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Indigenous march requested to the Assembly 18 points in a manifesto

The flag of the indigenous peoples led the demonstration for the People’s Summit, which started this March 5 at 16:20, in Plaza Indoamérica, in northern Quito, heading to the National Assembly to deliver a manifesto of 18 points. Upon reaching the Assembly exteriors, the...
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Habeas corpus for five of the processed by medicines theft was denied

The constitutional judges of the Court of Justice of Guayas resolved to deny the application for habeas corpus filed by the lawyers of five prosecuted bydrugs theft in the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo hospital, of the IESS. Once ratified the sentence, relatives of the accused assured...
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Alleged Terrabienes manager is arrested

Jorge O. T., alleged manager of the Terrabienes company, was arrested yesterday afternoon when he was leaving one of his offices located in the north of Guayaquil, with the support of an arrest warrant issued by the judge of the case, which was requested by the prosecution. The...
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Putin ordered the signing of the alliance and integration agreement with South Ossetia

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered today the signing of a partnership and integration agreement with the Georgian Separatist Republic of South Ossetia, whose independence was recognized by the Kremlin in August 2008. The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin would have...
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Members of the Israeli security forces were injured after being rammed by a car in Jerusalem

Five people, including four members of the Israeli security forces were injured this Friday after being rammed by a car in Jerusalem by a man who then tried to stab people which was near, police said. The attack took place between the east and west of Jerusalem, on the boulevard...
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Assembly members will have a 17% reduction in their salaries

The reduction in the salary of the Ecuadorian Assembly members will be of USD 1 000. Opponents and members of the ruling party criticize that this amount represents 17% of the total salary, when the Executive branch had indicated that the cuts would not pass 10%. The Council of...
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Delivery of 40 buses in Quito causes controversy between its mayor and president Correa

The delivery of 40 articulated buses in Quito ignited the controversy between President Rafael Correa and the capital’s Mayor Mauricio Rodas. The president wrote in his Twitter account the night of Wednesday, March 4: “Gratitude has always been a virtue of the people...
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Resolution allows that parts for 4G cellphones are imported in Ecuador

From Wednesday, March 4 Resolution 007-2015 is in force, through which the Board of Foreign Trade (Comex) enables the importation of certain pieces of mobile phones that will allow to assemble more of these devices (for the 4G service) in Ecuador. This measure will allow...
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Guarantees for Duzac´s credit would not have existed, according to witnesses

Yesterday, on the fourth day of the adjudication hearing of the Cofiec case, Francisco Endara, former President of the Central Bank of Ecuador, was identified by Esteban Garzón, former Manager of Agrícola Mercedes, as the person who had pressured him to replace the guarantees of...
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Ecuador: still on the FATF list, despite promulgation of the COIP

Ecuador remains in the list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of countries that do not cooperate in the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. This was confirmed by the entity, which also recognized the promulgation of the Organic Comprehensive Criminal...
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