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Commission requested a period of 45 days to deliver report on labor reform

During the session of March 18, the Chairwoman of the Commission on the Rights of Workers, Betty Carrillo (AP), informed she requested to the Presidency of the Assembly an extension of the 45 days term given by the legislative provision to deliver the report for second debat...
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Government qualifies the mobilization of workers as a political act

For President Rafael Correa and the Executive Secretary of Alianza PAIS (AP), Doris Soliz, the demonstrations convened by the union leadership are political and not an act of claim. Correa took advantage of his speech for the International Day of the Recycler, to express his...
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Chile: Concepción suffers earthquake of 6.3 degrees without causing further damage

The Chilean city of Concepción suffered an earthquake of 6.3 degrees on Wednesday afternoon, reported the Seismological National Center (CSN) of Chile. The telluric movement was felt at 15:27 local time and its epicenter was set near the city of Cobquecura, in Concepcion, about...
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Textile industry is affected by tariff surcharges

The national textile sector would be affected by higher prices of certain machinery, inputs and raw materials, with the entry into force of tariff surcharges, indicated yesterday union representatives and suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and marketers of fabrics in the...
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Argentine government accuses prosecutor Nisman of “embezzlement”

The Chief of the Argentine cabinet Anibal Fernandez called today prosecutor Alberto Nisman a “crook” and accused him of “embezzlement.” “Nisman was granted the funds to clarify the AMIA bombing. If he used to spent that money hanging out with minas...
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30 more loans from the Cofiec case remain under investigation

After the delivery of the judgement in the Cofiec case, the Prosecutor announced that it continues with the investigation of 30 credits that this bank allegedly granted in a irregularly way without guarantees, for a total of $ 1.33 million. Attorney General Galo Chiriboga said...
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Maduro asks Ecuador to lead the mediation group between Venezuela and the US

The President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, asked on Wednesday to Ecuador to lead the “group of facilitators” of different Latin American organizations, proposed during the Summit of the ALBA, to mediate between the US and Venezuela. “We have asked Ecuador,...
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Delegation of Chile is in Quito to discuss safeguards

A delegation of the government of Chile led by the head of the Directorate General of International Economic Relations, Andres Rebolledo, traveled yesterday to Quito to express to the Government of Ecuador “the impact that the recent application of safeguards is causing to...
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Protest march of workers will be held today in Quito

The United Workers Front (FUT) called for a “day of resistance” nationwide, which will be held today, Thursday, March 19. This, in response to what they consider “the onslaught of the homogenizing model” and that, according to them, is intended to...
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