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A high mining production is expected in Ecuador for 2025

Mines Minister Javier Cordova believes that mining in Ecuador could eventually contribute with 4% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2025. Currently mining investments represent less than 1% of the GDP. This was stated this morning by minister Cordova, at the same time he...
Posted On 16 Sep 2016
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A judge denied an action in favor of a military; the High Command will not attend the Assembly

The request was denied. Judge Marco Tamayo, of the Judicial Traffic Unit of Quito, denied Thursday afternoon September 15, 2016, an action for greater protection in favor of Major Jose Intriago. The officer tried, through the constitutional remedy, that the Assembly convenes the...
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Rafael Correa ‘blocks’ Fundamedios

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, known in Twitter as @MashiRafael, decided to block the account of the Fundamedios organization. “Vanity and double standards of the corrupt press and their coryphaei: freedom of expression is just for them,” this was the reply of...
Posted On 16 Sep 2016
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“The audit is not negotiable,” says Andersson Boscan

¿Did you solve the loose ends? We reached an agreement that became public. We have not had another meeting, but we maintain the same position. After this unfortunate leak we could inform our position. This “leakage” contained clear statements: You considered as...
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Quito seeks to develop business tourism

Quito aims to be one of the most requested destinations in business tourism and in order to strengthen the project the second edition of Meeting Industry Conference was held Thursday, where strategies for the development of this industry were exposed. Sustainability, strategic...
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The Comex announces reduction of safeguards for October 26

  The Government announced the reduction of safeguards, in force since March 6, 2015, for October 26 this year. This was informed by the Committee of Foreign Trade (Comex), in a statement posted on its website; the same that indicates that the 40% surtax is reduced to 35%; the...
Posted On 16 Sep 2016
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Former commander reviews the orders of political power

“Today you will know the truth.” That was the warning made by the former commander of the Police Fausto Tamayo. He said this at the entrance to the National Court. Yesterday was the ninth day of the trial hearing for the alleged sale of promotions in the institution....
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Prepaid Medicine Act received fourteen objections

An overlap of competences between the National Health Authority and the Superintendency of Companies was identified by the government in the draft Organic Law that Regulates the Companies that finance prepaid health services approved by the Assembly and partially vetoed with...
Posted On 16 Sep 2016
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Police promotions: Former Police commander involves Pierina Correa

Former police commander Fausto Tamayo gives his testimony in the trial for the sale of promotions within the institution, at the premises of the National Court of Justice. During his version, which began at 10:00 am and that continued until noon, General Tamayo implicated several...
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Swedish appeal court ratifies arrest warrant for Julian Assange

  An appeals court in Sweden ratified Friday an arrest warrant against the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, which rejected the latest attempt of the Australian to pressure Swedish prosecutors to drop charges of rape against him which date back from 2010. The ruling of the...
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