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Colombian guerrillas ELN request the government a unilateral ceasefire

The ELN guerrillas in Colombia requested this Monday through their website a unilateral ceasefire by the state as part of preliminary talks with the government to officially establish a dialogue table “It is urgent that the President (Juan Manuel Santos) declares a...
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César Monge is declared innocent in one of the trials Jimmy Jairala accuses him

César Monge, National President of the Movement CREO, obtained a judgment in his favor by the criminal judge Djalma Blum, in one of the 17 trials appealed by the Prefect of Guayas, Jimmy Jairala, for slanderous libel. On Friday 16, Judge Blum notified the parties, via email, that...
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Ministers of Foreign Trade of Ecuador and Colombia will meet for safeguard measures

Peruvian entrepreneurs are looking forward to the meeting that will take place this January 19 between their Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Magali Silva, and his counterpart in Ecuador, Francisco Rivadeneira. This country decided, since January 5, a safeguard that imposes...
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President Correa warns that Crudo Ecuador webpage is being investigated

President Rafael Correa denounced in his weekly address a “systematic attack”, coordinated through social networks, so the facebook page Crudo Ecuador and its Twitter account with the same name are currently being investigated. This page, which is characterized by...
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Ambassadors from Brazil and the Netherlands in Indonesia are called to consult after execution of citizens

Brazil and the Netherlands expressed their outrage after Indonesia executed two of their citizens who were shot this Sunday, along with other three  foreigners, following a conviction for drug trafficking. The president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, said she was “appalled and...
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Correa insits on not reducing public expenditure

The President of the Republic, Rafael Correa, said this Saturday that the Government would be able to overcome economic difficulties because of the fall of oil prices. He added that “the problem is not fiscal, is external” noting that the Ecuadorian economy is...
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Ecuadorian oil price falls at $ 41.70

The fall in oil prices in the international markets is reflected in sales of Ecuadorian crude. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI), which serves as a reference for Ecuador, has suffered a collapse of more than 60% since last June, which impacts in the public finances. According to...
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Venezuelan Government launches advertising to curb nervous “purchases”

The government of Venezuela has launched over the weekend a 30-second spot on the state television which invokes Venezuelans to curb nervous “purchases,” accusing them of shortages of basic goods the oil country lives. Since early this year, thousands of Venezuelans...
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Cigarettes price went up in with special consumption tax

With the Law of Production Incentives, this year’s Special Consumption Tax (ICE) were reviewed and the prices of products such as cigarettes were affected. The ICE rate increased from 0.0925 to 0.1310 cents per unit. In the case of cigarettes, the Marlboro white box that...
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Commission prepares a report on Coca Codo Sinclair

Assemblywoman kerlly Torres, who was part of the delegation of 15 Assembly members who traveled to the hydroelectric plant Coca Codo Sinclair to verify the working conditions, said that the project managers have the will to polish some problems. Torres said that there is a...
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