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Demonstrations against amendments in Esmeraldas

While the Special Commission for the treatment of constitutional amendments met on Monday in the city of Esmeraldas, Alianza PAIS and CREO militants, along with their leader, Guillermo Lasso, demonstrated outside the building. Juan Carlos Cassinelli, chairman of the commission,...
Posted On 24 Mar 2015
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Minister of Education says that only those who buy imported school supplies will spend more

The Minister of Education, Augusto Espinoza, at a press conference said that the domestic industry is capable of solving the demand of school supplies that have been taxed by government safeguards. Espinoza said that the requested list of school supplies by the Ministry to...
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The Ministry of Education is building 271 mobile classrooms in Guayaquil

The Ministry of Education is currently executing the construction of 500 mobile classrooms for the Coast cycle, of which 271 will be located in Guayaquil, Duran and Samborondón. 34 classrooms will be ready for next April 15, which will benefit more than 1,300 students of the...
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Nathalie Cely will be the new Minister of Industry and Richard Espinoza, Chairman of the IESS Board

Under Executive Order 639, published on Monday, March 23, Nathalie Cely will be the new Coordinating Minister of Production, in the same way, Richard Espinoza, who is the current Minister of Production, will replace Victor Hugo Villacrés, Chairman of the IESS board. The changes...
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Businessmen propose to buy the customer portfolio of Biess

According to Henry Kronfle, president of the Ecuadorian Business Committee, both national banks and foreign banks would be interested in acquiring the portfolio (loans) of the Bank of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (Biess), by being highly profitable and of effective...
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97 policemen were removed from the institution for being involved with delinquency

Interior Minister José Serrano announced on Tuesday the dismissal of 97 police officers, for being linked to organized crime gangs. This was written by the official on its Twitter account: ” today is again a tough day for our National Police, we will remove 97 police...
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Ecuador recognized for its gender equality policies

The 2015 Annual Summit of Women International Perspectives (WIP) awarded Ecuador for its policies to promote the presence of women in politics and reduce gender inequalities in the country. The WIP prize was awarded to Ximena Ponce, Assemblywoman and Representative of Ecuador in...
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Air crash in the French Alps

An aircraft of the German low-cost airline Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, crashed on Tuesday in southern France, while covering the route Barcelona (Spain) – Dusseldorf (Germany). The Airbus A320 carrying 142 passengers and 6 crew members on boardand according to...
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