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Business Matters: Ecuador faces severe energy crisis

Ecuador faces severe energy crisis

19/04/2024 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Ecuador faces severe energy crisis

Businesses have been told to shut down for two days due to power cuts caused by drought

Businesses in Ecuador have been told to shut down for two days due to power cuts caused by drought.

Businesses in the South American nation have been told to shut down for two days due to power cuts caused by drought. We find out more.

The Scottish government is to scrap its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2030. We hear why.

And Google terminates 28 staff who protested against a contract signed with the government of Israel.

Rahul Tandon discusses these and more business stories with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Tony Nash, CEO of Complete Intelligence in Texas, and Jessica Khine, head of Asia for Astris Advisory Japan in Malaysia.

(Picture: A saleswoman waits for customers at her restaurant in Ecuador. Picture credit: REUTERS/Karen Toro.)

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