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Assembly authorities reelected until 2017

This Thursday authorities of the National Assembly were re-elected, Gabriela Rivadeneira as president, with 103 votes, Rosana Alvarado as first vice president with 100 votes and Marcela Aguinaga as second vice president, also with 100 votes. With 26 votes against, Rivadeneira...
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Contaminated water in area close to 3 Chevron wells

“Severe and moderate damage” in areas of the Ecuadorian Amazon where Texaco-Chevron operated for 28 years were evidenced by the Comptroller in its report based on a special examination. 80% of the sites analyzed by this entity are affected by high concentrations of...
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Magia de Locos, the first single in Spanish by Frances Possieri

Magia De Locos is the new single in Spanish of the Guayaquil singer-songwriter Frances Possieri after passing through indie folk pop and just singing songs in English. Many were used to her banjo songs, but now, this artist of Italian father and an Ecuadorian mother ventures into...
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Tania Arevalo, the student who obtained 1,000 / 1,000 in the ENES test

It was during President Rafael Correa´s weekly address, where he announced that Tania Arevalo Corbeñaz obtained a 1000, the maximum score on the tests of the National Exam for Higher Education (ENES). Arevalo, 24, lives in Machala with her mother, sister, husband and 9 year old...
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BanEcuador, a public bank created by Rafael Correa

The public bank BanEcuador, will replace the National Development Bank, and its headquarters in will be located in Quevedo. After 180 days it will serve the micro, small and medium enterprises and associative enterprises of agriculture, trade and services sectors, according to...
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Sawdust, an alternative fuel

The Spanish industry Pellet Inversiones y Proyectos will open a plant in the Cotopaxi province and will also inject capital to the Ecuadorian firm Aglomerados Cotopaxi, dedicated to the commercialization of wood. The sawdust that is burned or thrown into the field will be used to...
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The suspended railway wil be called Air suspended Transport of Guayaquil

Mayor Guayaquil Jaime Nebot announced on Wednesday the existence of an agreement with the mayor of Duran, Alexandra Arce, to make viable the Airway project, with airborne buses. The suspended railway will have two routes: one that will depart from Samborondon and the other from...
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