one of the enclaves most affected by this illicit gold extraction activity in the Amazon of Ecuador. This was reported this Thursday by the Andean Amazon Monitoring Project (MAAP), an initiative that monitors the progress […]
Ecuador now allows euthanasia to be applied
Ecuador decriminalized this Wednesday euthanasiabecoming the second Latin American country to give the green light to this procedure after Colombia, following the case of a patient with an incurable and fatal disease. ”The fight for human rights is never a paved road, I thank everyone because today Ecuador is a slightly more welcoming, freer and […]
Tensions between Ecuador and Russia lead to restrictions on banana shipments
Five Ecuadorian banana exporters were notified over the weekend of phytosanitary restrictions by Russia, for having allegedly found fruit flies in some shipments, coinciding with moments of diplomatic tension between both countries following the Ecuadorian government’s decision to send disused Russian-Ukrainian military equipment to the United States. A US mission was in Ecuador two weeks […]
Ecuador evaluates response to Russia’s request to suspend banana exports
The government of Ecuador evaluates the response that will be given to the request for Russia to suspend five companies banana exportersa request that comes after the Ecuadorian Executive has delivered Russian military equipment to the United States in exchange for new equipment valued at about 200 million dollars. “At this moment, meetings are being […]