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Good weather and investments favored 10 products

Ecuadornews:   Ten crops stood out last year for their significant growth in area and production. In this list were: dry bean, pineapple, dried beans, broccoli, dry soft corn, orange, dry hard corn, hearts of palm, corn hard corn, coffee, plantain banana. Most grew in both...
Posted On 09 Jul 2018
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Captured FARC dissident in charge of the custody of Ecuadorian journalists

Ecuadornews:   The dissident of the FARC Jesus Vargas Cuajiboy, alias Reinel, who was in charge of the custody of the Ecuadorian journalists kidnapped in a border area last March and murdered in captivity, was captured today in the southwest of Colombia, according to...
Posted On 09 Jul 2018
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Manufacturing, the first niche of foreign investment

Ecuadornews:   Of the $ 606 million that came to the country last year as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), most ($ 143 million) arrived in the manufacturing industry; an important figure for Ecuador in a year in which it received 20% less capital, but still has a huge...
Posted On 09 Jul 2018
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Complaint against Rafael Correa for alleged crime of intimidation is reactivated

Ecuadornews:   On July 2, recognition of the signature of the complaint filed by Édgar Vallejo, on behalf of the army captain, Diego Vallejo, against former President Rafael Correa and former Interior Minister José Serrano, was made on the alleged crime of intimidation. The...
Posted On 09 Jul 2018
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Military commanders will pay compensation

Ecuadornews:   The National Court of Justice ordered the payment of nearly $ 500,000 to the family of the former Minister of Defense, Guadalupe Larriva, who died in an accident in 2007. The Chamber of Contentious Administrative Affairs of Cuenca will be in charge of...
Posted On 09 Jul 2018
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Before versions after investigation in case Balda, it is requested to investigate other crimes

Ecuadornews:   Once 109 of the 120 days of the fiscal instruction have elapsed due to the kidnapping of politician Fernando Balda, in Colombia, for the private accusation there are indications for an investigation into why the case did not move in Ecuador between April 2013,...
Posted On 09 Jul 2018
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The draft of the Port of Posorja will be 16.5 m deep

Ecuadornews:   The work will allow ships with cargo capacity to enter between 8,000 and 15,000 teus. The construction will generate 2,500 jobs for the communities surrounding the port. With an investment of more than $ 100 million, the DP World Company began on Friday, July...
Posted On 09 Jul 2018
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Ecuador challenges Brazilian ruling that prevents it from exporting shrimp

Ecuadornews:   The president of the National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA), José Camposano, assured that the Supreme Court of Brazil notified its customs the impediment to the entry of Ecuadorian shrimp to that market. Within the framework of the AquaExpo El Oro fair, which...
Posted On 06 Jul 2018
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IMF: Ecuador’s economy seems to be getting cold

Ecuadornews:     The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that Ecuador’s economy seems to be “cooling down” this year, although it acknowledged that it is still “accommodating” itself to external shocks, a high fiscal deficit and...
Posted On 06 Jul 2018
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More fresh fruits start their way to the United States

Ecuadornews:   The US market is increasingly open to new products from Ecuador: fresh fruits and vegetables started to go through that commercial door since last year. Ecuador has a list of 110 different products of that type. Papaya access was approved in 2013; the pitahaya...
Posted On 06 Jul 2018
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