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  • Ecuador does not meet the international standard for the number of prosecutors

    The 837 prosecutors working in Ecuador are saturated with files and new complaints . Agents with more workload investigate sexual crimes , robberies , scams and corruption cases. Ecuador does not meet the international standard for the number of prosecutors Only officials who investigate the corrupt...

  • The Ecuadorian banana in other countries: Germany, Italy and Russia

    Concerning data are those that show the technical notes on the behavior of the year 2019, which the Banana Marketing and Export Association ( Acorbanec ) shared with EXPRESO newspaper. Several European Community market countries have significantly reduced their purchases: Look where the banana slips...

  • Ecuador sold energy to Colombia for almost $ 70 million

    In 2019, Ecuador made energy sales to Colombia through international interconnections for almost $ 70 million. Ecuador sold energy to Colombia for almost $ 70 million For this year, with the financing of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the design of the electrical interconnection project ...

  • The fund that gave $ 6,000 to former President Rafael Correa never existed

    The so-called Solidarity Fund, established in the previous government as an aid instance and from which former President Rafael C. received a deposit of $ 6,000, never existed. Iñigo Salvador: “The fund that gave $ 6,000 to former President Rafael Correa never existed” This was demonstrated on Thurs...

  • Marianne Van Steen: ‘In the EU we will be increasingly demanding’

    What are the reasons why banana shipments to the EU have fallen in the last year? We do not know what the determining factor is, but it is worrisome. Banana is the flagship product of Ecuador. One in three bananas consumed in the EU comes from this country. The fact that the dollar is now very stron...

  • Ecuadorians will pay less in their international roaming rate

    More than 4 million Ecuadorians , postpaid mobile phone users, will benefit from the reduction of international roaming rates, within the framework of Decision No. 854, approved in the Third Session of the Extended Commission, of the Community Andina, developed in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on F...

  • Former Secretary of Intelligence of Correa arrested in Spain

    The Spanish Police arrested on Tuesday, February 18, the intelligence secretary of the government of Rafael Correa, Pablo Romero , as confirmed by the Minister of Government, María Paula Romo. Former Secretary of Intelligence of Correa arrested in Spain The apprehension was carried out by order of t...