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The US withdraws the antibacterial soap and the CAN studies to do the same

Antibacterial soaps have begun to be withdrawn in the US after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided last week to ban at least 19 of their ingredients because of the potential risks these may cause to health and because it it has not been demonstrated that they are more...
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Afro associations are credited as providers of state services

About thirty Afro associations received training from the National Public Procurement Service (Sercop) to be accredited as providers of state services. The proposed services include: cleaning of offices, hospitals and cafeterias, maintenance of electrical networks, maintenance of...
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More than 34,000 claims have been received by insurance companies of Ecuador after the earthquake

  150 days after the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the coastal provinces of Manabi and Esmeraldas, on April 16, the Ecuadorian Federation of Insurance Companies (Fedeseg) reported it has received the report of 34,021 complaints. During the opening of a conference on...
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Ecuadorian producers of potatoes and onions ask for control to curb smuggling 

  In addition to deal with production costs, which are higher than those for Colombian and Peruvian farmers, domestic producers of potatoes and red onions claim that they are facing an unfair competition due to smuggling entering through the borders. Fernando Pozo, Patate...
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Salinas, home to the global gastronomy festival

Twenty chefs from different countries of America and Europe will participate on 16 and 17 September in the first international congress of gastronomy “Spondylus 2016,” to be held in the Salinas resort, in the province of Santa Elena. Chefs from Colombia, Venezuela,...
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The concession of the Manta port is entangled with the works

  Representatives of the fisheries sector, the Civic Board and professional associations of Manabi reacted yesterday to the abrupt exit and statements of Kevin Lazo, who had held the position of general manager of the Port Authority of Manta since January 11 this year. His...
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Private insurances shall pay for the IESS care

  A compensation for both sides. This is what the government expects in the relationship between public and private insurance providers. The president made some remarks to the bill for prepaid health, adopted by the Assembly in August. The legislature had established a...
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Correa: “It saddens me greatly that soldiers have to receive training”

  President Rafael Correa regrets the decision of Judge Karen Matamoros. Not the part that orders the recognition of his position as the highest authority of the Armed Forces, but the part that compels all members of the military institution to train on respect for the...
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Diego Cornejo: ‘we are reluctant to an undemocratic and restrictive law’

  Resistance gained international recognition. In the words of Diego Cornejo, executive director of the Association of Newspaper Editors (Aedep for its Spanish acronym) since 2011, this resistance has a mission: to repeal the Law of Communication (LOC), which is an antidemocratic...
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Controversy over judge´s ruling that calls for a training in ‘legal hierarchy’

  The resolution of the judge of the Criminal Unit of Pichincha, Karen Matamoros, who accepted the request for protective action in favor of President Rafael Correa against a Disciplinary Board of the Navy, generated a debate on a possible ‘interference’ by ordering a...
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