Ecuador

Minister of Agriculture Bernardo Manzano has officially resigned from his position, after his department has been allegedly linked to a corruption scandal and drug trafficking that involves people close to President Guillermo Lasso

The anti-corruption department is currently going through a crisis as the Secretary of Anti-Corruption, Luis Verdesoto, has resigned after an investigation was opened against him for alleged illicit activities committed within the electric sector

Evidence against President Guillermo Lasso’s relatives being involved in corruption has caused the government to hold a new investigation of all public entities, with help from the Interpol in order to detect all people possibly involved in corruption

A free-trade agreement has been successfully signed with China for Ecuador's exports up to USD$1 billion yearly, agreeing also to the protection of Chinese goods in the industrial, manufacturing, and livestock sectors

The country has signed an agreement with Colombia to neutralise the drug trafficking groups’ confrontations that take place in their shared border, which includes merging their soldiers and deploying almost 4.000 of them into the area

Thousands of students have taken to the streets to demand a higher budget for public universities and better job offerings for them, successfully resulting in a scheduled public talk with the National Assembly to discuss these issues and more

To incentivise the country’s economy, the government has launched a “digital nomad” visa for any remote workers seeking lower living costs, thus promoting people with a higher-than-average income to enter the country

The government has issued monthly bonuses for 75% of the poorest citizens, thus improving the monthly income of over 1,5 million national households

The Central Bank has just presented a new collectable coin in commemoration of the country’s participation in the Qatar World Cup

In just one day, the Sangay volcano has erupted approximately 122 times, leaving gases and ash all over the area and affecting hundreds of local farmers’ plantations

Scientists in the country have discovered 6 new species of rain frogs, and immediately recommended that they all be added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's red list of threatened species

This year, foreign investments have grown by approximate 218%, showing how the country’s investment policies that were implemented last year have been successful