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Capturan a “Fito”, líder de la banda Los Choneros y uno de los criminales más buscados de Ecuador
KVIA - Texas
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June 25, 2025
Por Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español Adolfo Macías, alias “Fito”, líder de la temida banda delictiva Los Choneros y uno de los hombres más buscados del país ha sido capturado, según dijo este miércoles el presidente Daniel Noboa. “Fito” se...
SANLUCAR: exclusive production and export agreement with Sun World® in Ecuador
Food Business Gulf & Middle East
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June 25, 2025
SanLucar, the leading supplier of premium fruit and vegetables, took a significant step in its international expansion. The company has signed an exclusive production and export agreement with Sun World®, a global leader in variety innovation and...
Symrise upgrades Ecuador site to boost tropical ingredient production
Food Business Africa Magazine
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June 24, 2025
ECUADOR – Symrise has completed a major upgrade of its Pasaje site in southern Ecuador, enhancing production of banana and tropical dry ingredients through a new customer innovation workshop and the reconstruction of factory areas damaged by the...
Spot prices for Ecuadorian bananas have reached unusually high levels
Fresh Plaza
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June 24, 2025
Ecuador's banana sector makes use of sea freight that needs up to 55 days to arrive due to the detour taken around the Cape of Good Hope, with record spot prices that have reached 16 dollars per 43-pound box and exhaustive controls due to the...
Illegal mining and gold supply chains in Ecuador
Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime
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June 24, 2025
In recent years, Ecuador’s gold sector has transformed dramatically. Once a largely informal livelihood, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has evolved into a criminally exploited industry. This report investigates this transformation...
China's Li urges not to turn trade into a political or security issue
CNBC
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June 25, 2025
Chinese Premier Li Qiang spoke at the World Economic Forum's annual "Summer Davos" event in 2024, which was held in Dalian, China. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images TIANJIN, China — Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday called on other...
$1 towards a girl’s education = $3 for the global economy: That's how development works
UN News
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June 25, 2025
Every dollar invested in girls’ education yields an average return of $2.80 – translating into billions in additional GDP. Similarly, each dollar spent on water and sanitation saves $4.30 in healthcare costs. Simple math, not miracles These aren’t...
$ 1 to the education of a girl = $ 3 for the global economy: this is how development works
The European Times
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June 25, 2025
Each dollar invested in girls’ education reports an average yield of $ 2.80, translating into billions of additional GDP. Likewise, each dollar spent on water and sanitation saves $ 4.30 in health costs. Simple mathematics, not miracles These are...
Daniel Noboa busca inversiones en China y el posible ingreso de Temu a Ecuador. ¿Cómo están las relaciones bilaterales?
KESQ-TV - California
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June 24, 2025
Por Ana María Cañizares, CNN en Español Las relaciones diplomáticas entre Ecuador y China cumplieron 45 años a inicios de 2025 bajo la consigna de ambos países de fortalecer los lazos comerciales, la confianza política y la cooperación. En estos...
Li urges efforts to defend free trade
China Daily
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Premier Li Qiang (center) poses on Tuesday for a group photo with foreign leaders attending the 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as the Summer Davos, in Tianjin, before a welcoming banquet. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY Premier Li Qiang...
Chinese premier meets Ecuadorian president
Xinhua News Agency
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BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang met with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa, who is in China to attend the 2025 Summer Davos forum, in Beijing on Tuesday. Li said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations 45 years...
Week 26 farm-gate shrimp roundup: Ecuador prices on rise as China, Vietnam levels keep falling
Undercurrent News
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June 24, 2025
Additional reporting by Maria Feijoo, Lewis Hu and Neil Ramsden Farm-gate shrimp prices increased in Ecuador, while levels in China continued to decline for all provinces aside from Fujian, with Vietnam also down, according to Undercurrent News'...
Summer Davos kicks off in Tianjin with record turnout, to inject stability to world economy: expert
Global Times
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Tianjin's streets are vibrant and renewed, with eye-catching slogans welcoming the 2025 Summer Davos Forum on June 23, 2025. Photo: VCG The World Economic Forum's 16th Annual Meeting of the New Champions (AMNC), or the Summer Davos, is set to kick...
Better than gold: how Ecuador cashed in on surging cocoa prices
Stone County Enterprise - Mississippi
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In Ecuador, farmers who bet on cocoa beans rather than bananas, the country's top agricultural export, are cashing in as a global shortage of the main ingredient in chocolate feeds a price bonanza. Cocoa is now a billion-dollar business in the...
The organic IQF business is more stable and less volatile than the conventional one
Fresh Plaza
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June 24, 2025
The food industry's interest in more natural, traceable, and value-added ingredients is boosting international demand for processed tropical fruits, especially for juices, purees, and IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) products. "The IQF category, in...
Northeast Philadelphia was promised relief after the plane crash damaged homes and businesses. Some families are still waiting for help.
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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Rupert Street in Northeast Philadelphia was uncharacteristically quiet on a recent sunny Saturday afternoon: No kids playing outside. No sizzling grills. No neighbors on stoops listening to music. A blue tarp fluttered on the roof of a vacant...
Global Seafood Industry Will Converge at Seafood Expo Asia in Singapore to Uncover New Business Opportunities, Partnerships and Innovations and Trends in the Asian Market
Champa Meuanglao
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June 24, 2025
The Expo will take place on 10-12 September at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore and will feature new and innovative products, seafood tastings, culinary demonstrations, networking opportunities, educational conference sessions and...
From Exploration To Execution: New Gold Player Emerges In One Of Canada's Premier Mining Districts - Financial News Media
MENAFN
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June 23, 2025
(MENAFN- Financial News Media) NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage New York, NY – June 23, 2025 – Gold's meteoric rally, fueled by waning confidence in U.S. fiscal policy and soaring inflation, has not only pushed prices past the historic US$3,300...
2025 Seafood Expo Asia set to unlock new business opportunities in Singapore
SeafoodSource
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The 2025 iteration of Seafood Expo Asia will take place 10 to 12 September as the show returns for its fourth consecutive year in Singapore. The three-day event will be held at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, where seafood professionals from...
Prison Break Sparks Controversy and Arrests in Ecuador
The Cuenca Dispatch
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June 23, 2025
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