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  With the arrival on Wednesday of the Minerva, with 350 passengers on board, the cruise season begins in Guayaquil. This is the first of three ships expected for January, according to information released yesterday by the Municipal Public Company for Tourism, Civic...

  The president of the National Electoral Council, Juan Pablo Pozo, conducted an internal technical meeting at which he verified the infrastructure of the old Supermarket of the Social Service of the Armed Forces in Quito, where a Center of Electoral Information and Control...

  Those who do not know call them “Panama hats,” but connoisseurs know that the world’s finest straw hats come from Ecuador and cities like Montecristi and Cuenca are mentioned. However, a few know of a small town called Pile. Pile has a population of about...

  Travel experts of Lonely Planet, one of the leading publishers of travel guides in the world, its writers and a comunity of travelers chose Quito as one of the top ten cities to visit in 2016. “Time seems to have stopped in the historic center of Quito, which dates...

  The import quota the cell phones, including smartphones, feature phones (basic) and devices for other wireless networks expanded by $ 50 million for 2016. It passes from $ 200 million in 2015 to $ 250 million in 2016 reported Foreign Trade Minister Diego Aulestia. He also...

  This will be a week of definitions within Alianza Pais (AP) and of meetings that will be held at both executive and legislature level, the route taken by the ruling party for 2016 will depend on this. This afternoon (January 6, 2016), at the headquarters of the ruling...

  A barrel of Brent oil traded in London, fell on Wednesday below $ 35 for the first time since 11 and a half years ago in a depressed market due to oversupply.   At 10:30 GMT, a barrel of Brent North Sea for February delivery cost $ 34.83 at the Intercontinental...

  Former Ambassador of Ecuador to Venezuela, Francisco Huerta, assured that the political present in Caracas should leave several “lessons” for our country. One of them is the need for a more prominent role of citizens.   “We have become citizens with...

  Through a statement, yesterday published in various media in Ecuador, a group of 94 intellectuals called on the government of this country to “adopt a position that favors a democratic, pluralist and civil solution to the Venezuelan crisis, and of unrestricted...

  On December 18, Julio Pincay and 60 of his colleagues, all construction workers, were cleared of their work. Their employer, a construction company of Guayaquil, was forced to suspend the execution of two real estate works in Samborondon, for lack of financing. The...