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  The National Assembly will initiate the debate of the Code of Health in the coming weeks within which the proposal of the president of the legislature Gabriela Rivadeneira_ of declaring marijuana legal for therapeutic use is contemplated. She claims that a control body to...

  With the aim of eradicating microtrafficking and violence, this morning the National Police raided the housing plan Socio Vivienda 1 and 2, located in the northwest of Guayaquil. About 400 police agents will monitor day and night the site for the security of citizens....

  The “Mariachi” and “Cappuccino” terms are used by microtrafficking networks to identify new drugs mixed with the so-called “H.” According to the authorities, they are equally lethal and affect mainly young consumers, so measures are...

  Mayor of Balzar Cirilo Gonzalez, declared resistance. This was his way of expressing his protest against a resolution by the control entity which requests his dismissal after finding alleged “administrative deviations” in the October 1, 2011- October 31, 2015...

  When financial data of customers of Manabi and the south Esmeraldas begin to be registered in the statistics, delinquency rates will rise. This indicator will grow by one or two percentage points, according to bankers. The deadline set by the Association of Private Banks...

  The morning of July 6, 2016 the so-called administrative promotion to the rank of general six police officers was held. For the first time in the history of the police institution two women were promoted to the high ranks. They are general Ivonne Daza and Maria Fernanda...

  On average, the monthly salary earned by former vice president Lenin Moreno as a Special Envoy of the UN on disabilities would be the same of an ambassador or an official with that range. This was revealed to daily La Hora by an internal source of the Foreign Ministry....

  A man extending his arm through the metal grates and makes a claim: “We are not criminals.” Those around him prefer to stay silent while the police take his information and register his entry into the Criminal Unit, in northern Quito. The group of antiriot...

  A series, a total of 13 earthaquakes of a magnitude greater than 3 on the Richter scale, frightened the Esmeraldas residents between Tuesday night and early yesterday morning. Many families left their homes in the provincial capital and went to open places like the Civic...

  The Ecuadorean government owes 2847.3 million to the Central Bank (BCE for its Spanish acronym) until June 30. A week earlier, on June 24, that amount was 2,514 million. That is, last week the government asked for a new loan to the Central Bank by 300 million. And the...