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The European Parliament agreed to include Ecuador in the Schengen visa exemption regime. The MEP Javier Zarzalejos Nieto explained it.  “The Commission services have three months to carry out the technical evaluation, but the political and legislative decision has already...

Ecuador’s diplomatic campaign to get the Schengen visa waived ran into a setback: Qatar clouded the process with alleged acts of corruption. The alleged illegal actions of Qatar hit the process that Ecuador is taking before the European Union (EU) to obtain the exemption of...

In real terms, the average salary that Ecuadorians receive in 2022 is 1.9% less than in 2019, before the health emergency. Despite the economic recovery and the increase in the basic salary in Ecuador, the population still receives an average remuneration lower than that of...

The Government of Ecuador affirms that a trade agreement cannot be signed that does not have adequate access for all the exportable supply. The Government of Ecuador has asked Mexico to improve the access proposal for two-star products of the exportable basket, within the...

The Ministry of Energy made official the decision of the Ecuadorian State to revert blocks 16 and 67, in charge of the NSE subsidiary, on December 31, 2022. Petrolia, a subsidiary of the Canadian oil company New Stratus Energy (NSE), claims USD 260 million in damages from...

Ecuadorian Geraldina Guerra, president of the Latin American Association for Alternative Development (ALDEA), was recognized among the 100 most influential and inspiring women in the world in 2022, according to the British media BBC. The purpose of this assignment is to recognize...

Petrochina has to allocate, directly and without intermediaries, 30% of Petroecuador’s oil volume to refineries in Asia. After the renegotiation with China, the state company Petroecuador considerably expanded the volume of oil available for sale through open tender in...

Political parties and movements have paid increasing attention to “young” voters. And in these sectionals, for the first time, millennials and centennials have the possibility of radically influencing the election of local authorities. In the next sectional elections, citizens...

February 23, 1999 marked the lives of two mothers. That day they gave birth to their children at the Vicente Corral Moscoso hospital in Cuenca. But the children were exchanged, by mistake. Twenty-one years later, María (protected name) discovered the fact through a DNA test,...

While the United States expedites the extradition of Enrique Portocarrero from Spain, in Ecuador the authorities trace his business ties and the financing of candidates in Esmeraldas. Enrique Portocarrero was arrested at the Barajas airport (Madrid), on November 22, 2022, by an...