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One of the main barriers that prevents young people from studying and, in this way, improving their employment status is the lack of economic resources. As of June 2022, 18.5% of young Ecuadorians between the ages of 15 and 24 neither study nor work , which places them within the...

More than 86,000 registered citizens in 26 countries will be able to choose the new members of the Participation Council through the Internet, on their mobile phones or computers. The experience of the 2021 elections set the tone so that, in 2023, more Ecuadorians abroad can vote...

The Minister of Health, José Ruales, confirmed that only one of the five cases of monkeypox confirmed in Ecuador remains hospitalized. According to the head of the State portfolio, the patient is isolated in a health home due to isolation, “not because there is any...

Ecuadorian banana shipments are the main fronts for cocaine trafficking destined for Turkey. Turkish territory acts as a bridge to bring the drug to Russia and the Persian Gulf. On July 26, 2022, the National Police thwarted the shipment of 158 kilos of cocaine to Europe from...

Certain energy drinks that are prepared with the guayusa leaf, a plant that is produced in Ecuador and Peru, would induce greater mental concentration when playing video games than other hydrating beverages. This is the conclusion of a study carried out by researchers associated...

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) began this week the delivery of bags of urea with the benefit of the subsidy of 50% of its commercial cost. The first beneficiaries were farmers from the Daule canton area, where the head of the MAG, Bernardo Manzano, went last...

After eight days of travel from Ecuador to Switzerland and five months of working on the entire export process, the first 5 kilograms of processed flower and one liter of Ecuadorian cannabis tincture arrived at their destination. This export was made by CannAndes to Profields SA,...

Ecuador’s country risk dropped 334 points in the last ten days. It went from 1,600 points reached on July 15 (during the dialogue tables to seek pacification of the country) to 1,266 points this weekend. The approaches of the current Minister of Economy and Finance, Pablo...

The Internal Revenue Service (SRI) has identified USD 733 million in assets abroad, declared by 202 taxpayers. In the first half of 2022, the SRI has collected USD 29 million for the temporary tax levied on wealth abroad. This value corresponds to goods valued at USD 733 million...

Juan Ribas Domenech, the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the state-owned company, used an intricate system to collect bribes from reinsurance companies, through a network of companies that involved Biscayne Capital. The details of the corruption in Seguros Sucre come...