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Ahead of Ecuador are countries such as Peru, El Salvador, Colombia, Nicaragua and Venezuela, according to the global passport ranking. Ecuador’s passport is one of the weakest in Latin America, based on the number of destinations citizens can enter without a visa. A global...

National sales from January to August of this year totaled 247,960,827 boxes, 7% more. The banana industry continues on its recovery path with greater shipments. From January to August 2023, according to data from the Banana Marketing and Export Association (Acorbanec), exported...

The Quaker brand has been present in the world market for 146 years, since it was founded by Henry Seymour and William Heston. In 1877 they named it Quaker Mill Company, in the United States, and it was the first breakfast cereal brand in that country. Its arrival in Ecuador...

The El Niño Phenomenon and the brake on mining and oil activities will hit the Ecuadorian economy in 2024, which will barely grow 0.8%, according to the ECB. Stagnation, that is the scenario for the Ecuadorian economy in 2024, according to the latest projections published by the...

The Ministry of the Environment activated biosafety protocols to reduce the risk of dispersion of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos National Park Directorate confirmed this Tuesday, September 19, 2023, that the presence of influenza or avian...

The Emergency Operations Committee (COE) changed the state of alert due to the El Niño phenomenon in Ecuador. This resolution was adopted during a meeting at the ECU-911 facilities in Quito; It was chaired by Vice President Alfredo Borrero.  The alert status changed from yellow...

The export of Ecuadorian organic bananas recovers in 2023, like that of conventional bananas. Its main market is the United States. Between January and July 2023, Ecuador exported 357,140 tons of organic bananas, according to data from the Central Bank. Of that amount, 76% was...

In the province of Pastaza, birthplace of seven nationalities in the country, the event was held to incorporate 65,000 new hectares to the Socio Bosque II Project (PSB), which are under the custody of two Achuar communities: Mashientzi and Tinkias. This event was led by the...

The Government will invest USD 1.9 million in voting abroad. The most complicated places to coordinate elections are Russia, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique and Government Minister Henry Cucalón spoke about the electoral process that will be carried out...

The Italian mafia is less violent, with an interest in the technological world and focused on expanding through Ecuador and other Latin American nations, according to a recent study. The latest semi-annual report from Italy’s Anti-Mafia Investigation Directorate (DIA)...