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Torrential rains in South Korea left five dead and missing persons

At least five people have died and various are missing by the torrential rains that hit on Monday, August 25 the regions of southeastern South Korea and even forced tostop a nuclear reactor, local authorities said. Heavy rains, which came to accumulate up to 130 millimeters per...
Posted On 26 Aug 2014
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Tourism rises in a 14% compared to 2013

A measurement of the Research Directorate of the Ministry of Tourism reveals that between January and August 24, 2014 entered to Ecuador 1’009.665 tourists, representing an increase of 14% in relation with the same period of last year. Only in the first 24 days of this...
Posted On 26 Aug 2014
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12 protected areas are open to national guides

The entrance to the continental protected areas is no longer exclusive to the naturalists. The Ministry of Environment (MAE for its Spanish acronym) decided to allow access to national guides to certain areas of 12 protected zones in Ecuador. This seeks to promote tourism and to...
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Ecuadorian Entrepreneurial Committee is interested in constitutional amendments

The representatives of the Ecuadorian Entrepreneurial Committee (EEC) submitted on August 20 a letter to the Constitutional Court to be interested parties (Amicus Curiae) in the process of constitutional amendments presented by the National Assembly. Henry Kronfle, President of...
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Performing a referendum is an option to resolve border problems in Guayas

At a meeting on August 25, the President of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym), Domingo Paredes, and the Prefect of Guayas, Jimmy Jairala, met in Guayaquil and analyzed the possibility of performing a popular consultation as a mechanism to resolve the...
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Superintendency of Banks and Insurance raises a return of funds

The Superintendency of Banks and Insurance (SBS for its Spanish acronym) will implement a mechanism for those contributors who want to withdraw their resources from pre visional funds can do it immediately. This was agreed during the meeting held by President Rafael Correa with...
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Chile announces arrest for those who enter disputed border area

The Chilean government announced today that it will detain Peruvians who enter the called “triangle land”, a frontier area disputed between the two countries. The announcement was after made ​​that activists of the Patriotic Tacna Civic Committee announced they will...
Posted On 26 Aug 2014
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Ivanhoe will no longer operate in Amazon´s block

Ivanhoe, a Canadian company, said that it refrained from exploiting an oil block in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This was adjudicated in 2009, with reserves estimated at 4,500 million barrels. The company, despite having invested $ 74 million non-refundable, abandoned the project when...
Posted On 26 Aug 2014
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Association of Electrical Engineers makes proposals after reform to the Telecommunications Act

The Association of Electrical and Electronic Engineers of Pichincha yesterday submitted its proposal to the Reform of the Telecommunications Act, which seeks to reduce the profits of the telephone company´s workers from 15% to 3% Through a statement, the guild proposed that...
Posted On 26 Aug 2014
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Galo Lara´s extradition could be extended six months or more

The extradition of Galo Lara, arrested in Panama on June 9, could be extended six months or more, said Guillermo Cochez, defense of the former assemblyman. Cochez noted that since yesterday, the defense has 15 days to file objections before the Supreme Court of Panama, the same...
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