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The first phase of vaccination against avian influenza will begin in Ecuador in the next two months. The initial step will be the importation of four million doses. In this stage, more than two million birds will be vaccinated with a complete scheme. Established farms are located...

In the “Valle del Amanecer”, the city of Otavalo, the delivery of the establishment of the “Otavalo Mojanda Water Protection Area” was developed by the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition to the Municipality of the canton. The...

The United Nations Organization (UN) published its world report on post-pandemic human trafficking. In Ecuador, and in the rest of the world, Covid-19 caused cases to be underreported. Every two years, the United Nations Office against Organized Crime (UNODC) presents the World...

Currently, Ecuadorian bananas pay a 10% tariff for entering the Asian country, with the trade agreement it will decrease 1% per year. Ecuadorian banana exports fell in 2022, both in volume and in dollars, according to the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE) and the banana union....

A collapse in southwestern Colombia caused the destruction of a section of the Pan-American highway on January 9, 2023, leaving the southeast of that country isolated. Ecuador will export balanced foods for domestic and farm animals to Colombia, as a consequence of the collapse...

Alexis Mera, former legal secretary of Rafael Correa, was sentenced to eight years in prison for the Sobornos Case 2012-2016, in 2020. The decision was made by Galo Rodríguez, Ambato Penitentiary Guarantees Judge (Tungurahua), on the morning of January 27, 2023. Alexis Mera will...

Judge Melissa Muñoz accepted Jorge Glas‘ request for unification of sentences. The former vice president will no longer have to complete his six-year prison sentence for illicit association, in the Odebrecht case, but will only have to serve the eight-year sentence for...

The State Public Security Council (Cosepe) resolved to declare illegal mining a threat to state security. The announcement was made by the Secretary of Security, Diego Ordóñez, at a press conference held in Carondelet, after a meeting of the Council of Public Security and State...

International Reserves (IR) stood at USD 9,353 million on January 20, 2023, reaching its highest level since the start of dollarization. This high level of reserves allows covering 100% of the liabilities of the first and second balance system of the Central Bank of Ecuador, and...

Juan Zapata, Minister of the Interior, presented information on these candidates to the Prosecutor’s Office. There are eight open investigations for the so-called narcopolitics. The information was delivered by Zapata, at the offices of the State Attorney General’s...