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Farmers recover the production of Arabica coffee

89 000 farmers have benefited from the Reactivation Project of Coffee and Fine or Flavor National Cocoa, which aims that Ecuador regains its title of fifth largest producer of arabica coffee. Manabi coffee growers have received Arabica coffee seeds imported from Brazil, provided...
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La Hora seeks to block the enactment of SUPERCOM

The managers of daily La Hora yesterday requested protection actions and precautionary measures to stop the sanction of SUPERCOM for alleged prior censorship. Santiago Guarderas, defense attorney of the media, along with Fernando and Luis Vivanco, submitted these resources in the...
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Shrimps are harvested in sea cages

In Cojimíes, Manabi, twenty four artisanal fishermen harvested the first shrimps in captivity, in front of the Jupiter island, the National Fisheries Institute (INP) reported. INP director Edwin Moncayo said that 10 000 juvenile shrimp of 3.5 crop grams were sown in March,...
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Chevron case film could provide a solution according to the author of the book

Paul Barrett, author of “The Law of the Jungle” book, which will be adapted for the screen by Brad Pitt, says that the film could help to resolve the dispute by other means. Recently, the actor’s production company Plan B acquired the rights of Barrett´s book,...
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Barcelona: man confesses murder of an Ecuadorian woman

Joel S. S. confessed to murdering an Ecuadorian on August 31, 2013. In return, Spanish justice will lower the sentence of 20 to 15 years in prison for the crime. The defendant said he had met the woman a few hours earlier at a nightclub, and she was with others people who...
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Raid in the Severance Fund´s seat

David Rosero, a member of the Council for Citizen Participation (CPC), and four other people were arrested for impeding the entry of IESS officials to the seat of the Ecuadorian Teacher´s Severance Fund (FCME) in Ibarra. The fact occurred Monday afternoon when FCME teachers...
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MIPRO revises coexistence of safeguards and agreements

The Ministry industries and Productivity (MIPRO) will conduct a review to tariff safeguards, announced yesterday Eduardo Egas, head of this state portfolio. Egas said there may be a gradual dismantling process, not abrupt of surcharges, and he also mentioned that this measure is...
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