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Inflation and rising food prices complicate access to healthy diets, says the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). An Ecuadorian needs USD 2.93 a day to eat healthily , according to a recent study carried out by several United Nations organizations ....

Certain energy drinks that are prepared with the guayusa leaf, a plant that is produced in Ecuador and Peru, would induce greater mental concentration when playing video games than other hydrating beverages. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by researchers associated...

99% of recyclable waste in the Galapagos Islands comes from Asian and Latin American countries, as revealed by a study by the Ministry of the Environment. Most of the waste is from Chinese vessels that fish in international waters, and to a lesser extent from Argentina, Chile and...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) began this week the delivery of bags of urea with the benefit of the subsidy of 50% of its commercial cost. The first beneficiaries were farmers from the Daule canton area, where the head of the MAG, Bernardo Manzano, went last...

Despite the improvement in GDP per capita, the country’s structural problems remain, such as a lack of full employment and a high poverty rate. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) updated its projection on the recovery of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)...

After eight days of travel from Ecuador to Switzerland and five months of working on the entire export process, the first 5 kilograms of processed flower and one liter of Ecuadorian cannabis tincture arrived at their destination. This export was made by CannAndes to Profields SA,...

The National Government of Ecuador, through the Foreign Ministry, collaborates with the European Parliament for a possible exemption from the Schengen visa for Ecuadorian tourists traveling to the continent for short stays. Work on the regulations began in December 2017, thanks...

Ecuador’s country risk dropped 334 points in the last ten days. It went from 1,600 points reached on July 15 (during the dialogue tables to seek pacification of the country) to 1,266 points this weekend. The approaches of the current Minister of Economy and Finance, Pablo...

In the leafy heart of the Yasuní National Park , in Ecuador, the Amazon pink dolphin has a natural sanctuary in which to take refuge from its own myth , the one that has put this freshwater cetacean in danger of extinction, for being a coveted hunting prey to attract love and, at...

The Internal Revenue Service (SRI) has identified USD 733 million in assets abroad, declared by 202 taxpayers. In the first half of 2022, the SRI has collected USD 29 million for the temporary tax levied on wealth abroad. This value corresponds to goods valued at USD 733 million...