Ecuador presents study suggesting reforms to the pension system
The Government of Ecuador presented this Friday a diagnosis on the Social Security Disability, Old Age and Death (IVM) pension...
April 24, 2021Section
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Blinken talks with Ecuador’s president-elect Lasso about Venezuela and US support
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by telephone this Friday with Ecuador's president-elect, conservative Guillermo Lasso, about strengthening the...
April 24, 2021
Ecuador’s Parliament approves controversial law maintaining and regulating “dollarization”
The plenary of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Ecuador approved this Thursday with 84 votes in favor the controversial Law...
April 23, 2021
Deforestation in the Amazon, an environmental epidemic in silent boom
In the shadow of the covid-19 crisis, the Amazon is silently suffering one of its worst moments in the face...
April 22, 2021
Ecuador announces curfew, curbs as Covid-19 again overwhelms hospitals
Ecuador on Wednesday implemented a nighttime curfew and other mobility restrictions as a spike in coronavirus cases again overwhelms hospitals...
April 22, 2021
Latin America confirms its commitment to eliminate congenital Chagas disease
Latin America confirmed Wednesday its support for a new initiative to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of Chagas, a disease endemic to...
April 22, 2021
The presidents of Uruguay, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador condemned Maduro regime during Ibero-American Summit
The presidents of Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, and Chile dedicated time in their messages before the 27th Ibero-American Summit to condemn...
April 22, 2021
Latin America spent 4.6% of GDP in 2020 on aid to tackle the crisis – report
Latin America, the region most affected in the world by the pandemic, allocated in 2020 on average 4.6% of its...
April 21, 2021
Lasso seeks in Colombia economic opening of Ecuador to the world
Ecuador's president-elect, Guillermo Lasso, advocated in Colombia, during his first visit abroad since he won the April 11 elections, for...
April 20, 2021