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  • This is how Quaker oats are made, a product that has been in Ecuador for several decades

    The Quaker brand has been present in the world market for 146 years, since it was founded by Henry Seymour and William Heston. In 1877 they named it Quaker Mill Company, in the United States, and it was the first breakfast cereal brand in that country. Its arrival in Ecuador occurred after the Secon...

  • Economy in 2024: stagnant, without the ITT and with a mining sector in decline

    The El Niño Phenomenon and the brake on mining and oil activities will hit the Ecuadorian economy in 2024, which will barely grow 0.8%, according to the ECB. Stagnation, that is the scenario for the Ecuadorian economy in 2024, according to the latest projections published by the Central Bank of Ecua...

  • Bird flu detected in dead birds in Galapagos

    The Ministry of the Environment activated biosafety protocols to reduce the risk of dispersion of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos National Park Directorate confirmed this Tuesday, September 19, 2023, that the presence of influenza or avian flu was detected “pre...

  • El Niño phenomenon: alert status changes from yellow to orange in Ecuador

    The Emergency Operations Committee (COE) changed the state of alert due to the El Niño phenomenon in Ecuador. This resolution was adopted during a meeting at the ECU-911 facilities in Quito; It was chaired by Vice President Alfredo Borrero.  The alert status changed from yellow to orange, due to the...

  • The United States is the first destination for Ecuadorian organic bananas

    The export of Ecuadorian organic bananas recovers in 2023, like that of conventional bananas. Its main market is the United States. Between January and July 2023, Ecuador exported 357,140 tons of organic bananas, according to data from the Central Bank. Of that amount, 76% was destined for the Unite...

  • Ecuador incorporates 65 thousand new hectares of forest under conservation

    In the province of Pastaza, birthplace of seven nationalities in the country, the event was held to incorporate 65,000 new hectares to the Socio Bosque II Project (PSB), which are under the custody of two Achuar communities: Mashientzi and Tinkias. This event was led by the Ministry of the Environme...

  • Foreign Ministry must rent 59 premises abroad so that 390,000 migrants can vote

    The Government will invest USD 1.9 million in voting abroad. The most complicated places to coordinate elections are Russia, Nicaragua and Venezuela. Foreign Minister Gustavo Manrique and Government Minister Henry Cucalón spoke about the electoral process that will be carried out abroad, for the sec...