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The first confrontation between banana exporters and European supermarkets

Banana producers from the region, including Ecuadorians, plan to meet in Brussels on April 5, 2022, with the main representatives of European supermarkets. They seek that, at least, the payment of an additional $ 1 for each exported box be recognized, as a help to the efforts...
Posted On 05 Apr 2022
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In five weeks of conflict, Ecuador has already stopped exporting 50% of the bananas that it did not send to the whole world in 2021

Ecuador closed 2021 with 376 million boxes of bananas exported to different destinations around the world. The year was ending, but despite the fact that this amount was 2.5% less than what was exported in 2020, this 2022 began with the expectation of overcoming those 10 million...
Posted On 04 Apr 2022
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Industries fear ‘rush’ to negotiate deal with China

Ecuador wants to walk fast. The Government has already appointed the head of the negotiating team for the trade agreement with China and the fourth deputy is ready , the instance made up of businessmen to find out about the talks. All this to officially start negotiations with...
Posted On 04 Apr 2022
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Ibero-America declares war on ‘FakeCoins’, scams related to cryptocurrencies

The Spanish Civil Guard joins forces in the FakeCoins awareness campaign with police and prosecutors from fifteen countries in Latin America and Portugal in order to prevent potential victims of the main scams related to the cryptocurrency market. It is also a web page aimed at...
Posted On 01 Apr 2022
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More than 17 tons of Ecuadorian sustainable coffee will be exported to Italy

More than 17 tons of Ecuadorian sustainable coffee will be exported to Italy as a result of the support provided by the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition together with the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, through its PROAmazonía program that has...
Posted On 01 Apr 2022
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With $ 85 million in losses in the export sector due to the conflict in Russia and Ukraine, the commercial gaze is on China and South Korea

Outstanding collections from Russian buyers for exports shipped in the first weeks of the financial blockade to that country exceed $50 million. In total there are $ 85 million of accumulated loss in income for Ecuador in these five weeks that the Russian conflict with Ukraine...
Posted On 31 Mar 2022
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The Government of Guillermo Lasso protests the visit of Rafael Correa to Honduras

Former President Rafael Correa is in Honduras. The Government of that Central American country invited the leader of the Citizen Revolution movement within the framework of a management to exchange knowledge and experience in different sectors within the country on economic and...
Posted On 31 Mar 2022
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A ‘giant’ $5 billion oil heist

When in 2009 former President Rafael Correa began to mortgage 1,325 million barrels of Ecuadorian crude, in exchange for – in 8 years – receiving more than $18,000 million in credits with China, he believed that this country “was doing the right thing by placing...
Posted On 31 Mar 2022
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Effects of the war on the increase in food and fertilizer prices is discussed at the 37th FAO Regional Conference, in Quito

This Tuesday marks the second day of the 37th Regional Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which takes place from this Monday in Quito, Ecuador, with the presence of representatives of all the countries of Latin America and the...
Posted On 31 Mar 2022
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The reactions to the EXPRESO investigation on the land acquired by Joaquín Villamar

EXPRESO ‘s investigation of the land acquired by Joaquín Villamar, ex-husband of the mayor of Guayaquil, Cynthia Viteri , has caused a flurry of reactions. The first of all, that of a group of citizens related to the mayor who protested against this newspaper outside its...
Posted On 29 Mar 2022
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