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Lack of regulation of delivery platforms creates a black market

The percentage of workers on home delivery and passenger transport platforms is growing in Ecuador, in part due to the lack of job opportunities for immigrants. About 55,000 people work for passenger transport platforms and home deliveries in Ecuador. That means that in the last...
Posted On 14 Jul 2022
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Ecuador and the Dominican Republic define a new Bilateral Cooperation Program

Ecuador and the Dominican Republic outlined the parameters of the new Bilateral Cooperation Program 2022-2024, during the V meeting of the Joint Commission for Technical, Scientific and Cultural Cooperation between the two nations held this Wednesday, July 13, 2022. This new...
Posted On 14 Jul 2022
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Devaluation of the Colombian peso and the euro affect Ecuador

The currency market crisis makes Ecuador’s exports more expensive, because it makes it an expensive country to be dollarized. The dollar gains more and more value in the market and, on the other hand, the currencies in most Latin American countries depreciate. The foregoing...
Posted On 13 Jul 2022
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Why does the price of premium gasoline skyrocket in Ecuador?

What relationship do the war in Ukraine and the pandemic have with the fact that a gallon of premium gasoline costs more than USD 5 at service stations in Ecuador ? All three events are linked to each other and, in addition, are the cause of inflation. When the world was confined...
Posted On 13 Jul 2022
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Population of Ecuador manages to extend its life expectancy to 77 years, nine years more than in 1990, but the quality of life does not improve

Jose Salazar is 82 years old. He exceeded the average age of the Ecuadorian, which is currently 77.25 years. He affirms that thanks to a balanced diet, exercise and medical check-ups he has reached that age. “I hope to live another ten years at least,” he says with a...
Posted On 12 Jul 2022
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Young Ecuadorian drowned in the United States

Jefferson Paúl Loja , 18 years old and a native of the Molleturo parish in the province of Azuay, died in a lake in Connecticut, in the United States. His death was confirmed on Monday, July 11, 2022. According to information shared by the victim’s family , the young man...
Posted On 12 Jul 2022
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The United States improves the travel alert for Ecuador, after the end of the strike

More than a week after the end of the national strike, which lasted 18 days, the United States decided to improve the travel alert for Ecuador. The United States Government upgraded the travel rating for Ecuador from level 3 to level 2. The decision was reported on July 11, 2022....
Posted On 11 Jul 2022
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Ecuador’s role in the world map of cocaine grows

The new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs (Unodc) reveals that Ecuador is the third country in the world with the most cocaine seized. In addition, Guayaquil is one of the ports from which most drugs are ‘exported’. As every year, the United Nations...
Posted On 11 Jul 2022
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President Lasso points to drug trafficking and Correismo as responsible for the attempts to destabilize the country

Guillermo Lasso, President of the Republic, assured that the 18-day demonstrations in Ecuador would have received financing from drug trafficking and sectors related to former President Rafael Correa.  In an interview with Infobae, the president pointed out to Correa, who is...
Posted On 08 Jul 2022
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Ronny Aleaga received a reprimand from correismo for photo with defendants

Assemblyman Ronny Aleaga received a warning from Correismo . The legislator of the Union for Hope ( Unes ) confirmed this Friday, July 8, 2022, the sanction of the Citizen Revolution movement. The notification of the political group was given by the photograph that was spread,...
Posted On 08 Jul 2022
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