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Executive objects 10 items on the Water Law

The Executive objected 10 items _ of the Water Law, adopted by the official majority party in the National Assembly, according to Legislative information. The President, Rafael Correa, in the statement of reasons poses modification of Articles 7, 18, 23, 97, 105, 107, 108, 143,...
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Reduction in gasoline octane affects Quito and Cuenca

Quito and Cuenca, Ecuador cities, recorded a reduction in gasoline octane. This as a result of the strike in stages of the Esmeraldas Refinery, this weekend. Last April, state oil company Petroecuador, responsible for transport and refinement of crude oil, already announced that...
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Victims of human rights violations are driving the process

Families of victims and human rights groups involved in the 136 cases investigated by the Truth Commission for delay in judicialization met to form a dialogue table to promote the process of these. The missing Truth Commission investigated these cases, including abuses and...
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Arrest warrant against Assange was ratified by the Swedish justice

A court in Stockholm decided to maintain the remand order issued in absentia against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in November 2010 by four alleged sex crimes and controversial, reported the Swedish news agency TT. “The Court considers that there is some risk that...
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Guayaquil, Quito and Cuenca will hold labor protests

Next Thursday from 10:00 until 16:00, the three main cities of Ecuador will organize protests in which several working unions will participate, such as the United Workers Front, the General Union of Workers of Ecuador, the Ecuadorian Confederation of Class Organizations, the...
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The CNJ already has 297 applicants to renovate 7 judges

The call from the Judicial Council to renew the first third of judges (7 officers) of the National Court of Justice (CNJ for its Spanish acronym) was fulfilled, thus 297 applicants will participate in the contest to occupy the seven offices. On next Tuesday the list of those who...
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Children victims of abuse are rescued from shelter in Mexico

Police and military rescued from a shelter in the city of Zamora, in western Mexico, 500 children and babies who were deprived of their liberty and were abused, authorities reported yesterday. The operation was carried out in the group home La Gran Familia, who operated for 40...
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Stranded ship in Galapagos is removed

The Galapaface I, a cargo ship that ran aground on May 9 in the Galapagos Islands, was refloated and removed from the marine reserve yesterday, according to the Galapagos National Park (GNP). The ship was towed to a point situated 20 miles east off the marine reserve of the...
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Israel calls upon 100,000 Gazans to evacuate their homes

On Tuesday before the possibility of an attack, Israel issued an ultimatum and warned about 100,000 people in northern Gaza, and Saajia and Zeitun neighborhoods to leave their homes. While the Islamist group Hamas asks residents to stay, which has been heard by the majority, who...
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Correa called on Latin America to set limits on speculative capital

President Rafael Correa said on Tuesday in Brazil that Latin American countries should set limits on speculative financial capital. He also criticized the delay in the implementation of the Bank of the South. In an exhibition at the Law Faculty of the University of Sao Paulo,...
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