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June 11, 2018
Ecuador’s President Lenin Moreno has announced the appointment of Richard Martinez as the country’s new Minister of Economics and Finance. Ecuador appointed a new economics minister, Richard Martinez, who is described as a ‘Business Friendly’, has opposed redistributive policies and higher taxes which have penalized the wealthiest Ecuadoreans. Martinez, 37, is a trained economist and holds […]
April 5, 2014
The Economy of Ecuador Ecuador is beginning to recover from the aftermath of recent natural disasters which included a large earthquake, floods and landslides. Ecuador was named after the equator which runs through the country, the only country in the world named after a geographical feature. Its official name, República del Ecuador, literally means “the Republic […]