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Researchers have found a new glass frog that shows its heart in Ecuador

EcuadorNews:   The announcement was made a fifteen day ago by researcher and herpetologist Juan Manuel Guayasamin, from the University San Francisco de Quito. Along with three other researchers: Diego F. Cisneros-Heredia, and Ross Maynard and Paul S. Hamilton, from The...
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Agricultural yields plummeted

  EcuadorNews: Two relevant data show the results of the latest Survey of Surface and Agricultural Production (Espac, 2016) conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC): agricultural work decreased as well as the yields per hectare during last year....
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Pablo Campana: “We will not sign a free trade agreement”

EcuadorNews: The Minister of Foreign Trade Pablo Campana anticipates that the new Advisory Council will be made up of a board of four representatives of the public sector – two economic and two productive authorities – along with four others from the private sector....
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Cabify presented proposal to regularize the service

EcuadorNews: The main directors of the Municipal Transit Authority met to hear a proposal from delegates of the taxi operator Cabify about a study that allows the regularization of their service and, at the same time, work with formal taxi drivers. The information was...
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Local companies gain ground

EcuadorNews: Local companies account for 64% of the growth of mass consumption. Multi channels are the strategy. Fairs and door to door promotion boost sales. Local companies have been the winners in the first quarter of this year for their rapid adaptability to consumer´s needs,...
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Farmers’ pensions will increase from $ 63 to $ 100

EcuadorNews: The Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS) is already analyzing the reforms to comply with campaign plans of Lenin Moreno, including the increase in Jubilee pensions of farmers. Richard Espinosa, chairman of the IESS Board, said that these will go from $ 63...
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Central Bank reserves in Ecuador cover 30% of depositors’ money

EcuadorNews: The International Reserve managed by the Central Bank covers at the moment 30% of the resources guarded by the institution; Including those deposited by banks, public companies, local governments and the Social Security. These resources, which are known as...
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The National Court processes the second request for the extradition of Pedro Delgado

EcuadorNews: Pedro Delgado, former president of the board of the Central Bank, is facing a second criminal case for alleged illicit enrichment, after the prosecution had filed charges against him on the afternoon of Monday, May 29, 2017. Attorney General Carlos Baca intervened in...
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National Chamber of Aquaculture discards a tilapia virus

EcuadorNews: Jose Antonio Camposano, executive president of the National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA), ruled out affectations to the production of tilapia in the country by the virus of the tilapia lacustrine, known as TiLV (Tilapia Lake Virus). The warning came after the...
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Opinions divided by law into social networks

EcuadorNews: The bill on the legal classification of the crime of hate and discrimination in social networks confronts the ruling party and the opposition. The Legislative Council of Administration still does not qualify that proposal forwarded by former President Rafael Correa...
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