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Chile announced that meeting in Ecuador about safeguards was “helpful and positive”

The Vice Minister of Commerce of Chile, Andrés Rebolledo, described as “helpful” and “positive” the meeting he held yesterday in Quito with Ecuadorian commercial authorities to discuss the tariff safeguards applied by the government of Ecuador. Rebolledo,...
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Government inaugurates Manduriac hydroelectric of $ 183 million

President Rafael Correa inaugurated on March 19 the Manduriacu hydroelectric power station, one of eight which plans to build with loans from China, Russia and Brazil. Located between the provinces of Pichincha and Imbabura, the project, whose investment is $ 183 million, will...
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Ecuador placed USD 700 million in sovereign bonds

Ecuador placed around USD 700 million in sovereign bonds, President Rafael Correa said. “We just put 700 million (US dollars) with an interest rate of 10.5%,” said Correa. He justified the high rate of return by the “current circumstances of the collapse of oil...
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Greece shall submit “a list with specific reforms” to bailout

The Greek Government must submit a “complete list of specific reforms” in the coming days, according to the terms of an agreement reached early Friday with creditors and that “entrains” again the bailout to Greece. The agreement was reached at a...
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Mobilizations for disagreement with the government were carried out in different parts of the country

Although, in a lesser magnitude than in Quito, in some cities of the country marches of unions and social organizations that joined the call for national mobilization to express disagreement with the government were carried out. In Cuenca, Guayaquil, Riobamba, Ibarra, Ambato,...
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Five work tables were created to discuss proposals from the business sector

Five work tables will follow-up the 37 proposals made by the corporate sector to the government, thus, an agreement that allows to promote the private investment in an economically difficult year will be advanced. The tables will deal with topics of regulatory efficiency...
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New Argentine prosecutor requests investigation against Cristina Fernandez by AMIA case

A general prosecutor asked this Thursday the Argentine Justice to investigate the complaint filed by the late Alberto Nisman against Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez for alleged cover of Iranians suspects of an attack against Jewish interests. Prosecutor German...
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US clarifies before the OAS it will not intervene militarily in Venezuela

The United States denied on Thursday the alleged plot of a “military invasion” in Venezuela and defended its “sovereign” right to impose sanctions on that country, while it urged the OAS to “rule on” the “violations” of human rights...
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