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Ivanhoe and Ecuador ends oil contract

Ivanhoe and Ecuador had terminated a contract for that the Canadian oil company operating in the Amazon, said on Wednesday the Ministry of Non-Renewable Natural Resources, after the Canadian desist from exploitation in August because crude was heavier than expected. Ivanhoe and...
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Assemblyman requires “sufficient information” on accidents of four helicopters Dhruv

Assemblyman Diego Salgado Ribadeneira (CREO) requested this Wednesday January 28 the hearing of the defense minister, Fernando Cordero, and the General Commander of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE), General Raúl Banderas, to the National Assembly, to give “sufficient...
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Minister Serrano calls to strengthen security in the Americas

The Ecuadorian Interior Minister José Serrano, called this January 28 to strengthen multilateral cooperation on security in the Americas, with a greater exchange of information among the Governments of the continent and an emphasis on the preventive actions. Serrano visited the...
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Former constituents Forum will present complaints to the CC and IACHR Court

The forum of former constituent assembly members composed of 23 former legislators yesterday signed a document with which they insist on conducting a referendum to change the constitution and announce a lawsuit to the Constitutional Court and Inter-American Court of Human Rights....
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Ecuador assumed the pro tempore presidency of the CELAC

The Latin American and Caribbean leaders today closed two days of meetings in Costa Rica by the Third Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC for its Spanish acronym). Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa assumed the pro tempore presidency and stressed...
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ILO report will be ready in February 2016

The report about the visit that make the Technical Mission of the International Labour Organization (ILO) would be ready in February 2016. Following the meeting of January 28 with the Officers of Worker Rights of the Assembly, Cleopatra Doumbia, who heads the mission, said that...
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Payment of tariffs for 160 products from Colombia and Peru will be returned and measure will be excluded

The National Customs Service of Ecuador (Senae for its Spanish acronym) reported on January 28 that the Committee of Foreign Trade (Comex) decided to exclude from the collection of the corrective measure (safeguard) to 160 tariff subheadings. The measure allows to products...
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Kiev and pro-Russian are responsible for civilian deaths in eastern Ukraine according to HRW

The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) blamed this Thursday in its annual report to both Kiev and the pro-Russian separatists from “a lot of civilians” who have died in eastern Ukraine, which also qualify as “a violation of the right international. ”...
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Chilean Congress passes law of equality for couples of the same or different gender

Chile yesterday approved a law guaranteeing equal civil rights of couples of the same or different gender, in order to combat discrimination in a society with largely conservative tradition. The project, known as Civil Union (AUC) Agreement had the votes of the ruling party and...
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Fausto Camacho filed a complaint against the members of the Selection Committee of the CNE

Fausto Camacho yesterday filed a criminal complaint in the Attorney General’s Office requesting the investigation of the work of the Selection Committee and the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (Cpccs). This, because of the partial renewal of the National...
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