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Social organizations take their agenda in a parallel conference to Habitat

  Social organizations that conduct a side event to the Habitat III came together yesterday, a few blocks from the conference venue, with more than 40 indigenous women, mostly of the Amazon, to observe the progress of the mural called “The custodians of our habitat in...
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Olympic shrimp that surpass bananas

  The annual race for the podium of exports is increasingly tight. The undisputed leader has lost in the last four months the lead and has left that shrimp, the second most requested Ecuadorian product and reputed in the international market, surpasses it by 65.6 million. The...
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Cucalon: “Low car sales accelerated unemployment.”

Jaime Cucalon, president of the Automotive Ecuadorian Association (AEA), said they estimate that they will have sold about 60,000 units at the end of 2016 , representing half of what the market acquired in 2012. “The economic situation of the country and the quotas have...
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Colombia and Peru are the new routes of the commercial tour

Panama and Miami stopped being the unique shopping tours destinations for Ecuadorians. Peru and Colombia, with a greater strength, entered the competition by air and land. In social networks and institutional or sales webs like OLX there are dozens of exclusive travel deals for...
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They pay two insurances, but they have no power of decision

Just over 50% of the country’s population, excluding the members of the Armed Forces and the Police have a health insurance in the country. They are 9.1 million people receiving coverage, mostly from the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS) and a minority, from...
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The abbreviated trial generates criticism

  4 250 detainees had benefited from the abbreviated trial since August 10, 2014, when it the COIP entered into force, until 2016. The simplified procedure is a type of quick judgment that exists in the Ecuadorian legislation since 2001. However, before the COIP this figure was...
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The trial for the Ecuafutbol case is reinstated on Monday, October 17

  From 08:30 the trial for money laundering against three former executives of the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) will continue at the Criminal Courts of Pichincha. Among the defendants are Luis Chiriboga, president of the FEF; Hugo M., former treasurer, and Peter V.,...
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7,000 people are still in shelters in Manabi and Esmeraldas

7001 people, six months after the earthquake, are still living in 24 shelters in the provinces of Manabi and Esmeraldas; 58% less than the initial number. The balance of six months results in figures like 3.7 million cubic meters of debris dislodged. Also 8,699 demolished...
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Rafael Correa: “Only a 17% of Ecuador´s unconsolidated debt is owed to China.”

  Only 17% of unconsolidated debt is owed to China, said Sunday night the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, during an interview in a political television show. That 17% of public debt is about seven billion, eight billion dollars, said the president, stating that 40% of the...
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The IAPA warns “undeniable regression” of press freedom in America

Freedom of expression faces an “undeniable regression” in the continent because of old and new threats; today denounced the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) when carrying out its 72nd General Assembly in Mexico City. “The continental union registered (in...
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