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Reservations, at minimum levels

Ecuadornews: International Reserves are kept at minimum levels. The latest report from the Central Bank of Ecuador, indicates that the International Reserves reached 2,848 million dollars on August 17. The amount is 184 million more than the previous week. Although they went up,...
Posted On 22 Aug 2018
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Intelligence will no longer depend on the president

Ecuadornews: The new vision of the national intelligence system is not unified. The Assembly and the Executive have different ways that are still not articulated. The only thing that coincides is the announced elimination of the National Secretariat of Intelligence (Senain). The...
Posted On 22 Aug 2018
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The Comptroller has $ 684 million pending collection

Ecuadornews: Several routes and few results in sight. The recovery of money diverted in cases of corruption or ‘lost’ due to administrative and contractual failures still does not land in concrete actions. The Comptroller’s Office, the Executive, the Assembly,...
Posted On 22 Aug 2018
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The Government makes more adjustments and reduces the ministries to 20

Ecuadornews: The package of economic measures announced on Tuesday night, August 21, by President Lenin Moreno seeks to accelerate the reduction of public spending and reduce the fiscal deficit. “I have made economic decisions that aim to restore prosperity to the homeland....
Posted On 22 Aug 2018
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Venezuelan migrants walk under police scrutiny, but no deportation applies

They walked through a trail to enter Ecuadorian territory and take an access to the Pan-American highway. Dania González chose that alternative because she did not have a passport that would allow her to formally pass through immigration controls. One kilometer from the control...
Posted On 22 Aug 2018
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After sanctions for correísta ‘political persecution’

Ecuadornews: Truth, justice and reparation seek at least 200 people who consider themselves victims of political persecution in the government of Rafael Correa. To this end, a Truth and Justice Bureau was created, with which the Transitional Judicial Council intends to show that...
Posted On 22 Aug 2018
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Deadline to register candidates for elections is close and there are only six qualified groups of 200 in process

Ecuadornews: Miguel Santos Burgos, leader of the Duran Puede Más movement in that canton of Guayas, complains that the signature verification process is slow. Yesterday, he says, they made the ninth issue of rubrics. Although only needs 2,900 signatures, so far, he says, his...
Posted On 22 Aug 2018
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AER requests the immediate renewal of frequencies

Ecuadornews: The vice president of the Assembly, Carlos Bergmann, received the document. Radio broadcasters also call for the return of requisitioned equipment. Representatives of the Ecuadorian Association of Broadcasting (AER) delivered on Tuesday August 21 to Carlos Bergmann,...
Posted On 22 Aug 2018
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Richard Francis: “The problem is not this year, but next year and 2020”

Ecuadornews: Richard Francis: “The problem is not this year, but next year and 2020” From New York, Richard Francis, Director of Sovereign Debt in Latin America of Fitch Ratings, one of the three most important risk rating agencies in the world, spoke with EXPRESO by...
Posted On 21 Aug 2018
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Fishermen demand that the artisanal sector should be declared on emergency

Ecuadornews: From 07:00 on this August 20, around 60 artisanal fishermen from Chanduy, Santa Elena, Engabao, Playas and other sectors held a peaceful demonstration on the Progreso-Guayaquil road to publicize their dissatisfaction with the crisis that crosses the sector. The...
Posted On 21 Aug 2018
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