March led by political leader Alvaro Noboa demands the resignation of President Rafael Correa

Alvaro Noboa, a banana magnate and former candidate for the presidency of Ecuador, joined the marches organized against the regime’s policies, on Wednesday, September 16. The also leader of the Prian arrived at 17:45 at the corner of Malecon and Tomas Martinez streets,...
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Two marches to request the government´s rectification

The streets of Guayaquil again became the scene of anti-government marches. Members of labor unions gathered yesterday at the Centenario Park, after 17:00, to march down the 9 de Octubre avenue. In addition to leaders of local organizations of doctors, teachers, college students,...
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Ecuador Fashion Week starts this September 17

For three days the Guayaquil Convention Center will host the official fashion week. National and international designers will present their collections for the upcoming season. Cecilia Niemes, president of the Ecuador Fashion Week, recognizes that in these 12 years the show has...
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Productive sector foresees a decrease

While President Rafael Correa acknowledged that Ecuador’s economy could register a low or zero growth or even decrease during 2015, the National Planning and Development Secretariat (Senplades) announced on Tuesday (September 15) reviews to the Inheritance and Capital Gains...
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Economic downturn, a reality for employers before the government admits it

The fact that Ecuador’s economy is going through a difficult timewas known since last year. The country may register a decrease in 2015, this was admitted for the first time on Tuesday by President Rafael Correa before foreign correspondents. However, it is not something...
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Police officers linked to drug trafficking are arrested

Cases of police officers who allegedy have been seduced by drug trafficking networks are increasing. The latest was resported yesterday in Guayaquil. During an operation two agents in active service were arrested for alleged links with drug shipping abroad. The head of the...
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A ton of marijuana is seized in Esmeraldas

A shipment of 27 jute bags, inside which 505 packages with 981 200 grams of marijuana were found, was seized in a drug operation yesterday in the San Mateo parish. Police reported that the cargo was being transported on a truck from the Borbon village in the north of Esmeraldas,...
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Police struggled with residents during anti-drug operation

With insults and attacks with stones and sticks, a group of residents of the Cooperative Socio Vivienda 2, in the northwest of Guayaquil, tried to prevent the action of police and agents of the Narcotics Unit, who yesterday raided five homes to arrest suspected micro-traffickers....
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Northern Chile threatened by large waves produced after earthquake

Wednesday a wave of up to five meters hit the coastline of the northern city of Coquimbo, in Chile, after a powerful earthquake that hit the country, said the mayor of the town. “The tsunami has already reached the city. The waves reached the center. People are in the...
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SP and PIC join the march of Alvaro Noboa

The leaders of Patriotic Society (SP), Fernando Balda and Patricio Zuquilanda, and the Concentration of People’s Forces (CFP), Walter Freire, participated yesterday in the sit-in organized by the presidential candidate of the extinct Prian, businessman Alvaro Noboa. The...
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