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The country registered a hotel occupancy of more than 40% during Holy Week

The country registered a hotel occupancy of more than 40% during Holy Week

Last year hotel occupancy in Ecuador was 36.7%. The figure for this year’s holidays managed to exceed that of 2025 and reached 40.3%, while daily tourist spending was at the highest levels recorded in the country. Minister Jaramillo highlighted these results as positive, Although compared to last year the Easter week He had one less ...

Constellation Oil Services Holding expects war to boost oil drilling

Constellation Oil Services Holding expects war to boost oil drilling

A leading supplier of deepwater drilling rigs to Brazil’s national oil company expects The industry will favor oil and gas projects in Latin America, where the geopolitical risk is lower than in the Middle East. Constellation Oil Services Holding SA recently extended three offshore drilling contracts with Petrobras and is optimistic about the Brazil exploration ...

Iran has prepared its response to ceasefire proposals, according to Tehran

Iran has prepared its response to ceasefire proposals, according to Tehran

Iran has formulated its positions and demands in response to recent ceasefire proposals transmitted through intermediaries, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Monday. who added that the negotiations were “incompatible with ultimatums and threats to commit war crimes.” Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Tehran had a number of requirements based on its national interests that had ...

Weekly transits through Hormuz reach their highest level since the war in Iran began

Weekly transits through Hormuz reach their highest level since the war in Iran began

Traffic through the strategic Strait of Hormuz has been increasing over the last week, and On Friday the seven-day moving average of transits reached its highest level since the war began. More ships are crossing, including those with no clear ties to Iran or China, as countries negotiate with Tehran to allow their ships to ...

Abu Dhabi petrochemical plant halts operations after attack that caused fires

Abu Dhabi petrochemical plant halts operations after attack that caused fires

A huge petrochemical plant in Ruwais, in the United Arab Emirates, was paralyzed after an attack caused multiple firess, the Abu Dhabi government’s press office reported on Sunday. The fires were set due to the fall of debris from the interception of anti-aircraft missiles, according to the office in a publication in X. No injuries ...

Japan and Singapore will guarantee fuel supplies to Australia despite interruptions

Japan and Singapore will guarantee fuel supplies to Australia despite interruptions

The Australian government has received assurances from Asia’s major fuel exporting nations of that supplies will continue as normal despite disruptions caused by the war in Iran, Deputy Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Matt Thistlethwaite said. In an interview with Sky News on Sunday, Thistlethwaite said he had sought and received commitments from Japan, South ...

CPI projection of the Orlando J. Ferreres Center contradicts government expectations

CPI projection of the Orlando J. Ferreres Center contradicts government expectations

The Argentine economy is experiencing a March of mixed signals. On the one hand, The cold numbers of the private consulting firms bring relief that the Government, curiously, prefers to take with a grain of salt. The latest report from the Orlando J. Ferreres Center for Economic Studies, OJF, revealed that March inflation will be ...

Turning point in a mortgage market due to price escalation due to Euribor rally

Turning point in a mortgage market due to price escalation due to Euribor rally

The average price of mortgages begins to climb in a movement that will be amplified by the 12-month Euribor rally. Households face a totally new and very demanding scenario. Spanish households that pay a variable or mixed mortgage month after month and the legion of families who need to finance the purchase of a house ...

By washing priests' feet, Pope Leo urges Catholics to help the oppressed

By washing priests’ feet, Pope Leo urges Catholics to help the oppressed

Pope Leo washed the feet of 12 priests on Thursday as part of a special pre-Easter ritual and said this act, which emulates a gesture of humility by Jesus the night before his death, should inspire Catholics to care for those in need. “As humanity is broken by so many acts of brutality, let us ...

At least eight dead reported after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan

At least eight dead reported after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Afghanistan

Eight people died and a child was injured when a house collapsed in Kabul after an earthquake in Afghanistanreported the National Disaster Management Authority. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook the Hindu Kush region in Afghanistan, reported the German Geoscience Research Center (GFZ), which He highlighted that the epicenter of the movement had a depth of ...