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Business News | India's MSME Exports in Textiles, Chemicals to Be Hit Most by US Tariffs as They Form Major Part of Shipments to US: Crisil
Latestly
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August 20, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 20 (ANI): Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in sectors such as textiles, diamonds and chemicals, which together account for nearly 45 per cent of India's total exports, are likely to be the most affected by the...
Ecuador: Officials Ignore Rainforest Protection Referendum
Human Rights Watch
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August 20, 2025
(New York) – Ecuador’s government should expedite the closure of the approximately 240 oil wells operating in the heart of Yasuni National Park in the Amazon rainforest, Human Rights Watch said today. On August 20, 2023, the Ecuadorian people...
Indigenous Nations of Ecuador and Peru Reject Cross-Border Oil Deal, Urge California to End Amazon Crude Imports
Amazon Watch
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August 19, 2025
Download joint statement in English | Versión en español Quito/Lima – Indigenous nations from Ecuador and Peru have issued a strong rejection of a recently announced agreement between state-owned oil companies Petroperú and Petroecuador to connect...
Three Police Officers Detained in Ecuador Following Complaint of Attempted Assassination of Indigenous Leader
teleSUR
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August 20, 2025
(FILE) Photo: X/ @LeonidasIzaEc. August 20, 2025 Hour: 1:32 am Three police officers in Ecuador were detained on Monday by residents of the Andean province of Cotopaxi and allegedly judged under Indigenous justice, following accusations of an...
Ecuadorian Government is Persecuting Indigenous Leaders: MICC
teleSUR
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Indigenous leader Leonidas Iza. X/ @Cuenca4Rios August 19, 2025 Hour: 10:09 am On Monday night, the Indigenous and Farmers Movement of Cotopaxi (MICC) accused Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa of persecuting Indigenous leaders, including Leonidas...
Government declares Venezuelan cartel a terrorist threat as Ecuador aligns with U.S. stance
The Cuenca Dispatch
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August 19, 2025
Members receive weekly reports on Ecuador’s economics, politics, crime and more. Start your subscription today for just $1 for the first month. (Regular subscription options $4.99/month or $42/year/) Click here to subscribe. Ecuador intensifies...
Chinese cars take majority in Ecuador’s auto market for the first time
The Cuenca Dispatch
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August 19, 2025
Cuts, shortages, and broken equipment leave Vicente Corral Moscoso struggling to serve southern Ecuador’s patients. A system under pressure Cuenca’s Vicente Corral Moscoso Hospital, the largest public medical facility in southern Ecuador, is...
Uruguay and Ecuador sign cooperation agreements
MercoPress
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August 19, 2025
Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 19:48 UTC Noboa (L) and Orsi agreed to focus on common interests beyond ideological differences Presidents of Ecuador and Yamandú Orsi of Uruguay on Tuesday signed two bilateral agreements in Montevideo, increasing...
U.S. fresh fruit and vegetable trade remains stable
Fresh Plaza
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August 19, 2025
U.S. fresh fruit and vegetable imports by volume did not see any major shifts in the first half of this year. Total imports still grew slightly to 12.2 million tons. What is notable, however, is that the value of U.S. fresh fruit and vegetable...
Man who died after drugs arrest in Ecuador was originally from Offaly
Offaly Live
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August 19, 2025
THE Irish man who died four days after being arrested in Ecuador in a €600,000 drugs bust earlier this month was originally from Edenderry. John Fennessy (64) was a respected business man and factory manager who had no record of criminality of any...
Facing Trump tariffs, India's shrimp farmers consider switching to other businesses
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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August 19, 2025
By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD, India/GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (Reuters) -On India's southern coast, V. Srinivas thrived for two decades by farming shrimp, as the country became the top supplier of the delicacy to the United States. Now, Donald Trump's 50%...
McMurry University announces new deans for business and nursing schools
KTXS - Texas
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ABILENE, Texas — McMurry University has announced new leadership appointments for its Walter F. and Virginia Johnson School of Business and the Patty Hanks Shelton School of Nursing. Dr. Martha Cruz Zuniga has been named dean of the Johnson School...
Ecuador agrees to Russian banana inspections
Fresh Plaza
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August 18, 2025
Ecuador has agreed to receive Russian specialists for the inspection of banana cultivation enterprises, according to the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor). The confirmation followed negotiations...
El Salvador Expands Trusted Operator Program to Strengthen Trade with Latin America.
El Salvador in English
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August 18, 2025
El Salvador’s General Directorate of Customs (DGA) announced that it is working to expand the country’s Trusted Operator program as part of its strategy to simplify trade processes and strengthen international commerce. Este acuerdo, suscrito en...
Fiscalía de Ecuador formulará cargos contra presuntos autores intelectuales del asesinato de Fernando Villavicencio
KVIA - Texas
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August 19, 2025
Por Ana María Cañizares La Fiscalía General de Ecuador informó este lunes que ha solicitado a un juez que convoque al exministro del Interior, José Serrano; al condenado por delitos de corrupción Daniel Salcedo, quien está en prisión; al...
Lula and Noboa discuss trade beyond ideological discrepancies
MercoPress
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Monday, August 18th 2025 - 21:38 UTC Noboa is on a tour that will also include Uruguay and Argentina Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday welcomed his Ecuadorean colleague Daniel Noboa at the Planalto Palace for a meeting during...
US tariffs to hit India’s MSME exports in textiles, chemicals most: Crisil
Awaz The Voice
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August 20, 2025
New Delhi Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in sectors such as textiles, diamonds and chemicals, which together account for nearly 45 per cent of India's total exports, are likely to be the most affected by the imposition of higher...
Seven people killed in pool hall shooting in Ecuador
Taipei Times
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August 18, 2025
Gunmen shot dead at least seven people at a pool hall in the Ecuadoran city of Santo Domingo, police said on Sunday, in the nation’s latest gruesome massacre amid soaring gang violence. “Seven people died from gunshot wounds” at a pool hall in the...
Record Number of Submissions for Sanfic’s Santiago Lab, as Chilean Project Market Builds International Profile
Variety
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August 18, 2025
The Santiago International Film Festival (Sanfic) reported 98.39% more applications this year to its fiction and documentary labs from some 32 countries. Out of 240 applications, 16 fiction projects and 15 documentaries were selected. “Unlike...
Brazil: Lula receives Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa
Prensa Latina - Cuba
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August 18, 2025
Official sources pointed out that, after meeting at Planalto Palace, the seat of the Executive Branch in this capital, both leaders will head to the Itamaraty Palace, the headquarters of the Foreign Ministry, for lunch. The meeting was scheduled...