Ecuador

Wilma Salgado resigned from her position as Ecuador's finance minister on September 15. Salgado was President Rafael Correa's fourth finance minister since he came to office 20 months... 2008-10-03

BMI View: The government is forecasting real GDP growth of 4.0% in 2009 on the grounds of increased private and public sector investment in the oil industry and resilient consumer... 2008-10-03

In June Ecuador's oil exports declined 12.4% y-o-y in volume terms, yet increased 80.6% y-o-y in value, thanks to high global oil prices. We expect this trend to have continued in... 2008-09-09

We believe that allegations of unauthorised changes to President Rafael Correa's proposed new constitution is unlikely to alter the outcome of the referendum on constitutional reform.... 2008-09-09

On August 13 Ecuador's Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) announced the start of the campaign for the referendum on the proposed constitution, due to take place on September 28. With... 2008-08-15

Although Ecuador's constituent assembly approved the new constitution on July 23, polls suggest most of the electorate is currently undecided as to how they will vote in the referendum,... 2008-07-25

We have revised down our 2008 real GDP growth forecast for Ecuador from 3.6% to 2.6% after the revised 2007 figures showed that the economy expanded by just 1.9% last year rather... 2008-07-06

The Colombian government's successful rescue operation in July, which saw the release of former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, has been praised by the Ecuadorian authorities.... 2008-07-04

Colombia's risky incursion into Ecuadorian territory on March 1 resulted in the death of over 20 members of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), including Raúl... 2008-06-06

In response to Colombian accusations that Ecuador has supported left-wing terrorist group, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Maria Isabel... 2008-06-06