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Fashion looks for the ethical treatment of leather

One of the main concerns about the fashion industry worldwide is the impact of it on social and environmental matters. The leather and footwear sector in Ecuador seeks to join to become more competitive and thereby it wants to start a tour from the livestock breeding. Ximena...
Posted On 04 Apr 2016
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Albatros cruise brings 600 German tourists

About 600 foreign tourists, mostly of German origin, arrive today to Guayaquil on board the Albatros cruise, which belongs to the Phoenix Reisen company. The tourists plan to tour the main attractions of the city before leaving for Manta, at 21:00. The Municipal Public Enterprise...
Posted On 04 Apr 2016
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Coca Codo Sinclair project faced delays due to financing

  Throughout the nearly six years the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant was built, the work has been described as iconic. This is the main link in the government’s plan to change the energy matrix of Ecuador: to replace the generation of electricity through...
Posted On 04 Apr 2016
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Two detainees upon their arrival at the terminal with $ 35,520 in counterfeit money

A black suitcase with counterfeit US dollars (35,520) was discovered in the interior of the bus terminal by a team of agents of the Investigations Branch against the right to property of the National Police (Sidprobac). In the operation, the agents arrested Raul M.Q., 41, and...
Posted On 04 Apr 2016
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Rafael Correa will be ‘in the front row’ of April 7 demonstrations

  The Regime measure forces in the country’s streets once more. President Rafael Correa announced on Saturday April 2, 2016, he will be at the concentrations to defend the “citizens’ revolution.” This, in response to announcements of demonstrations...
Posted On 04 Apr 2016
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Three laws regulate the use of social networks

The Integral Organic Code of Criminal Procedure (COIP), intellectual property laws and regulations for telecommunications are the tools that can penalize the behavior of Internet users. After the new call of President Rafael Correa to win the battle in social networks, Juan...
Posted On 04 Apr 2016
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A bad January for the purchase of capital goods

Industries started the year badly in regards to feed on raw materials and capital goods in order to make businesses operate. Both items have fallen, respectively, 29.2% and 42.6%, according to the import figures of January 2016, compared to the same month of 2015. 470 million...
Posted On 04 Apr 2016
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The search for oil is no longer so interesting

  The strategy of the oil companies is changing since low oil prices arrived in 2014. The priority now is to contain costs to cope with lower profits, even if it means cutting back on prospections: according to data from the US consulting firm IHS Energy, in 2015, with...
Posted On 04 Apr 2016
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The toxic legacy of the gold rush

Ecuador has suspected that the southern mining strip, which comprises the Portovelo, Zaruma, Piñas (El Oro) and Camilo Ponce Enríquez (Azuay) towns, where almost 80,000 people live, has polluted waters. But a total of 17 studies and updated reports (to which this media had...
Posted On 04 Apr 2016
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Ecuador paid 750 thousand euros to Podemos congressman in 2015

The government of Ecuador has paid 759,936 euros to the Spanish cooperative Kinema, of congressman Rafa Mayoral, of the Podemos party, to advise Ecuadorian immigrants in Spain who had trouble paying the mortgage, as explained by assembly members of Alianza PAIS, Esteban Melo and...
Posted On 04 Apr 2016
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