World Bank sharply upgrades its GDP projection for Chile, targets 5.5% growth in 2021
More damage than any other region in the world, both in health and economy, was suffered by Latin America and...
March 29, 2021Topic
Ecuador
Ecuador’s textile industry lost 36% of its turnover in 2020 amid declining local purchasing power
The Ecuadorian textile industry is suffering the consequences of a challenging 2020, which came after almost 5 years of declining...
March 24, 2021
Fourth Minister of Health of Ecuador resigns after being in office for only 19 days
The Ecuadorian Minister of Health, Rodolfo Farfán, resigned this Friday from the post to which he was appointed on March...
March 19, 2021
Ecuador reaches pre-agreement with Thailand’s PTT to renegotiate oil-for-loan deal
Ecuador has reached a preliminary agreement with a unit of Thailand’s state-run PTT PCL to extend to 2024 the payment...
March 12, 2021
Presidential insults and innuendo spark controversy between Ecuador and Argentina
The president of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, on Thursda, March 11th, described his Argentine counterpart, Alberto Fernández, as an "international mafioso"...
March 12, 2021
Alert on potential electoral coup in Ecuador
The general coordinator of the Progressive International organization, David Adler, alerted on Thursday, March 12th, in his official Twitter to...
March 12, 2021
Chile donates 20,000 doses of Sinovac coronavirus vaccine to Ecuador
Ecuador has received a donation of some 20,000 doses of the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine from Chile, Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno...
March 6, 2021
Ecuador’s largest city seeks direct purchase of COVID-19 vaccines
Authorities in Ecuador’s largest city of Guayaquil said on Wednesday, March 3rd, they will negotiate the direct purchase of three...
March 4, 2021
Ecuador links deadly prison riots to transnational crime groups
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuadorean officials said on Monday, March 1st, prison riots that left 79 inmates dead last...
March 2, 2021