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Coffee dies with the eyes and patience of governments

“By their fruits you will know them.” The book of Matthew – in the Bible – speaks of the false prophets “who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are rapacious wolves.” False prophets also came to the coffee plantations and...
Posted On 24 Jun 2019
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The national tuna stopped being a ‘commodity’

The innovation is not only in what goes next to the tuna in the can, the glass or in the containers of laminated metal (pouch). An Ecuadorian company has also implemented a technological tool that allows the development of an industry that stopped producing only raw materials...
Posted On 24 Jun 2019
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Ecuador is the first in the world to produce seeds of Arabica coffee hybrids

As of May of next year, Ecuador would have access to new varieties of Arabica coffee developed by private companies, which would produce between 200% and 400% more than traditional varieties and would also be resistant to pests and diseases such as rust, fungus that affects the...
Posted On 24 Jun 2019
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Ecuador and Chile take the first steps to negotiate an FTA

Ecuador and Chile seek to modernize and update commercial exchange. That is why it is expected that this week begin negotiations in Quito to reach a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries. The current trade exchange that governs between both nations is based on the...
Posted On 24 Jun 2019
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More than $ 400,000 delivered Odebrecht to Nexoglobal in the case of ‘Arroz Verde’

The Prosecutor’s Office investigates the relationship of the companies with the presidential ex-adviser Pamela M., one of the protagonists of the scandal called “Arroz Verde”. The money from the contractors of the State not only came to the PAIS Alliance...
Posted On 24 Jun 2019
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Ecuador imported $ 3.6 million in plastic recycling

Quito –Ecuador’s imports of plastic waste were equivalent to $ 3.6 million in 2018. The figure is a little higher than that imported in 2017 and that was worth $ 1.7 million. These imports that serve plastics and synthetic spinning industries were mainly made from the...
Posted On 21 Jun 2019
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5. Private sector company will create 300 jobs a year until 2028

The new National Distribution Center (CEDI) is part of the investment agreements signed in 2018 with the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment. The National Distribution Center (CEDI) of Almacenes Tía is part of the investment commitment signed in 2018 with the Ministry of...
Posted On 21 Jun 2019
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The USA rewards two Ecuadorians for their “pioneer” work against trafficking Daniel Rueda and Verónica Supliguicha offer assistance to victims of human trafficking.

The US Government awarded this Thursday, June 20, to Ecuadorians, Daniel Rueda and Verónica Supliguicha, for their “pioneer” work against trafficking in persons, focused on offering victims the legal, psychological and health assistance they need to “rebuild...
Posted On 21 Jun 2019
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Trade Minister Pablo Campana resigns

Ecuadortimes: Pablo Campana Sáenz left the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries. He does so for strictly personal reasons, as he remarked in his resignation. The announcement was made by means of a letter addressed to the president. Gracias Ecuador...
Posted On 20 Jun 2019
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Ecuador, having trouble joining EFTA

Ecuadortimes: The possibility that the country will continue to gain space in the European market through an agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) has been truncated, after the Constitutional Court of Ecuador objected to what both parties have negotiated on...
Posted On 20 Jun 2019
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