-2022 Investment Climate Statements: Ecuador- HomeReportsBureau of Economic and Business Affairs2022 Investment Climate StatementsEcuador - Executive Summary- "....The Ecuadorian government is taking positive steps to improving fiscal stability. In September 2020, the International Monetary Fund approved a $6.5 billion, 27-month Extended Fund Facility for Ecuador and has already disbursed $4.8 billion to aid in economic stabilization and reform.
The IMF program is in line with the government’s efforts to correct fiscal imbalances and to improve transparency and efficiency in public finance. The Ecuadorian Central Bank reported solid GDP growth of 4.2 percent in 2021 and projects 2.8 percent GDP growth in 2022. The Ecuadorian government remains committed to the sustainability of public finances and to continue a fiscal consolidation path.
The fiscal deficit narrowed to 3.5 percent of GDP in 2021 (from over 7 percent of GDP in 2020) and is expected to narrow further to a little over 2 percent of GDP in 2022 due to improved tax collection, prudent public spending, and high oil prices.
Still, the Lasso administration faces major challenges to its investment agenda given the country’s long-term reputation as a high-risk country for investment. A challenging relationship with the National Assembly complicates the passage of needed economic reform legislation.
While the administration’s November 2021 tax reform passed into law, the National Assembly soundly defeated President Lasso’s proposed investment promotion bill March 24. Serious budget deficits and the COVID-induced economic recession force the government to employ cost cutting measures and limit public investment..." -
https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-investment-climate-statements/ecuador/
🤠iffin you gonna move down or remain in Ecuador on into 2025, get prepared for whats a coming down the pike🥷🏼its not and has not been just a Coastal & #GYE thang, its also a Sierra & Metro #Quito Thanggy as well👮🏻♂️💰
My 2025 NewYears Resolution is more time out on the La G range, zz style, 🎸🥁🎸 cuzz (imho) we gonna dang sure be a needin it🥷🏼if anybody wants to no longer be an outlaw? Call me to join our Qtowne Quito gun club and get legal to tote with a 55hr CCW Course,
now a days The CCW is pretty much streamlined down to this:
plan on about $300 for to join the gun club,about $200 or up to $300 for the CCW course,about $300 for psyche, psycho and toxico exams,
a 9mm Taurus for say $1200.
a 9mm CZ for say $1500.
aprox $80 to $100 for a box of 50rds 9mm FMJ
i see peeps now a days getting legally armed in about a 3-4 months time frame, kinda like a tuff assed visa process!
'Always be prepared' - BSA & SA,
"When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" - Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) Western novelist of ...
09OCT26 (23:15)🚨'Alert ECUADOR ORDERS TEMPORARY DISCONNECTION OF ELECTRICITY SUPPLY TO CERTAIN INDUSTRIES
⚡ "The Ministry of Environment and Energy announced that it has ordered the temporary disconnection of electricity supply to industries classified as "High Voltage 1" and to specific "Medium Voltage" industrial users, due to current conditions within the national electrical system.
📢 According to the statement, the measure is a response to hydrological conditions at power generation plants and difficulties in supplying fuel to power-generating barges caused by sea conditions.
🏠 What is the goal of this decision?
According to the authorities, the measure aims to prioritize electricity supply to Ecuadorian households while operational limitations persist.
🔌 Service restoration for the affected industrial users will take place once technical conditions allow, the Ministry reported.
⚠️ ATTENTION: The information provided does not specify the duration of the measure or the full list of ...
28JUL 2026☣️ 'Biological War: A Scenario' is a 2026 nonfiction book by American investigative journalist Annie Jacobsen.
Published in the United States by Dutton on July 28, 2026, the book examines the potential consequences of a large-scale biological attack or the accidental release of an engineered pathogen.
The book uses a fictional near-future catastrophe to describe how governments, health systems, armed forces and civilian populations might respond to the rapid spread of a highly lethal biological agent.
It combines the fictional scenario with accounts of historical biological-weapons programmes,
interviews with scientists and national-security officials, and discussion of advances in genetic engineering, synthetic biology and 👾artificial intelligence.
It is a thematic successor to Jacobsen's 2024 book -
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Nuclear War: A Scenario, which employed a similar narrative technique to describe the escalation of a hypothetical nuclear conflict!..." -
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