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Correa admits talks between the Colombian government and the ELN in Ecuador

Talks between representatives of the Colombian government and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional took place in Ecuadorian soil, admitted Wednesday president Rafael Correa, who offered support for the talks to continue. At a press conference, Correa said: “President Juan...
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Festival will promote national folklore

Three years ago the Cuenca folk group Yawarkanchik (blood, in English), created the Identities National Folk Festival to promote the diversity of cultures in the four regions of Ecuador. For the third consecutive year Cuenca will witness the Ecuadorian folklore, an event to be...
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Ecuadorian film “Medardo” is presented in New York

The biopic of Guayaquil poet Medardo Angel Silva will have its Avant-premiere in New York on Wednesday, 13 May. It will be attended by Latin actors settled down in the US, who intervened in the production, like Venezuelan actress Lupita Ferrer. Julio Ortega plays the role of...
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New Code of Processes will go to the Official Gazette

Yesterday, with four votes, the veto to the Code of General Processes (COGEP) was resolved at the plenary session of the Assembly. The document will be forwarded to the Official Gazette in the coming days. According to pro-government assembly members, this Code, along with the...
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Buque Escuela Guayas will travel the world for ten months

167 midshipmen, officers and crew members who will sail the five seas for more than nine months aboard the Buque Escuela Guayas were bid farewell yesterday. This is the first time that the sailboat will travel around the world in its 36 years of operation. With nostalgia and...
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Ecuador: first place in teak sales to India

Ecuador became the first teak exporter in India, for the sale of 91 thousand cubic meters sold from August to December 2014, thus ousting Myanmar (Southeast Asian country). Ecuador´s total sales abroad in 2014 was 166 thousand cubic meters, according to figures from RISI, the...
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