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Ecuadornews:     The journalist of the 4Pegalatos website Martín Pallares responded today to former President Rafael Correa on the criminal complaint the latter has filed against him. “Tell Correa that I’m going to a wedding … But I’m coming...

Ecuadornews:     The absence of rain should not be synonymous of emergency, and yet there are very few countries that are betting on drought-prone planning and avoiding their worst effects rather than patching them. Only 17 countries have prepared national plans to...

Ecuadornews:     Among the main internal obstacles for the activities and the growth of MSMEs, it is possible to enumerate the lack of managerial skills (more than anything, access to qualified personnel), limited service information and little access to market...

Ecuadornews:   Tarsicio Granizo (55) is the Minister of Environment. An environmentalist, he promoted the Yasuní-ITT initiative in the previous government and has been linked to NGOs in the area. Q: Did the Yasuní-ITT initiative fail? A: In the end yes because there were no...

Ecuadornews:     She has run for almost a year a small business of sheets, curtains and a bazaar. Isabel Franco runs it from home, in a small showcase near the entrance door after getting home after work.Her initial investment was $ 1,000. Her source of funding was her...

Ecuadornews:     More than 1,000 professionals related to veterinary medicine will participate this week in a congress in Guayaquil. Foreign lecturers will be part of the national chapter of the León Veterinary Congress (CDVL), held in Mexico. Jorge Zanabria, director...

Ecuadornews:     According to the latest projections released this month in the World Bank’s World Economic Outlook, Ecuador’s projection for 2017 is more optimistic than at the beginning of the year. In January, the World Bank projected a decrease in the...

Ecuadornews:     The producers and exporters who use Puerto Bolívar (El Oro) to sell their fruit, are again in uncertainty. Although the rate hike set on May 8th in this terminal remains, they expect that the authorities order the final revocation. Last Wednesday, Hugo...

Ecuadornews:     Nancy arrived in the country in 2004. The violent episodes starred by Colombian guerrilla groups motivated her and a group of 2,000 people to leave Cali and other cities where the armed groups sowed panic and social instability. Shortly after...

Ecuadornews:     Importers and car manufacturers have entered into the debate of who should take the wheel. The road has become bumpy and both sides of the same sector have suggestions on how to face the commercial future. Ecuador has been free of import quotas since...