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Plan to combat Ebola virus is presented by the UN

The UN announced on Thursday the creation of an emergency mission to combat Ebola will be responsible for the coordination of international efforts to combat the outbreak of the disease in Africa, among other functions. “I have decided to establish a mission health...
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Five suspected perpetrators of terrorist attack in Chile were arrested

Two men and a woman were arrested on early Thursday, September 18, as suspects of being involved in bomb attacks occurred in the Santiago metro, according to the Chilean police. The three suspects were transferred to a police station in the commune of Ñuñoa, in the East of...
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BCE makes the first electronic currency transaction

The Manager of the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym), Mateo Villalba, performed on August 17 a payment of $ 3 with electronic money to an official of the same agency. This was the first electronic currency transaction. The system was presented at th...
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Italian company discovers oil well in Ecuador

The Italian oil company ENI announced on September 18 the discovery of a major oil field in Oglan, Ecuador. From which they expect to produce up to 300 million barrels. The well, located 260 kilometers from Quito, could produce up to 2,000 barrels a day, according to estimates by...
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Mexico asks penalty to Miley Cyrus for disrespecting its flag

On Tuesday night , September 16, a date that coincided with the independence of the Aztec country, while American singer Miley Cyrus was performing a concert in Monterrey to 14,000 attendees, one of her dancers hit her butt the with national flag, after which the singer cleaned...
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Ministry of Defence denies alleged merger between Armed Forces institutions

During the week of  September 15, documents have been distributed between military and police ranks on which the Ministry of Defense reports about an alleged merger of Social Security Institutes of the Armed Forces (ISSFA for its Spanish acronym) and the National Police (ISSPOL...
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More cameras are installed in borders with Peru and Colombia

The Director of the Integrated Security Service (ECU-911), Cesar Navas, said that 250 monitoring points will be set up in six provinces of the North and the South of the country. This will cost about $ 3’250.000. The equipment to be installed have an effective visual range...
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Telephone workers marched in defense of their profits

About 400 employees of the telephone companies, Claro and Movistar, marched on Wednesday September 17 from the offices of Telefónica Movistar, to the Ministry of Telecommunications at 13:00. Private employees showed posters and slogans such as: “It’s just air,...
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Ecuador, divided by labor unions and ruling party marches

Concentrations of workers and of the ruling party marched independently on September 17 in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca. The labor unions showed the rejection to the preliminary draft Labour Code, while the sympathizers of Alianza PAIS supported the decisions of the government of...
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There are 20,000 enrolled in the new plan of induction cookers

About 20,000 users are registered in the Efficient Cooking Government program, said the Minister of Industries, Ramiro Gonzalez. Registration for the program began last month and is done by accessing to the web: www.ecuadorcambia.com. Gonzalez said: “Until last Friday we...
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