Last farewell to Nelson Mandela

Yesterday, millions of people from around the world, besides music and film celebrities and leaders of hundreds of countries, paid tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB stadium in Soweto. “Nelson Mandela, there is no one like you,” chanted the...
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European Parliament defined SPG’s last year

The European Parliament will define today if it will extend or not the Generalized System of Preferences (SGP +) until 2014, which is a benefit that allows Ecuadorian products to enter the market without tariffs. The Decree of extension of the SGP, was presented by Ecuador in...
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Couriers proposed change in controls

Mario Cuvi, President of the Comission of Couriers from the Chamber of Commerce in Guayaquil, said yesterday that the representatives of the couriers  expect,  for this weekend, comments from the National Service of Customs (SENAE, for its acronym in spanish) comment about the...
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Assembly introduces a new style for Christmas in Ecuador

Last Tuesday, the president of the National Assembly, Gabriela Rivadeneira introduced the policy of “an Assembly of open doors.” This time the guests were the youth and the idea of ​​giving a “non-commercial” Christmas meaning, according to the organizers of the...
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Pope Francisco is the Person of the Year according to Time

As just announced by the renowned Time magazine, today Pope Francisco was chosen as Person of the Year 2013. “In his nine months in office, he has placed himself at the very centre of the central conversations of our time: about wealth and poverty, fairness and justice,...
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Correa corroborates holiday for December 30th and 31st

On Tuesday, the Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, announced through his personal Twitter account, the signing of a decree that established  Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 of December 2013 as official holidays, so the rest will run from Saturday 28 to Wednesday 1. The holidays must...
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Recent videos causes controversy and accusations

The regime and the Municipality of Guayaquil continue throwing accusations about alleged replicas of uniformed assaults on citizens. A week ago the confrontations began after images of an aggressive response by the municipal police team members against the group Guayaquil Sin...
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Registration of media could be approved by January

Paulina Mogrovejo, member of the Council for the Regulation of Information in the Assembly said yesterday that the priority of the organization is the regulation of Media Registry by January, foreseen by the Organic Communication. Mogrovejo added that this regulation must be...
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Second sanction is pending against Abdala Bucaram Pulley

Assemblyman PRE, Abdala Bucaram Pulley faces a second penalty filed by the Council on Legislative Administration (CAL). This sanction was caused by the statements made ​​Bucaram on October 31 on the first vice president of the Assembly of AP Rosana Alvarado, in a television...
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