off

Andres Paez directs the new Military Command

Open letter to the new Military Command Commanders: With great expectations the country expects your ruling on the issues that arose following the presidential order to strip the ISSFA away from its money. Therefore, let me tell you, with due respect, this: 1. The sale between...
Posted On 07 Feb 2016
, By
off

Real estate companies regret that the limit on credits of the Biess paralyze the sector

If the IESS Bank (Biess) begins to limit the maximum amount of mortgage loans up to $ 150,000, as reported in an official statement this week, home construction and sales could be paralyzed. This is the complaint lodged by the Association of Real Estate and Housing Developers of...
Posted On 07 Feb 2016
, By

The size of Guayaquil´s economy is $ 20,000 million

The vocation of the Guayaquil economy moves between two occupations: industry and commerce. These are the two branches that generated more dollars in a city that built a mountain of nearly 20 billion dollars during the fiscal year 2014. Professional and real estate activities,...
Posted On 07 Feb 2016
, By

Correa takes the defensive

President Rafael Correa has strengthened the concept of his television space as a distribution of defenses against criticism. He calls it “the truth” and since yesterday he has a website. Because in Ecuador the “truth” is free of charge on the Internet....
Posted On 07 Feb 2016
, By

The sale of 66 lots of the ISSFA took 6 months

The Samanes Park is located in northern Guayaquil, this is a vast complex of 851 hectares of green areas, sports fields and squares. Today, 66 pieces of land of this recreational space generate conflict between the Government and the Institute of Social Security of the Armed...
Posted On 07 Feb 2016
, By

Turkey’s potential

Turkish is open to the world market, but still very restricted for Ecuadorian products of greater importance. Hence, the jewel in the crown, bananas, pay a 144.5% tariff. And banana growers want to open that lock to also enter other countries that supply from there. Of the 195...
Posted On 07 Feb 2016
, By

Rafael Correa speaks of adjustment to ‘high pensions’ of the Armed Forces

President Rafael Correa said yesterday during his weekly address, he will intend to make an adjustment to the pensions of the armed forces because, in his opinion, there is a gap between the low and high ranks. He did while was defendeding his decision to relieve the military...
Posted On 07 Feb 2016
, By

Political parties have until August to qualify for the 2017 elections 

The president of the National Electoral Council, Juan Pablo Pozo, made a sketch of the schedule for 2017 elections. He declined to specify dates, but at the meeting of February 18, these will be defined. Pozo said that until August all political organizations wishing to present...
Posted On 07 Feb 2016
, By
off

“A chain failure” Turkish security staff phisically assaulted women, says Rafael Correa

There has been a chain failure. First, that of the Turkish security staff. They could not act in foreign territory (…) if someone shouts, our security staff is the one that has to act, that is the second failure, why didn´t our security staff act? … Where was the...
Posted On 07 Feb 2016
, By

The Samanes case: unfulfilled tenders for the military

Twenty dollars was the average price per square meter in 2010 paid by the Ministry of Environment to the Institute of Social Security of the Armed Forces (ISSFA), for the transfer of 220, 86 hectares of land of the Samanes recreation area in Guayaquil. The then minister of...
Posted On 07 Feb 2016
, By