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The price of oil debuted the week at a price of $ 1.02 lower, closing at $ 47.67 per barrel with China and Iraq behind the depreciation, which continue to hamper revenues of Ecuador. The world’s largest consumer of energy, China, is facing a significant downward pressure on...

Along with the inauguration of the seven new national judges, scheduled for next Monday January 26, will come the renovation of the  authorities of the National Court of Justice (CNJ for its Spanish acronym), as provided by the Constitution and the Organic Code of Judicial...

Ramiro Rivadeneira, Vice president of the Transparency and Social Control, and holder of the Ombudsman, announced on January 19that the entity is working on the development of a bill that regulates the use of public data. Rivadeneira assured that there is a “regulatory...

The Yemeni presidential complex, in the capital Sanaa, was taken on Tuesday by Shiite militiamen, said a senior military official. “The Huthi fighters entered the palace and are looting weapons depots,” said the source. A Huthi responsible, Ali al Bujaiti confirmed on...

Ecuador’s government said yesterday it is willing to review the 7% safeguard measure, announced since January and applied to imports from Peru, a country that claims against this measure and calls for its removal. The Ministers of Foreign Trade of Ecuador, Francisco...

César Rodríguez and Fernando Vega, former legislators and exiled of the regime, directed the meeting in the Andean University of Quito. They are part of the 20 former Assembly members who participated in the Constituent and who self convened to plan a strategy against the...

The authorities of Egypt administratively filed a sexual harassment complaint against the Ecuadorian ambassador there, Germán Espinoza, said yesterday the Ecuadorian Chancellery in a statement. The Chancellery received on December 8, 2014 a complaint filed by an Egyptian citizen...

The Security Council of the UN yesterday approved a statement highlighting the need for a “comprehensive and integrated approach” to achieve “sustainable peace” in countries that have been stricken by armed conflicts. The statement was endorsed at a...

The Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), called for a march for Saturday throughout the country to which it has called “the march of empty pots”, to protest against shortages and government policies of Nicolas Maduro. “We call on performing across the country on...

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Ricardo Patiño, said that in the Third Summit of the Community of Latin Americanand Caribbean States (CELAC), in which Ecuador will assume the pro tempore presidency, four areas of work will be proposed. The first point is...