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First debate on draft Telecommunications law starts

On the morning of November 6 the first debate of the draft Telecommunications Law began in the National Assembly. A total of 92 assembly members were present at the plenary. The normative was approved by the Commission on Autonomous Governments, chaired by Assemblyman Richard...
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Ecuador promotes trade through virtual certificates

The Ministry of Foreign Trade reported last week that the country issued the first Certificate of Digital Origin (COD by its Spanish acronym), which will help optimize and integrate business processes between Ecuador and Colombia. The procedure is done in the Ecuapass customs...
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The original manuscript of the Jamaica Letter of Bolivar is discovered in Ecuador

Ecuador confirmed on Wednesday the discovery of the original manuscript in Spanish of the Jamaica letter of September 6, 1815. The long letter was located in a historical archive of the Ministry of Culture, is one of the most famous letters of Simon Bolivar, of which only an...
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Latin America records 120 000 deaths per year due to traffic accidents

Latin America recorded about 120 000 deaths and 6 million injured each year in traffic accidents. This was announced by the president of the Spanish Foundation for Traffic Safety (Fesvial), Luis Montoro. The Fesvial President stressed that this is a “serious problem” the region...
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An Ecuadorian judge is the first woman who reachs the New York Court

Ecuadorian Carmen Velasquez Briones became the first South American female judge who reachs the Supreme Court of the State of New York. According to local media reports in New York, the Judge won the vote by a large majority (14.3%). The judge, who celebrated her victory in the...
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UN: FARC must respect indigenous peoples in Colombia

The UN delegation in Colombia this Thursday asked the FARC to respect indigenous peoples, a day after the killing of two of its leaders in the Westof the Country, attributed to fighters from the armed group. “The United Nations expressed concern about these incidents and...
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Statue Stirs Controversy between Correa and Nebot

Throughout the Panama Street (Pink Zone), in Guayaquil, in late October, five genre figures such as a shoe polisher child, the newsboy, the crabs seller, figures of Vicente Rocafuerte and Alberto Spencer; the first and second statue have unleashed a new controversy between the...
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CNJ sentences 5 defendants and to 16 years of prison and leaves an innocent in ‘Las Dolores’ case

The National Court of Justice (CNJ for its Spanish acronym) announced on Thursday November 6 its opinion in the case called ‘Las Dolores’; it sentenced 5 defendants to 16 years imprisonment, 5 others for two years due to cover-up(although the sentence wa...
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The CC notifies to the Assembly its judgment on the amendments

The Secretariat of the National Assembly received the night of November 5 the judgment of the Constitutional Court (CC) that gives green light to 16 of the 17 amendments promoted by Alianza PAIS. The document consists of 141 pages in which each of the proposals are analyzed the...
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Ukrainian Government suspends economic grants in separatist areas

Ukraine suspended budgetary grants to eastern territories controlled by pro-Russian separatists, reported on Wednesday the government of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, noted that “while the Donetsk and Lugansk regions remain under control of all...
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