President Correa opened two health centers in Guayaquil

President Rafael Correa, accompanied by a delegation of ministers of the social area, inaugurated the morning of March 10, the first Shelter House “Juan Elias” in Guayaquil, which will provide health care to twenty seven young people who have passed the stage of...
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Oil price falls closing at $ 48.29

The cost of a barrel of light sweet crude (WTI) for delivery in April, reported a loss of $ 1.71 in the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), which would mean more than 3%, reference price for Ecuadorian exports. Meanwhile, in London, a barrel of Brent North Sea fell $ 2.14, at...
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Merkel declines Russian invitation to parade commemorating the 2nd World War

German Chancellor Angela Merkel declined the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin military parade in Moscow May 9, organized to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. “The German Chancellor will not honor” the...
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Pensions and court time are discussed in second debate

The called court time, consisting in a waiting period of ten minutes to start a procedure, will be removed with the adoption of the draft General Organic Code of Processes (Cogep), discussed yesterday in second debate in the Assembly. Article 70 of the proposal states tha...
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Duzac case: Prosecutor office investigates 30 more credits for $ 1.3 million

The credit, allegedly irregular, of $ 800,000 granted by Cofiec S.A to the Argentine Gastón Duzac was not the only one. In a report, the Superintendency of Banks determined that there were at least 100 credit operations with administrative problems, of which 30 are being...
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Hillary Clinton considered “appropriate” use personal mail for official business

Hillary Clinton said it was “appropriate” use your personal email account to discuss official business when she was Secretary of State of EE.UU., between 2009 and 2013, because that department allowed it and thought “easier”. This is the first time that...
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Chile announced it will request explanations to Ecuador by implementation of unilateral safeguards

Chile announced through a statement it will consult Ecuador by the “unilateral fixation” of tariff safeguards, which would generate a strong impact on Chilean exports. “The Government of Chile considered necessary, by the scale of the measure, to request formal...
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UN Rapporteur reiterates that torture is widespread in Mexico

The UN special rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Mendez, reiterated on Wednesday that torture in Mexico is “widespread” and it is practice in a “context of impunity” despite the government assures the contrary. “My statement that torture is widespread...
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César Monge ‘loses’ one of the lawsuits Jimmy Jairala submitted against him

César Monge, President of CREO, was sentenced to six months in prison, to offer a public apology and pay a compensation of $ 170,000 plus legal costs, in one of the trials the Prefect of Guayas, Jimmy Jairala, follows by alleged libel, said the lawyer of Jairala, Alembert Vera,...
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US Army presumed the death of 11 military from helicopter crash

The Army presumed dead 7 marines and 4 missing soldiers from Wednesday, said a military source, after the accident of a military helicopter that crashed during a nocturne exercise at the Air Force Eglin base, in the Florida Panhandle. It was assumed that 11 soldiers were dead,...
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