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Hong Kong: Pro-democracy protesters confront with local citizens

Demonstrations by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong have confronted this Friday to the members of their group with the exasperated inhabitants of that city and threatened to not attend the planned talks with the Hong Kong local government. The pro-democracy activists had given...
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Chikunguya fever arrives to Ecuador through a foreign visitor

The Chikunguya fever, transmitted by the same mosquito that inoculates dengue, crossed the south border of the country and arrived in the southern province of Loja through a foreign visitor. The detection of the first case was announced on September 2, by the Acting Minister of...
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City halls shall assume transit jurisdiction until December

The director of the National Transit Agency (ANT for its Spanish acronym), Héctor Solórzano, yesterday announced that from November 78 city halls will join the more than 109 municipalties that already have the transit jurisdiction. The rest of the 221 city halls in the country...
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39 Mejía high school students are free

The Judge of Criminal Guarantees, Daniela Mayorga, released 39 students arrested in the protests of September 18 , four were found direct authors, 11 will continue in the process and 6 were not accused by the Prosecutor, Javier Bósquez, of the 60 people processed of Mejía High...
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IESS plans purchase of medicines

The Board of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS) met yesterday in Riobamba to plan the purchase of medicines for the 2015-2016 period. Hugo Villacrés, Head of the body, made ​​the announcement via Twitter. In one of the graphs that the authority shared in the...
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Movistar Workers present their proposal to the Assembly

Representatives of Movistar workers went yesterday to the Assembly to deliver their proposal to the Commission of Autonomous and Decentralized Governments. This commission was appointed to debate the draft law that reduces telecommunications companies profits from 15% to 3%. Juan...
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Correa plans to set limits on profits

President Rafael Correa announced that the government is examining the possibility of establishing a ceiling on the profits of a certain sector of the country’s workforce. Correa recalled that until the mid-90s there was a limit on profits in order that “there is no...
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