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Shrimp surpasses bananas in foreign sales in five of the first eight months

In February, March, April, June and August of 2014, the shrimp has displaced the banana sales abroad and has disputed the first place as the first non-oil export product of the country, as indicated by data from the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym) . José...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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CPC requested the Cordicom to clarify call for hearings and readers advocate of media

The Citizen Participation Council (CPC) will convene on November 2nd those interested in running for the position of readers advocate audiences and readers of the media nation wide. The call will in its content the requirements to apply and the list of national media qualified by...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Cosmetic imports fall in a 35% from January to June 2014

Cosmetics purchases to the exterior fell at 35% until the first semester of 2014, a 10% more than what was projected following the signing of an agreement between the Government and Procosméticos (Yanbal, Avon, Koala and of the Belcorp), to lower the imports in last January.  The...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Protests and clashes resume in Hong Kong after failure in dialogue

Protests and clashes between supporters and opponents of the pro-democracy movement resumed yesterday in Hong Kong. The incident came a day after the first meeting between students and the government, which did not manage to bring positions to end a 25-day conflict. The incidents...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Judge Molina requests information to state institutions for amendments process

The Judge of the Constitutional Court, Wendy Molina, responsible for the processing of the draft constitutional amendments, requested information this Tuesday to: The Ministry of Labour Relations, the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security, the National Planning Secretariat...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Brazilian Federal Police capture alleged Colombian drug trafficker

The Brazilian Federal Police (PF) captured this Wednesday in the city of Boa Vista, capital of the northern and Amazonian state of Roraima, the alleged Colombian drug trafficker “Marquitos Figueroa,” according to authorities. Marcos de Jesús Figueroa, alias...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Mayor Nebot notified that popular consultation process will start in November

Mayor Jaime Nebot notified on October 22 that the process for a popular consultation of local character will start in November, in which citizens will be asked about the rise in bus fares and transportation subsidies within the transitcompetence by the Municipality of Guayaquil....
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Government: Private telephone companies would pay new royalties rather than reducing profits to their workers

The Autonomous Decentralized Governments Commission presented on Wednesday, 22 October a proposal for that private telephone companies pay new royalties to the state . This would be included in the Draft Organic Law of Telecommunications. The article proposes that telephone...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Arrested a new intruder who tried to enter the White House

Security Forces of the American White House reported that a 23 year old young man, identified as Dominic Adesanya, jumped over the fence that surrounds the home of President Barack Obama without entering the building. The man climbed the fence near 19:15 local time and was...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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AP insists on reforms to the role of the Comptroller

After the statements made by the General Comptroller of the State, Carlos Pólit, which rejected the proposed constitutional amendments that limits the functions of the General Comptroller, Alianza PAIS (AP) insists that the amendment is necessary and appropriate. Pólit filed a...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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