Ecuador
Vai alla Scheda Paese »There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.
— Juan Montalvo
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The United Kingdom will finance the conservation of an Amazonian ecosystem in Peru
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Peru will receive up to 15 million pounds (about US$20.5 million) from the United Kingdom to conserve an extensive Amazon ecosystem located on the northern border with Ecuador, official sources informed Tuesday. The financing, which will be made official during the COP26 climate summit in ...
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Presidente de Ecuador reconoce que tuvo inversiones en el exterior
El mandatario ecuatoriano, Guillermo Lasso, admitió el lunes que tuvo “inversiones legítimas en otros países”, tras ser señalado en la investigación periodística Pandora Papers, pero acotó que se deshizo de ellas para competir en las elecciones presidenciales de 2021, que ganó.
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Ecuador’s agreement with IMF involves progressive tax reform
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board of Directors approved the technical agreement reached with Ecuador early this month, to disburse US$2.5 billion between 2021 and 2022. The multilateral organization authorized a disbursement of US$800 million of this amount, to be immediately allocated to finance the ...
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Chinese-built Coca Codo Sinclair mega-dam in Ecuador continues to generate millionaire losses
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Coca Codo Sinclair, the huge Chinese-built dam and hydroelectric power plant in Ecuador, is still generating economic losses and threatening the Andean country's electricity supply. According to former president Rafael Correa's (2007-2017) government's plans, which promoted the project built by Chinese Sinohydro, the plant was ...
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Ecuador will decorate Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa this Monday
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Peruvian-Spanish Mario Vargas Llosa will be decorated this Monday by the Government of Ecuador to contribute to the dissemination and promotion of literature, informed this Sunday by the Secretariat of Communication. The writer and 2010 Nobel Prize winner will be honored in a ceremony ...
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Lasso asks Ecuador’s Parliament to urgently process economic reforms
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso, went to the National Assembly (Parliament) this Friday to personally present the "Law for the Creation of Opportunities", a legal project for urgent processing that contains reforms in the tax, labor, and investment areas. In a special ceremony held in the ...
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El Canal y organizaciones llaman a actuar por la descarbonización del transporte marítimo para 2050
El Canal ha establecido varios programas para consolidar su valor y posicionarse como una ruta verde para el comercio marítimo, desde ofrecer incentivos para navieras con buques ambientalmente amigables hasta asociarse con comunidades en la cuenca del Canal de Panamá para asegurar el uso sostenible de los recursos naturales del ...
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Ecuador moves forward with intention to extend continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Ecuador’s intention to extend the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles is taking shape. Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo delivered to the United Nations (UN) Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf the note with preliminary information regarding the areas of interest for the extension. ...
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Lasso presents in New York his vision to boost Ecuador’s economy
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, presented this Monday to about a hundred investors at the headquarters of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas (AS/COA) his vision of trade openness and strategic projects, as well as in a meeting organized with the Goldman Sachs group. ...
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Ecuador’s Lasso wants free trade agreements with the world’s top 10 economies
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, looks to the first ten economies of the world within a trading strategy that has as a priority the entry of his country to the Pacific Alliance, in line with a vision of Latin American integration that goes through ...
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Ecuador closes new deal with IMF and should receive US$1.5 billion this year
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Some US$800 billion should be released to Ecuador in the coming weeks and the other US$700 billion by December, pending further IMF review, according to Finance Minister Simón Cueva. Cueva would not provide details on the negotiation, arguing that the agreement still needs to be ...
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Government admitted in a report that Argentina has the slowest recovery in the region in the pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As of the second quarter of 2021, activity was 5% behind 2019, followed by Mexico (-2.4%) and Ecuador (-2%), according to a study by the Ministry of Productive Development. According to information compiled by the national government, the Argentine economy is the slowest recovering in ...
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Ecuador’s President discusses cooperation with his Chinese counterpart
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, held a conversation with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, with whom he addressed issues related to bilateral cooperation and on the study of a free trade agreement, it was reported Monday. "I had the honor of talking with the ...
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Bioregional Plan 2030 presented to protect the Amazon of Ecuador and Peru
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Environmental experts, indigenous organizations, and civil society presented the Bioregional Plan Cuencas Sagradas 2030, a proposal to protect the Amazon of Ecuador and Peru under an "ecocentric" approach. The plan proposes a portfolio of projects that aims to attract investments of more than US$600 million ...
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Ecuador and Mexico to “immediately” begin Free Trade talks – Foreign Minister
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Wednesday "Minister of Production Julio José Prado's team will begin talks and, in fact, he has been talking with his counterpart, Mexican Minister of Economy Tatiana Clouthier. So this is imminent," Foreign Minister Mauricio Montalvo said. And he added that "we are ready and ...
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Ecuador’s Lasso travels to Mexico in search of a free trade agreement
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, traveled to Mexico on Monday for an official visit, in which he will seek to advance in his intention to conclude a free trade agreement with that nation. Lasso departed around midday from the Simón Bolívar airport in the ...
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Gobierno de ecuador reduce presupuesto en un 2,45% del pib para 2021, economía crecería 3,02%
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Government of Ecuador signs creation of Amawtay Wasi indigenous university
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, signed this Friday (20) a law that paves the way to the re-establishment of the Amawtay Wasi Indigenous University, a higher education initiative closed in 2013, which will promote interculturalism in the country. The president signed the Reformatory Law ...
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Ecuador ve repunte de producción de crudo del 8% en 2021; prevé una inversión de 14.000 mln dlr
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Ecuador implements largest tariff reform in 12 years
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador hopes to boost productivity with the recent decision to reduce tariffs in several sectors, in a reform adopted by the center-right government that came into effect on Sunday. This was stated by the Vice Minister of Production and Industries, Carla Muirragui, during a breakfast ...
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La industria de flores en ecuador se inclina hacia el cáñamo a medida que disminuyen sus ventas