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“We have achieved the supreme value to which we all aspire: peace in our country. The strike ended. Now we begin together the task of transforming this peace into progress, well-being and opportunities for all”. That was the first reaction via Twitter of the President of the...

Representatives of the Executive and of the indigenous movements participated in a dialogue table, chaired by the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference, which managed to put an end to the national strike that began on June 13. The national strike enters its 18th day with its sights set...

The Minister of Production, Julio José Prado, held meetings with the Ecuadorian fishing sector to keep tuna within the negotiation with Mexico. The last round of negotiations for a trade agreement with Mexico remains open due to lack of consensus on three products from Ecuador ,...

The non-oil export sector accumulates a loss of $85 million, after 16 days (as of June 28, 2022) of demonstrations and production stoppages, reported the Ecuadorian Federation of Exporters (Fedexpor), which estimated that about 86% of the impact was concentrates on flowers,...

President Guillermo Lasso announced that the Government is withdrawing from the dialogue table with Leonidas Iza until the necessary guarantees exist. The expectation on the 16th day of the protests was focused on the second part of the meeting, which began on the afternoon of...

Edible oils with a label that identifies them as “popular oil” and that will cost 20% less will begin to be distributed this week in stores nationwide. The Government and the Association of Producers of Fats and Oils (Aprograsec) held talks to ensure that a low-cost...

Complaints about pressure, threats and the constant exposure of videos regarding the clashes between protesters and the security forces during the fourteen days of the strike were the tone of the second day of debate in the National Assembly, which will have to resolve the...

Although the atmosphere in Quito remains relatively calm, tension is growing in cities like Cuenca due to shortages and the state of siege to which it has been subjected since the start of the strike. The leadership of the indigenous movement assures that the government’s...

In 12 days of protests, Petroecuador and foreign oil companies stopped extracting a cumulative 679,000 barrels of oil, which means losses of USD 61 million. Due to the national strike, Ecuador has stopped extracting 51% of the oil in its oil fields. The drop in oil production has...

Through a message to the nation, President Guillermo Lasso announced on June 24 that the National Government will use “all the resources that the law empowers to confront the vandals and criminals” who have unleashed chaos in the country in the framework of of the...