RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuadorian state oil company Petroecuador has launched a tender to reopen 100 abandoned oil wells and extract associated gas from fields in the Amazon, the company said Friday. The reopening of these 100 wells will allow Ecuador to increase its oil production by 15,000 barrels ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The gender gap continues to be the subject of studies and initiatives in Ecuador and the region that seek to reduce it in different areas, one of these in the financial system. That, in a context in which women lead 46.5% of new ventures in ...

En el evento participaron altos ejecutivos regionales de compañías como: Marriott, Accor, IHG, Hyatt, Wyndham, Expedia, Google, Amadeus, Grupo Posadas, Empresas Bern, Apple Leisure, así como ministros y ex ministros de turismo de Ecuador, Costa Rica, Perú, así como el ministro de Turismo de Panamá, Iván Eskildsen.

Ecuador, que exporta petróleo, banano, camarón y flores, registró un superávit de $2,871 millones en su balanza comercial de 2021 al mejorar sus ventas en 31% frente a las de 2020, de acuerdo a cifras divulgadas ayer por el Banco Central (BCE).

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Senate Chamber unanimously approved the Trade Integration Agreement between Chile and Ecuador. After this approval, the Chamber of Deputies will send an official letter to the President of the Republic, Sebastián Piñera, officially communicating that the National Congress has given its approval to the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, who hopes to conclude this year the entry of his country into the Pacific Alliance, said Wednesday that the Andean nation is a "natural partner" of the bloc and that his goal is to "successfully complete in the shortest ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, announced on Wednesday, January 19, a new oil and gas discovery in the Amazonian province of Sucumbíos, in the northeast of the country. According to the President, the discovery was made in the Perico block, specifically in the . ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador is advancing on an uphill road to obtain foreign investment amid the international expectation of the government of the center-right Guillermo Lasso and under the watchful eye of social and environmental organizations, opposed to privatizations and damage to nature, respectively. In its almost eight ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador has embarked on an international campaign to position itself as an investment destination. The new president, Guillermo Lasso, presented during his recent official visit to Spain the investment plan that the country has prepared for the next four years, valued at The post Ecuador opens ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador in 2021 increased up to 51% annual oil exports and considerably improved those of shrimp, in addition to increasing income from coffee, tuna, fish, and flowers, which are among its main sales products, informed the Central Bank (BCE). The South American country, whose dollarized ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In January-November 2021, Ecuador's exports increased 31.3%, driven by a 77.5% growth in oil shipments and 15.6% growth in non-oil foreign sales. Both types of exports exceeded their 2021 numbers. In figures, the above translates into US$24.2 billion in total The post Ecuador’s exports grew 31% ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador will propose to China the renegotiation of the payment of its debt of about US$5.2 billion during a forthcoming visit of President Guillermo Lasso to Beijing, said Foreign Minister Juan Carlos Holguín on Monday. The conservative ruler . . . To read the full ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - 2021 is when more companies have been incorporated compared to 2020, revealed by the Superintendence of Companies, Securities, and Insurance (SCVS). In 2020 they had a growth of 9% compared to 2019, and 10,941 companies were incorporated. But, in 2021, they have increased by 44% ...

La firma global de consultoría de comunicación, marketing digital y asuntos públicos Llorente y Cuenca elaboró recientemente una campaña denominada Invisible Soledad, que busca generar una conversación en torno a la soledad no deseada que pueden llegar a sufrir los adultos mayores.

La estatal chilena Codelco, la mayor productora de cobre del mundo, anunció que acudió al tribunal de arbitraje del Banco Mundial, CIADI, con el fin de “impulsar el cumplimiento de diversos derechos” sobre el proyecto minero Llurimagua en el cual participa en Ecuador.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador will reduce from 5% to 4% the tax it applies to the outflow of foreign currency through shipment or transfer, which will favor imports, President Guillermo Lasso announced on Tuesday. "We are going to lower the Tax on the Outflow of Foreign Currency (ISD) ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Lasso, a former conservative banker who took office since May, announced Monday night in a televised speech the increase in the minimum wage, the highest in the last eight years, as part of measures to reactivate the economy, hit hard by the pandemic of Covid-19. ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, acknowledged on Monday that there are "controversial issues" in the negotiation of the free trade agreement with Ecuador. "There are two issues there that have to do, controversial, we are seeking to resolve them. One is shrimp; the producers, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ecuador expects to stabilize its debt in 2022 after a decade of constant increase, make it around US$63 billion, and then start reducing it thanks to the measures introduced by the Government of Guillermo Lasso to lower the public deficit and reach fiscal balance in ...