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Assemblywoman Lourdes Tiban denounces physical and verbal attacks near her office

The assemblywoman of Pachakutik, Lourdes Tibán, pointed out President Rafael Correa as the responsible for the physical and verbal aggression she suffered Wednesday morning a few meters from her office in the  Carlos Ibarra and 10 de Agosto streets, in north central Quito.  ...
Posted On 23 Sep 2015
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Elsie Monge: “The speech can not be suppressed by being labeled as of political tone”

  The director of the Ecumenical Commission of Human Rights, Elsie Monge, spoke of the process of dissolution of Fundamedios by the National Communications Secretariat (Secom), and described as “consistent” the statements of the Ombudsman in the sense of not...
Posted On 23 Sep 2015
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Dollarization, not devaluation, boosts exports in the long term, says Alfredo Vergara

  In an interview with Ecuavisa, the former Banking Superintendent Alfredo Vergara said that there is no other country that devalues more its currency than Venezuela, yet Venezuelan imports -in volume- have remained stagnant, not like Ecuador, that has seen its export sales...
Posted On 23 Sep 2015
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Banking ‘remains strong’ despite macroeconomic problems, says director of the ABPE

  The executive director of the Association of Private Banks of Ecuador (ABPE), Cesar Robalino, confirmed in an interview with El Universo that the banking situation ‘remains solid, solvent and with sufficient liquidity resources.”   Robalino noted that this...
Posted On 23 Sep 2015
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Ecuadorian cacao receives recognition

The International Cocoa Organization ratified Ecuador’s position as the producer of a 75% of fine flavor cocoa, this was reported by Deputy Minister of Agriculture Luis Valverde, who attended the annual meeting of the international union, which took place in the Wembles,...
Posted On 23 Sep 2015
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The drug debate divides the PAIS party in the Assembly

In the report for the second debate, which was passed with nine votes of the PAIS legislators- it is proposed that the minimum penalty for trafficking of narcotics and psychotropic substances is increased from one to three years in prison; as for the scala media, from three to...
Posted On 23 Sep 2015
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Daily Expreso on the replication request of the Supercom

In the following statement Daily Expreso responds to the request of replica of the Supercom: In the current circumstances, in which authoritarianism and the concentration of powers delegate in various levels of the state the faculties to pressure and harass the independent press...
Posted On 23 Sep 2015
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Gabela´s widow insists that her husband was not killed by common criminals

  Patricia Ochoa, widow of Jorge Gabela, former commander of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE for its Spanish acronym), questioned Tuesday the report submitted by the Minister of Justice Ledy Zuniga last July, concluding that the murder of her husband was by common crime,...
Posted On 23 Sep 2015
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Alianza País did not reach an agreement to raise the penalty for microtrafficking

Yesterday, after nearly four hours of debate, the chairman of the Health Committee, William Garzón (AP), requested a few minutes to make the changes before the vote, but the head of the Assembly, Gabriela Rivadeneira (AP), granted him days and the session will be resumed...
Posted On 23 Sep 2015
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