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The Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym) signed a cooperation agreement on February 3, for the implementation of the electronic system in more than 60,000 units of taxis throughout the country. Its use is not mandatory. Each taxi unit will have a identification...

The exchange safeguard that Ecuador imposed to the imports from Colombia and Peru left $ 14.1 million in revenues in its first month of application. This corrective measure was established as a response to the devaluation of their currencies. For Colombia a safeguard of 21% was...

The crime of General Jorge Gabela, former commander of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE for its Spanish acronym), is not related with the allegations that made on the acquisition of seven Dhruv helicopters by the FAE. That’s one of the conclusions of the report of the Expert...

President Rafael Correa said that it would be “serious” if they were mechanical failure the causes of the accidents of two Dhruv helicopters, occurred in recent weeks, and that elevated to four the number of casualties of these devices, of a fleet of seven gained to...

The lawyers consortium Manos Limpias this Wednesday filed an indictment against the leader of the Spanish leftist party Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, of financing “his revolutionary propaganda” with irregular money from Venezuela. Manos Limpias filed in the Supreme Court...

The President of the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court, Patricio Freire Pazmiño, postulated as candidate for one of the four vacancies that will be opened next year at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IHR Court). The elections will be held in June and the authorities will...

At least seven people died on Tuesday when a train crashed against a car on the railroad tracks in the northern outskirts of the city of New York at rush hour, local media reported. The train, heading north, hit a Jeep Cherokee at a railroad crossing in Valhalla, killing the...

Some politicians and trade sectors analyze the possibility of pushing the referendum revocation of the members of the Assembly to approve the draft amendments to the Constitution. The initiative has emerged to divulge the contents of the 16 amendments and promote a popular...

The Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of Mexico, Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo, announced at the UN he expects that by June the country has a general law of enforced disappearance. “The General Law on Enforced Disappearance is an immediate challenge. The...

The price of oil West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ended yesterday’s session at $ 53.05 per barrel, registering an increase of 7.02%. Upon the completion of the trading day on the New York Mercantile Exchange (Nymex), the WTI future contracts for March delivery rose $ 3.48 a...