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Learn about the new visa prices for five types of travelers. The last review of the costs of these procedures had been made in 2014. The United States announced an increase in the prices of tourist, business, student, temporary worker and investor visas that will be effective...

The price of a pound of chicken meat recovered in the Ecuadorian market. At the same time, the cost per pound of this protein, in the third week of March, increased from 76 to 85 cents per foot, while the slaughter price went from USD 1.10 to 1.15 per pound. Chicken meat...

Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera began training mixed martial arts at the age of 16, in Guayaquil. He dreamed of coming to the UFC with a single objective: to pay for the treatment of his daughter, who suffers from Moebius syndrome (a disease that causes non-progressive facial...

In Ecuador, there are seven products with denomination of origin. The Miske drink is the most recent to obtain certification. Seven Ecuadorian products have the recognition of Denomination of Origin, a certification that gives added value to the products and opens doors in the...

Judge Bayardo Espinosa rejected the review of measures requested by Lenín Moreno and his wife. Now, the former president could be arrested. It is getting closer to issuing an arrest warrant against former President Lenín Moreno. On March 22, 2023, the national judge Bayardo...

The presidents of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, and of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, are entangled in a crossroads of criticism on social networks, around the escape of former minister María de los Ángeles from the Embassy in Quito. President Guillermo Lasso responded to his...

The collapse of the walls of the shrimp farms in three sectors of El Oro forces the emptying of the shrimp farm pools. This causes millions in damage. The earthquake of March 18, 2023, which had an intensity of 6.5 on the Richter scale, became the strongest telluric movement that...

The first month of this year, non-oil non-mining exports grew 4% in sales compared to January 2022. Sales represented USD 1,475 million and constitute 63% of total exports, the Federation of Exporters of Ecuador (Fedexpor) indicates in its bulletin. They also had a volume growth...

The price of Ecuadorian oil suffered a significant drop after the crisis originated in the United States due to the bankruptcy of the Silicon Valley Bank. Ecuador begins to feel the first effects of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), in the United States, and they...

14% of export companies in Ecuador are led by women. These firms are 3.5 times more productive than those run by men. Export companies led by women are 3.5 times more productive than those led by men, according to a report by the Ecuadorian Federation of Exporters (Fedexpor). The...