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Ecuadornews:     The Chinese ship that was captured for fishing endangered species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve will be used to transport cargo from the mainland to the islands. And a 90% of the 300 tons of fishing found inside, will be thrown into the sea, as the...

Ecuadornews:       The country’s domestic bonds debt increased from $ 12,457.3 million to $ 14,990.1 million between December 2016 and June 2017, according to the Financial Report. The figure is higher than that of six years ago, when it was $ 4.506 million...

Ecuadornews:       The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) called for guaranteeing the rights of small-scale fishing communities. Issues such as tenure of marine resources, work, decent pay, and gender equality constitute un-waivable rights. Since the...

Ecuadornews:     The Government seeks to attract more resources through a Capital Repatriation Law. The initiative announced by President Lenin Moreno – on July 28 – still does not reach the Legislature. The last public event where the authorities referred...

Ecuadornews:       President Lenin Moreno said Monday in Quito that truth, justice, and democracy are the principles of his administration and that before giving up for interests opposed to those of the majority, he would prefer “to resort to the people so...

Ecuadornews:       Today, Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) will present the first High-Performance Scholarship Program, to support the academic and sports excellence. The beneficiaries will be elite athletes, young people between the ages of 17 and 22, who...

Ecuadornews:       Additions and subtractions. The state budget for the remainder of the year is based on the figures promulgated by the Government of former President Rafael Correa. That road, according to analysts, is a mistake that will complicate the plans of...

Ecuadornews:     The plenary session of the Legislature will meet today at 11:00 to approve the General State Budget 2017, amid questions from opposition sectors that warn of a possible overestimation of the estimated income by financial authorities. International...

During a press conference, Alvaro Noboa referred to the video that shows a series of leaked emails from former President Rafael Correa to members of the Judicial Branch and his Cabinet, which were spread through social networks and published by Venezuelan journalist Patricia...

Ecuadornews:     The government of Lenin Moreno has a great challenge to overcome: to get the Legislature to support and approve the laws to fulfill his government plan. The difficulty lies in maintaining the cohesion of the ruling bloc at a time when it faces an...