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In a televised address Monday night President Guillermo Lasso announced a 60-day state of emergency aimed at “fighting crime and strengthening the powers of law enforcement to meet the growing threat.” Although the declaration applies to the entire country, Lasso said its focus will be on the coastal provinces of El Oro, Guayas, Santa Elena,...
Lunes, 18/10/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Nada. Titular – Garantizan la entrega de diésel (Diesel delivery guaranteed) – The ministerio de Energía announced that the shipment and sales of fuel will be guaranteed in all of Ecuador after a supposed scarcity in Azuay. Petroecuador said there are sufficient stocks of Diésel Premium, Súper, Ecopaís,...
By the World Bank The year 2020 was a leap year, and it was on that extra day, February 29, that the Ecuadorian government officially announced the first known case of COVID-19 infection in the country. An elderly lady had returned from travel abroad with the virus 15 days earlier. The announcement marked Ecuador as...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Ecuador and Colombia on Tuesday to discuss a range of issues, including countering drug trafficking and tackling irregular migration, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday. “In Quito on October 19, the Secretary will meet with President Guillermo Lasso and Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo to...
Farmers, teachers and several labor unions will take to the streets Monday in a “National Day of United Struggle.” The farmers are protesting a lack of government price supports and foreign imports while the teachers claim the government is not honoring a court decision to raise wages. In addition, all groups are demanding that the...
One person was killed and three more were injured Sunday when falling boulders struck their pick-up truck on the Cuenca-Guayaquil highway in the Cajas Mountains. The accident happened near Molleturo where a major landslide occurred in August. The highway was closed following the accident but was expected to reopen Monday morning. Motorists traveling to the...
By Paul Krugman All happy economies are alike; each unhappy economy is unhappy in its own way. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, the economy’s problems were all about inadequate demand. The housing boom had gone bust; consumers weren’t spending enough to fill the gap; the Obama stimulus, designed to boost demand, was...
President Guillermo Lasso has agreed to divide his Opportunities Law proposal into three parts to satisfy concerns of the National Assembly. At the same time, he said that if the Assembly fails to act on the legislation he will not hesitate to invoke the so-called “La Muerte Cruzada,” or Death Cross, dissolving the Assembly and...
Foreign visitors who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with shots approved by the government and the World Health Organization will be allowed to travel to the United States starting on November 8, the White House said Friday. “The U.S.’s new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travelers to the United States will begin...
By Isabella Cota Political upheaval in Latin American countries has led to many of their wealthiest residents taking money out of their countries – a trend evidenced by their luxury properties in Miami, Florida. Over the last year and a half, while the global economy has been suffering historic lows, Miami has witnessed a boom...
The shutdown of Banco Pichincha’s online services due to a cyberattack has sparked angry reaction from customers and the explanation offered by the bank’s largest shareholder isn’t helping matters. Pichincha, Ecuador’s largest bank, disabled all internet services last Friday, claiming it had suffered “multiple hacks by criminals.” On Tuesday, the bank said it had established...
Jueves, 14/10/2021 Hola, Todos – Actividades – Habrá coloquio sobre salud mental (There will be a colloquium on mental health) – The Instituto Internacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico Educativo (International Institute for Educational Technological Research and Development) and the Zone 6 coordination of the Ministerio de Educación will present the 1st colloquium on Salud...
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