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Ecuadorians have fewer children; 600,000 fewer babies than expected since 2010

The INEC estimates that the real population figure shown by the 2022 Census is around 17.5 million inhabitants, since there was a drop in the birth rate. The number of births in Ecuador was lower than expected since 2010. That is one of the first findings of the 2022 Population...
Posted On 15 Sep 2023
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Memorandum between the US and Ecuador has 169 objectives to strengthen security

Defense Minister Luis Lara explained what the memorandum of understanding between Ecuador and the United States consists of. This Wednesday, September 13, 2023, Lara pointed out that no economic allocations are contemplated by the agreement. Lara pointed out that the exchange of...
Posted On 13 Sep 2023
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Extortions delay the export of 400 containers of bananas

So far this year, the export sector has recorded more than 500 incidents of insecurity. Economic losses exceed USD 5 million. A total of 400 containers of bananas failed to be exported from Puerto Bolívar, El Oro province, between September 9 and 10, 2023, due to insecurity....
Posted On 13 Sep 2023
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In Ecuador, 5.5% of children under 5 years of age are obese and overweight

Overweight and obesity are two illnesses that affect children in different countries around the world. This is how the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it an epidemic. 8% of children under 5 years of age, for example, are overweight and obese. In Ecuador, the...
Posted On 12 Sep 2023
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Mexican agents find a bus with Latin migrants, including Ecuadorians

Mexico has said that it will begin the corresponding administrative procedure to determine the legal status of Ecuadorian migrants in the country. Some 178 migrants were found on a passenger bus in the Mexican state of Veracruz (southeast), the National Migration Institute (INM)...
Posted On 12 Sep 2023
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Unknown numbers seek to extort or steal data in Ecuador

In recent days, WhatsApp users reported having received video calls from international numbers, which responds to a new type of scam on said digital platform. How do these digital criminals operate? When the user receives the video call and answers, the scammers place obscene...
Posted On 09 Sep 2023
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Almost 13,000 Ecuadorians have been deported from North America

 Approximately 13,000 Ecuadorians have been deported from the United States so far in 2023. This according to information from the Ecuadorian Undersecretary of Migration, an office attached to the Ministry of Government. Ecuadorians arrive every week on flights that are paid for...
Posted On 08 Sep 2023
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Luisa says that “Venezuela has better living conditions than Ecuador now”

The Correísmo presidential candidate, Luisa González, has told CRO radio, from Machala, that currently “Venezuela has better living conditions than Ecuador, now” and that “Venezuelans are running back to Venezuela, because it is safer than Ecuador”....
Posted On 08 Sep 2023
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Noboa, the favorite of investors, leads in poll for correísta candidate

Investors’ favorite candidate, Daniel Noboa, led socialist Luisa González by 10 percentage points in the first poll conducted since both contenders reached the second round of Ecuador’s presidential election. In an online survey of 6,002 people throughout the country...
Posted On 07 Sep 2023
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Prosecutor’s Office charges Glas for the Manabí earthquake

 On September 6, at 08:30, an audit will be carried out to formulate charges against the former Vice President of the Republic Jorge Glas and other suspects in the Manabí Reconstruction case. Luis Rivera, a judge of the National Court of Justice, was the one who called the...
Posted On 07 Sep 2023
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