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    Brazil and Ecuador were the Latin American countries with the highest number of victims in 2015 of “phishing” attacks, in which users are tricked through emails or fake websites, according to a global study on Internet security. “Latin America has...

  The Deepwater Port of Manta would be concessioned to the Chilean company Agunsa, according to the Ministry of Transport and Public Works Kevin Lazo, director of the Port Authority of Manta, who mentioned the winning bid and details of the negotiations. Lazo said that bids have...

  Critics of authorities in Ecuador, including human rights activists, were “targets of attacks, fines and groundless criminal charges” last year, reported yesterday Amnesty International (AI). In its annual report, released in London, AI notes that “the...

  The injustice committed by certain master builders causes a drama in the construction industry, since according to official figures, the country’s unemployment rate is low (4.77%). According to construction workers, they are charged $ 20 per week to get a job and keep it....

  Tourism Minister Fernando Alvarado has been summoned tomorrow to a conciliation hearing in a legal process over a disputed land in the Urbanor area, in northern Guayaquil. The call takes place two years after the presentation of an action for possession protection filed by...

  “May the defenselessness state of women gain visibility.” This was the slogan taken to UN Women by a group of women attacked by the guard of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on February 4, during his visit to Ecuador. They spent almost an hour at the...

  The government delivered the labor reform to the National Assembly. The new unemployment insurance pay after three months after labor stoppage. The announced bill for the Protection and Promotion of Employment came to the National Assembly and will be processed in 30 days....

  This category shrank by falling oil prices. Payments for oil presales went up from $ 1,000 to $ 2,400 million. Ecuador began selling in advance a crude that was not yet extracted. It’s like asking the anticipated salary. All in order to get money in the present and...

      Ecuador’s economy this year will maintain the same growth trend of 2015, of about a 0.4%, due to the steady decline in oil prices, said Tuesday the manager of the Central Bank, during a downward revision of the initial projection. Authorities estimated...

  Mauricio Pozo, an economist and former finance minister, was interviewed by the 4pelagatos website on the economic situation of the country. He explains that the balance of deposits of institutions in the Central Bank reflect the fact that “there is an increasing...