With McKinsey’s support, Pichincha launches digital bank Deuna!

Banco Pichincha, a long-established financial institution in Ecuador, has launched a new digital bank and payment ecosystem. The development and launch of Deuna! was supported by McKinsey & Company. The strategic move is the culmination of efforts...

Highlights and goals from the United States 1-1 Ecuador in International friendly

EVENT ENDED An intense, goal-filled draw in which both teams sought victory from the outset. Image: VAVEL The match is over! The United States and Ecuador draw in this friendly match full of intensity and good moments. Beyond the result, both...

$124 Trillion And Counting... These Are The World's Largest Economies

The 2026 world economy has a cautious outlook, according to the October report put out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The organization says that global growth is slowing amid fragmentation and rising protectionism. Significant downside...

USA bright as Balogun gives hosts a draw against Ecuador in October friendly

JUMP TO: It may have finished level on the scoresheet, but Mauricio Pochettino will be encouraged by the performance as the U.S. played to a 1-1 draw with South American side Ecuador in a friendly from Austin, TX on Friday evening. Folarin...

Steal Profits From A Little-Known Technology Movement With Ituran

Stock market investment data and analysis finance graph. Business financial chart with moving up arrow graph getty My Long Idea this week features a rather unknown stock in an overlooked corner of the technology sector, where I see strong growth,...

November 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us

The Feminist Know-It-All: You know her. You can’t stand her. Good thing she’s not here! Instead, this column by gender and women’s studies librarian Karla Strand will amplify stories of the creation, access, use and preservation of knowledge by...

Driving change: the rise of sustainable financing in Latin America

Introduction In recent years, many countries around the world have increased their focus on the preservation of the environment, the promotion of socially driven policies and the level of scrutiny of corporate governance of the companies that...

The Colombian Farmer Who Taught Ecuador How to Taste Its Own Coffee

On a misty ridge near Quito, a Colombian migrant turned farmer built Finca Frajares into a living classroom for Ecuador’s specialty coffee. His experiment in agrotourism suggests a bigger truth: flavor, dignity and conservation can grow together...

LVMH renews UNESCO partnership to protect global biodiversity

Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published October 31, 2025 On October 30, LVMH and UNESCO renewed their five-year partnership. Initiated in 2019 as part of the Group’s Life 360 environmental program, this agreement aims to support the...

USA vs Ecuador Prediction and Betting Tips | October 10th 2025

The USA will entertain Ecuador at Q2 Stadium in an international friendly on Friday. The hosts will meet Australia in another friendly next week, while La Tri will take on Mexico. The Americans played two friendlies last month. After a narrow 2-0...

Amber from Ecuador Reveals Insects from the Age of Dinosaurs

Monica Solorzano-Kraemer / Handout via Reuters Flies of the family Chironomidae, non-biting midges, are seen trapped in amber dating to 112 million years ago discovered at the Genoveva quarry in Ecuador, in these photos released on Sept. 18....

From the Caribbean to Jalisco, Trump Takes Aim at Cartels — But Will He Strike the Kingpins?

“Targeting fast boat operators will not stop major drug trafficking kingpins from sending multi-ton quantities of drugs to our country and around the world,” Michael Chavarria, a former DEA supervisor who spent 26 years investigating drug cartels...

TZ receives $2.8m for youth research projects

DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA has secured 2.79 million US dollars (about 7.2bn/-) to fund nine research projects under the international u’GOOD Programme, which promotes the social and economic well-being of young people in countries of the Global...

Guatemala Joins Costa Rica and Ecuador in Building Anti-Gang Prisons

The Guatemalan government has put forward a new bill aimed at hitting gangs harder, with steeper sentences and a dedicated high-security prison, as the country grapples with climbing murder rates. Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez handed the...

Global Tech Leaders Unite

Landmark 45th edition of GITEX GLOBAL brings together the world’s most advanced AI and tech enterprises and leaders from 180 countries, from 13-17 October at Dubai World Trade Centre Expand North Star celebrates its 10th edition from 12-15 October...

Coca Codo Sinclair deal puts much of Ecuador’s future energy projects in China’s hands

In July, Ecuador reached an agreement with PowerChina, Sinohydro’s parent company, to resolve the long-standing dispute over structural failures at the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant. According to the country’s Energy Ministry,, the...

Vancouver City Council votes no to lowering the voting age

A motion introduced at Vancouver City Council today that would’ve paved the way for lowering the voting age has not passed. The motion, introduced by Councillor Pete Fry, would have lowered the voting age to 16 for municipal elections. Currently,...

U of M professor says more research needs to be done on Latinos in Minnesota

Jimmy Patiño is researching the Mexican-American civil rights movement in Minnesota. STILLWATER, Minn. — Hispanic Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the history and contributions of Spanish-speaking people in the United States. “I think about...

Making it legal in Putumayo

At the Boutu Reserve a campesino family has created a natural haven in a conflict corner of Colombia. In a forest in the deep south of Colombia, where rivers flow swiftly to the Amazon, José Bolívar grasps a handful of green coca leaves. “This is...

Highlights and goal of PSG 1-0 Niza in Ligue 1 2025-26

EVENT ENDED It was a tough, hard-fought night at the Parc des Princes. PSG controlled the game but struggled to break through Nice’s disciplined defense. Just when a goalless draw seemed inevitable, Gonçalo Ramos rose high in stoppage time to head...