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Coca-Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant will start working with 4 turbines

The Minister of Electricity, Esteban Albornoz, said that the hydroelectric plant Coca-Codo Sinclair will begin providing energy to the country progressively since February 2016. Initially, four of the eight turbines or units that compose it will enter, and then the plant will...
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Ministry of Environment declares 180 days of emergency in Galapagos

Maritime transportation systems of charge (to and from the Galapagos Province) and of fuel supply to the island territory are from yesterday in emergency. The ministerial agreement No. 001, signed by the Ministers of Environment, Lorena Tapia; of Transport and Public Works, Paola...
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Company that wrote the final report on the Gabela case questions the report submitted by the Ministry

The company Consultora Pericial, which prepared the final report on the death of the former commander of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE for its Spanish acronym), General Jorge Gabela, said yesterday that the document submitted on Tuesday by the Minister of Justice, Ledy Zuniga, is...
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Assange criticizes the costly investment of the British Government to guard him

As “shameful” called the spending of about 10 million pounds (13 million euros), Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks by guarding him at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, in order to avoid extradition to Sweden. Assange regrets, through his spokesman Kristinn...
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ANT temporarily suspends payment of the traffic accidents insurance

This Wednesday, February 4, the National Transit Agency (ANT for its Spanish acronym) temporarily suspended the collection of the Public Payment System For Traffic Accidents (SPPAT for its Spanish acronym), which replaced the SOAT (Compulsory Insurance of Traffic Accidents),...
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Solanda Goyes presented a new protective action against the CNE and Cpccs

Solanda Goyes, one of the contestants in the selection process of the new members of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym), submitted on February 4 a new protective action against that entity and the Council for Citizen Participation (Cpccs), which...
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President Correa will analyze Ecuador’s trade policy with ministers

Today, President Rafael Correa and his ministers will discuss trade policy decisions. The safeguards with Colombia and Peru will also be part of the debate, where the production front of government has two hours to show its achievements. On the subject, Richard Espinosa,...
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Amazonian people request that the $ 106 million Ecuador owes to Chevron should be returned to them

According to a legal challenge interposed this Wednesday, Ecuadoreans who won a millionaire environmental lawsuit against Chevron would claim to keep the $ 106 million the state owes to the oil company. The organization formed by settlers and Amazon Indigenous, who declare being...
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Pope Francis urges bishops and religious to not cover up cases of pedophilia

Pope Francis demanded in a letter to the bishops and Catholic religious leaders around the world tp not cover up for any reason pedophilia cases. “There is absolutely no place in the ministry for those who abuse children,” said the Pope in the letter, so at the time...
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Brazil’s Petrobras Directive resigns after corruption allegations

The president of the Brazilian company Petrobras, Graca Foster, and directory of the oil company resigned yesterday, pushed by a corruption scandal that plagues the state company and has also involved to Government politicians shift. In a note posted on the Internet, Petrobras...
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