Via Latinometrics, an interesting look at Latin America’s significant role in the global rose trade: Ecuador and Colombia Represent 34% of the $2.86B+ Rose Export Market Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, sometimes called Día del Amor y la Amistad in Latin America. During this holiday, which celebrates the love between couples but also friends, restaurants, bars, and gift […]
Read more »Via The Diplomat, an article on China and Ecuador’s free trade discussions: After four rounds of negotiations and dozens of technical meetings, the Chinese and Ecuadorian teams successfully closed negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries at the technical level. The FTA was negotiated over the course of 10 months, following […]
Read more »Via Forbes, a look at China’s increasing interest in Central and South America: Washington may hate the word, but there is no denying that it has exercised all but untrammeled hegemony in Latin America for as long as anyone can remember. It now faces a challenger: the same one it faces in the western Pacific, […]
Read more »Via South China Morning Post, an article on China’s efforts to slowly undercut US influence in Latin America with 5 ‘new factor’ trade deals with Ecuador, Uruguay, Panama, Colombia and Nicaragua, having already penned agreements with Chile, Costa Rica and Peru: China stands to secure prized natural resources while vying with the United States for allies […]
Read more »Via Foreign Policy, an article on Ecuador’s struggle to meet its climate goals under IMF austerity: Standing halfway up a hillside in the city’s outskirts, environmental engineer Andres Viteri Leroux peered down to a horizontal dirt shelf some 100 feet below. It was early December 2021, and he was visiting Ambato’s landfill. The dirt had been […]
Read more »Via STRATFOR, a report on Ecuador’s oil production: In Ecuador, nationwide protests risk disrupting oil production, potentially impeding the country’s economic growth and ability to mitigate its growing debt burden. Ecuador’s state-owned energy company Petroecuador has suspended exports of Oriente crude, its most popular hydrocarbons export, as part of a force majeure issued on June 29. […]
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