Ecuador’s Correa Calls For Regional Monetary System

By Kadmiel | Aug 13, 2009

Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa on Monday called for the fledgling Union of South American Nations, or Unasur, to negotiate a regional monetary agreement and to move ahead with establishing a new multilateral lending agency.
Earlier Monday, Ecuador took over the rotating presidency of the group, which is made up of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, [...]

Providing Houseing in Ecuador

By Kadmiel | Jul 27, 2009

Another example of how people even during recessions find time to help others who need it more
Frank Anderson, sales associate, and Matthew Erny, GRI , broker-sales associate from RE/MAX House Values 4 of Hackettstown, recently returned from Ecuador where they spent the week of June 20 -28 building houses for the poor.
Anderson, Erny and [...]

Ecuador To Receive $480 Million FLAR Loan On Monday

By admin | Jul 9, 2009

Ecuador will receive next Monday a $480 million loan from the Latin America Reserve Fund, or FLAR, to finance public projects, the Central Bank said Wednesday.
The contract for the credit was signed Wednesday in Bogota by Ecuador Finance Minister Maria Elsa Viteri, Central Bank general manager Karina Saenz and FLAR officials.
The Central Bank said in [...]

Networking Pays Finding Professional Work Abroad

By admin | Jun 28, 2009

The job offer was what I’d always wanted: an opportunity to help the poorest of the poor and to be well compensated while working in a beautiful colonial city nestled in the temperate Andes of Ecuador. The process leading to the job offer was challenging.
I had applied for countless international development positions and learned to [...]

Ecuador – What You May Not Know

By admin | May 22, 2009

Most people in school have failed geography and are not aware that the Galapagos islands are actually part of Ecuador. It is the smallest country in South America, and if you would like to locate it on the map it is just a little bit south west of Columbia. Here are some other not so [...]

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