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Vitol: trial in the United States will reveal bribery scheme in Petroecuador

In New York, the trial will begin against Javier Aguilar, former executive of Vitol, one of the companies that paid bribes to Petroecuador officials to benefit from oil pre-sale contracts for Oman Trading International. In the coming days, the Eastern District Court of New York...
Posted On 05 Jan 2024
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Minimum sectoral wages rise 2.2% in the private sector

The Ministry of Labor established a 2.2% increase for salaries and minimum wages in the private sector, starting January 1, 2024. Since January 1, 2024, the percentage increase for sectoral minimum salaries and wages in the private sector is 2.2% compared to 2023 salaries,...
Posted On 03 Jan 2024
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Power outages are suspended throughout Ecuador until January 15, 2024

After a meeting with Cenace, the Ministry of Energy agreed that there will be no power outages in Ecuador at least until the first half of January 2024. After a meeting of the Crisis Committee, the Minister of Energy, Andrea Arrobo, announced on December 29 that power outages are...
Posted On 29 Dec 2023
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Court gives way to change the requirements to be an assembly member

The Constitutional Court approved a draft constitutional amendment so that the requirements of “notorious probity, experience, training or justified education” can be included. The Constitutional Court gave way, on November 1, 2023, to a constitutional amendment...
Posted On 29 Dec 2023
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Ecuador simplifies the export process through the Invoice Declaration

New foreign trade tool is applied in trade agreements with the European Union, the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the United Kingdom. As of December 22, 2023, the figures of authorized exporter and invoice declaration came into force in Ecuador. This applies in trade...
Posted On 27 Dec 2023
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2023 will close with the highest number of Ecuadorians detained at the US border.

Between January and November 2023, a total of 107,848 Ecuadorian migrants have been detained on the border of Mexico and the United States. The figure doubles that of all of 2022. The harsh restrictions on the border of Mexico and the United States did not prevent thousands of...
Posted On 27 Dec 2023
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Government promises to build two prisons and deliver scrap metal to the US in exchange for weapons

In a short video, posted on social networks, President Daniel Noboa gave more details about the Fénix security plan, including the new prisons he plans to build. During his visit to Cuenca, which will host an Ibero-American presidential summit in 2024, President Daniel Noboa took...
Posted On 23 Dec 2023
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This is how Xavier Jordán, Norero’s alleged partner, appears in the chats of the Metastasis case

Although he is not prosecuted in the Metastasis case, Xavier Jordán is one of Leandro Norero’s main interlocutors in his chats. The Prosecutor’s Office continues to reveal the chats found in Leandro Norero ‘s 15 phones. This equipment was found in the Latacunga...
Posted On 21 Dec 2023
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Daniel Noboa’s tax reform was published in the Official Registry and is now in force

The tax reform approved on December 19, 2023 in the National Assembly was already published in the Official Registry on December 20, 2023. The tax reform called the Law of Economic Efficiency and Employment Generation, which was approved on December 19, 2023 in the National...
Posted On 21 Dec 2023
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Drug trafficker Leandro Norero offered privileged information to journalist Boscán

Leandro Norero and journalist Andersson Boscán talked about customs corruption. The first offered information from a prosecutor. The scandal over the disclosure of the conversations of drug trafficker Leandro Norero, from his cell in Latacunga, does not end. In one of the chats...
Posted On 20 Dec 2023
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