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The Ministry of Public Health (MSP) reported on a new massive vaccination campaign against COVID-19. The authorities plan to reach September 2022, with 10 million Ecuadorians vaccinated with the third booster dose. This campaign will be supported by the private sector, which in...

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...

99% of recyclable waste in the Galapagos Islands comes from Asian and Latin American countries, as revealed by a study by the Ministry of the Environment. Most of the waste is from Chinese vessels that fish in international waters, and to a lesser extent from Argentina, Chile and...

The National Government of Ecuador, through the Foreign Ministry, collaborates with the European Parliament for a possible exemption from the Schengen visa for Ecuadorian tourists traveling to the continent for short stays. Work on the regulations began in December 2017, thanks...

In the leafy heart of the Yasuní National Park , in Ecuador, the Amazon pink dolphin has a natural sanctuary in which to take refuge from its own myth , the one that has put this freshwater cetacean in danger of extinction, for being a coveted hunting prey to attract love and, at...

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...

Reaching 90% of the population vaccinated with the first booster or third dose is the Government’s goal until September 2022. For this, more vaccination points have already been set up in the country and work is being done in conjunction with the private sector . In...

The National Government and the indigenous organizations signed the minutes of agreements of the thematic table: Public and Private Banking. With this, dialogue table number two was concluded. The authorities informed that the State will designate USD 540 million of investment...

Gisela is the only woman in the group who wears jeans and not the typical embroidered and colorful skirt. In full harvest, in a potato field in the Peruvian community of Huayana, this young woman is pleased that the role of women, who have traditionally always been behind men, is...