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SIP Couldn’t Meet Neither With Assembly Members Nor With The Government

Gonzalo Marroquin, president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), came to Ecuador over the weekend with other members of the IAPA to have a meeting with President Rafael Correa, however, he received no response since according to the Government, the IAPA has described...
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Yávar and Rodriguez Assumed Their roles at the Council of the Judiciary

Fernando Yávar and Paulo Rodriguez arrived to the Council of the Judiciary. Yávar and Rodriguez, the delegates of the Executive and the Transparency Comission, respectively, and members of the Tripartite Commission that will restructure the judiciary system, wanted to know the...
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More than 1,000 Exporters may Apply for Tax Credit

The Tax credit certificates by the Ministry of Production extended to exporters, as compensation for non-renewal of the Andean trade preferences (ATPDEA) delivered by the United States, became effective yesterday, from 16:00. Through these certificates, the Ecuadorian Government...
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Arizona Dust Storm Arrived to Phoenix

The sky turned brown in the Phoenix area on Monday due to a giant wall of dust, also known as a “haboob” in Arabic and around Arizona, that formed in Pinal County and headed northeast to Phoenix.The dust wall was about 3,000 feet high and created winds of 25 to 30 mph, with gusts...
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Galo Chiriboga Was Sworn in as Attorney General

Galo Chiriboga was sworn this morning as the new Attorney General by Fernando Cordero, President of the Ecuadorian National Assembly. The event was held in a General Commission and the procedure lasted few minutes. Opposition parties left the place. Assemblywoman Lourdes Tibán,...
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Diario El Universo Agrees to Amend; the Proposal was Rejected

Daily El Universo, its directors and former opinion editor, Emilio Palacio, announced their decision to agree with the public amend order that the president has given, regarding the opinion column “No to lies.” In a letter signed by the representatives of El Universo,...
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News of The World Trial: Murdoch say Top Executives Did not Know about the Phone Hacking

Rupert Murdoch and his son James appeared Tuesday before British lawmakers probing the phone hacking scandal that has seized public life, raising questions about the police, politicians and the media elite in the worst crisis to confront Prime Minister David Cameron. “This is the...
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Trial Against Diario El Universo Will be Held Today

The complaint that the Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa submitted against Daily El Universo, its directors and former Opinion Editor comes to the final hearing.  The hearing will be held today at 10:00 (local time) in the Auditorium of the Provincial Council of the Judiciary...
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Sentence Ruled in Favor of Diario Hoy

Judge Douglas Quintero from the Electoral Tribunal (TCE), acquitted Daily Hoy of the lawsuit filed by the Minister’s policy coordinator, Doris Soliz, for breaking the silence during the election days before the referendum of May 7th  in Ecuador. The statement read by...
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