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The lawyers of Bananera Noboa disagree with the SRI about seizure procedures

Three months after the seizure of La Clementina plantations, owned by the Ecuadorian businessman Alvaro Noboa, the tax dispute process continues between the Internal Revenue Service (SRI, for its acronym in Spanish) and Exportadora Bananera Noboa, for an alleged debt of $ 103...
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Productive Chambers ask for the definition of the issue regarding the dredging of the channel of the port of Guayaquil

Almost a month after the Ecuadorian Government stated the need to specialize the port terminal of Guayaquil  for tourism and cabotage and the acceptance of the challenge by Mayor Jaime Nebot, parameters have not yet been established, but differing views on the issue have been...
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3 hour blackout affected trade and transport in Venezuela

The lack of energy in central west of Venezuela caused a commercial paralysis, traffic jam and suspension of public transportation in several cities. Jesse Chacon, Minister of Electricity, said that at noon there was a ‘failure’ in the “backbone of the system...
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Galapagos: 35 years as Natural Heritage of humanity

This week it is recalled in the Galapagos Islands the session of the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture (Unesco), which was carried out 35 years ago, and  was the Declaration of this jurisdiction as Natural Heritage of...
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Ecuador has won to Colombia in playoffs

It was 48 years ago in Barranquilla, for qualifying to reach the World Cup in England in 1966 with a 1-0 win over the Colombian team. In the same city the Tri will play on Friday against Colombia, as it was in the match played on July 21, 1965, lined with Pablo Ansaldo, Vicente...
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Earthquake shook Eastern Japan

A quake of 6.5 magnitude rocked today in the morning the East of Japan, along the Pacific coast, as was announced by the American Geophysical Institute (USGS), who also said that there is no risk of a tsunami,  such as the Japanese Meteorological Agency said. The USGS said the...
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Kidnapper of Cleveland was found dead in his prison cell

Ariel Castro, who was sentenced to life imprisonment on august 1,  for keeping in captivity for more than ten years and rape repeatedly three women in Cleveland, was found lifeless in his prison cell. He apparently committed suicide in the State Penitentiary, reported  the...
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United States approves draft for military intervention in Syria

Yesterday the Foreign Relations Committee of the U.S. Senate approved a draft resolution to support the use of force in Syria. The document authorized a 60 days military action but it does not involve troops on Syrian soil. The committee chose a provisional text that allows the...
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Argentine director will film about Pope Francisco

Argentinean filmmaker Alejandro Agresti, is preparing to film a biopic about the first Latin American Jesuit pope in history: Pope Francisco. Variety magazine reported on Monday that the movie “Story of a priest,” tells the story of Jorge Bergoglio from his...
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Duzac case is reactivated again

Today the Attorney General’s Office gave everyone involved in the case Duzac-Cofiec on formulation charges. After 21 months since Cofiec gave the irregular loan of $ 800,000 to Gaston Duzac, judicial authorities are prepared to identify those responsible for the scandal...
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