By

An audit carried out by the German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) determined that the Banana Control System (Unibanano) “has many weaknesses in its security.” The Minister of Agriculture, Bernardo Manzano, reported that there are weaknesses in the Banana Control System...

The World Bank (WB) on Tuesday kept its economic growth forecast for Latin America and the Caribbean practically unchanged this year at 2.5%, but warned of the dangers posed by a scenario of high inflation and slowdown in economic activity, with real risk of stagflation. In its...

After ten years, since it was implemented, the Banana Control System (Unibanano), of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), will be discharged and replaced by another until next September, announced this Tuesday the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, Bernard...

After noon this Monday, June 6, 2022, President Guillermo Lasso began a meeting with sectional authorities to analyze strategies in the face of insecurity. The appointment takes place at the Eloy Alfaro Military High School, in the north of Quito, where a security operation has...

In an interview with PRIMICIAS, the Minister of Energy, Xavier Vera-Grunauer, explains that the negotiation of the extension of the contract in Block 16, located in Yasuní, in the Ecuadorian Amazon, is a priority. The Supervisory Commission of the National Assembly investigates...

Petroecuador will export, from the end of August 2022, a total of 3,240,000 barrels of Oriente crude oil to Petrochina International CO. LTD, a Chinese state-owned company that won the last spot tender by presenting a differential of USD -3.45 and a premium of USD +1 per barrel,...

The scarcity and high prices of urea, due to the war in Ukraine and other disruptions, have led some maize growers to migrate to cocoa cultivation. Corn production in Ecuador showed good results in 2021, with 1.6 million metric tons in  373,587 hectares , according to the Espac...

On the outskirts of the city of Durán, the first largest cocoa plant in the country was inaugurated, where the North American fine chocolate company BARRY CALLEBAUT opened the first collection center of these characteristics. It will have as its objective the purchase of grain in...

According to the president of the financial entity, the sale process is in an intermediate phase. This means that the advisory bank has invited more than 30 international entities that will analyze the valuation and other preliminary information. The sale process of Banco de...

The Foreign Ministry of Ecuador and the Maritime Port Cooperation Project ( Seacop V ) of the European Union (EU) signed a memorandum of understanding on May 31, 2022 in the fight against illicit maritime traffic. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín and the director...