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CONAIE announced it will not leave its headquerters despite eviction

The President of the Confederation of Nationalities and Peoples of Ecuador (CONAIE), Jorge Herrera, told Expreso newspaper he is working to organize a national mobilization against the citizen’s revolution, for March 19th. This, after the Ministry of Economic and Social...
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Monge highlighted again how his complaints against prefect Jairala were based

The president of the CREO Movement, Cesar Monge, again stressed that his allegations against the prefect of Guayas, Jimmy Jairala, were based on the reports of the Comptroller General and the monitoring of certain officials of the Prefecture. He said this at a press conference, a...
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Unasur foreign ministers will meet on Saturday in Quito

The Foreign Ministers of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur for its Spanish acronym) will meet in Quito to discuss the crisis in Venezuela and conduct a formal pronouncement to the US, after the government of President Barak Obama declared that country as a danger to the...
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Correa clarifies that tariffs will not affect the poor and will repeal the use of cameras in motels

President Rafael Correa assured this March 11 in Manabi that the new tariffs will not affect to the poor. He also said he will order ‘to repeal’ the measure that seeks to implement cameras in motels. Correa stated that the new tariffs, which govern from March 11 over...
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Ecuador would seek bonds with shorter maturities, according to investors

Price restrictions would be leading Ecuador to aim at shorter maturities to promote its new bond to international investors, said IFR, a financial service of Thomson Reuters. If it is considered that Ecuadorian bonds to 2024, with a coupon of 7.95%, are traded around 9%, the...
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Catalogue of Investments 2015-2017 was presented

The Coordinator Ministry of Strategic Sectors submitted the night of March 11 the Catalog of Investments 2015-2017, with the presence of representatives of business associations, chambers of commerce and holders of several portfolios of state. The document provides the investment...
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European Parliament calls for the release of political prisoners to Venezuelan government

MEPs called on Thursday the Venezuelan government of Nicolas Maduro to immediately release Mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, as well as Daniel Ceballos and all peaceful opposition and students and detained protesters “arbitrarily” by the authorities. In a joint...
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Government met with entrepreneurs to set agenda for joint work

The Coordinator Minister of Production, Richard Espinosa, met with industry representatives to try to define the roadmap containing the proposals submitted by the employers to the President of the Republic, Rafael Correa, last week. Espinosa said that this meeting was held to...
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Cordicom announced its “concern” by the news coverage that has been given to the safeguards

The Regulatory Council of Communication (Cordicom for its Spanish acronym) yesterday announced its “concern” by the news coverage that “certain media” have been giving to the subject of safeguards. The statement said “the treatment of information...
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Individual experts argue that prosecutor Nisman was kneeling when receiving shot

The Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was kneeling when he received the shot that killed him, according to the conclusions of the experts hired by his ex-wife to investigate the death, according to revelations published in a local newspaper. From photographs, videos and visits...
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