The banana has more hope in 2016

  The international scene is not on the side of Ecuador this year and 2016 may be as difficult as the present year, according to the analysis of figures held yesterday in the inaugural conference of the XII International Forum of Bananas. Three former finance ministers and a...
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The desperate search for drug treatment

Clinical psychologist Carlos Silva states that they we must work case by case because not all cases are the same and require the same treatment. That is reaffirmed by the family counselor Ignacio Torres, who works at several centers that treat addictions in Guayaquil, and warns...
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In 69 cases of missing people were analyzed in Carondelet 

Alexandra Cordova, mother of minor David Romo complained about the inconsistencies in the investigations. She counts the days of David´s absence and criticizes the reserve of information. Tomorrow, at 11:00, she will meet with Interior Minister José Serrano, to discuss the issue....
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Fluctuations in the price of oil continue: it decreased again this week

In the first two days of the week there have been falls for the Texan oil, which serves as a reference for the Ecuadorian crude. The barrel fell by 0.93% yesterday to close at $ 46.66 in the US, amid reports that next year the slowdown in global growth of oil demand will...
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Ecuador is no longer the main supplier of bananas in the European Union, Colombia is, according to Ledesma

The Executive Director of the Ecuadorian Association of Banana Exporters anticipats that if El Niño does not affect the banana sector until December, it will exceed 310 million boxes of fruit, setting a sales record. He regretted that the delay in payments incurred by major...
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Idrovo: “Drugs took their toll on Ecuadorians by errors of managers of state institutions”

  The president of the Foundation Save Your Life, Ithel Idrovo, referring to the problem of drug use and trafficking, mentioned that “drugs took their toll on Ecuadorians by errors of managers of state institutions.”   Idrovo recalled that two years ago he...
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Immigration Department explains it did not authorize the entry of the Ecuarunari leader with the indigenous passport

A photograph of the “Indigenous passport” of Carlos Perez Guartambel, president of Ecuarunari, and a migration seal on a separate sheet, forced the Immigration Department of Ecuador through the Ministry of the Interior, to clarify that the document issued by the...
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Frequencies will be granted through new regulations

The Regulatory Council of Communication (Cordicom) last week approved another regulation for the communications bill, required by the Communication Act for television, radio and certain audiovisual systems by subscription. The legislation provides that the frequencies will be...
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Indigenous marchs are analyzed in the Conaie Forum 

Last Monday October 12 the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie) held a forum to analyze the crisis in the indigenous sector and extractivism in the demonstrations that began last August.   “We have declared 2015 as the year of resistance and...
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Ecuador won 2-0 against Bolivia

With goals by Felipe Caicedo and Miller Bolaños, Ecuador got the victory on Tuesday against Bolivia in the second day of preliminary rounds of the World Cup Russia 2018. The Ecuadorian team has got six points so far, after debuting last Thursday in the playoffs with a 2-0 triumph...
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