ecuador / http://backend.userland.com/rss Â鶹´«Ã½AV WebTeam Ahead of Ecuador's security referendum on Sunday, Â鶹´«Ã½AV data show no other region in the world, apart from active war zones, feels less secure than Guayas. /poll/643817/guayas-ecuador-least-safe-place-planet.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/643817/guayas-ecuador-least-safe-place-planet.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 19 Apr 2024 06:00:00 GMT Ecuador now ranks as the least safe country in Latin America, thanks to escalating gang violence, drug trafficking and civil unrest in 2022. /poll/468227/ecuador-dangerous-country-latin-america.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/468227/ecuador-dangerous-country-latin-america.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 20 Jan 2023 07:00:00 GMT Most Ecuadorian voters heading to the polls this weekend say their lives have been affected by the coronavirus situation, including 39% who say they lost their jobs or businesses during the pandemic. /poll/329414/pandemic-battered-voters-ecuador-seek-stability.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/329414/pandemic-battered-voters-ecuador-seek-stability.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Fri, 05 Feb 2021 19:45:00 GMT Latin America and the Caribbean's score of 56 on Â鶹´«Ã½AV's Law and Order Index in 2013 is the lowest in the world and no better than the region's score five years ago. /poll/175082/latin-america-scores-lowest-security.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/175082/latin-america-scores-lowest-security.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Tue, 19 Aug 2014 06:00:00 GMT Latin America is home to eight of the top 10 countries for positive emotions in 2011. Panamanians and Paraguayans are the most likely worldwide to report positive emotions; Singaporeans are the least likely. /poll/159254/latin-americans-positive-world.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/159254/latin-americans-positive-world.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:30:00 GMT Fewer than two in five residents in Latin America and the Caribbean report having an account at a formal financial institution. Roughly one in 10 report having saved or taken a loan from a formal financial institution in the past year. /poll/155753/Banking-Trails-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/155753/Banking-Trails-Latin-America.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:15:00 GMT Women are significantly less likely than men to be employed at capacity for an employer in 38 of 144 countries worldwide. Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, and Bolivia have the largest gender gaps. /poll/155405/Wide-Gender-Divide-Employment-One-Fourth-Countries.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/155405/Wide-Gender-Divide-Employment-One-Fourth-Countries.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:00:00 GMT People worldwide are more likely to perceive the media in their countries as having a lot of freedom than not. A median of 67% say their media have this much freedom, but this view ranges from as low as 27% in Chad to as high as 95% in the Netherlands. /poll/150515/People-Perceive-Media-Freedom-Differently-Worldwide.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/150515/People-Perceive-Media-Freedom-Differently-Worldwide.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:00:00 GMT Majorities in Chile (67%), El Salvador (61%), and Brazil (55%) -- the three nations President Barack Obama plans to visit on his tour of Latin America -- approve of his job performance, but ratings are down in each country and elsewhere in the region. /poll/146678/Latin-America-Obama-High-Job-Approval-Fading-Somewhat.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication /poll/146678/Latin-America-Obama-High-Job-Approval-Fading-Somewhat.aspx?utm_source=tagrss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syndication Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:30:00 GMT