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Quito participates in 20 categories for the World Travel Awards

Ecuadornews:   The Ecuadorian capital has been nominated for six consecutive years in the World Travel Awards, known as the Oscars of Tourism. In this 2018 it will participate in 20 categories, the main one: South America’s leading destination, recognition that it has...
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Ambassador Todd Chapman was a guide for congressmen in Guayaquil

Ecuadornews:   Dressed in comfortable clothes and with their cell phones to capture photos, a delegation of US congressmen toured different tourist sites in downtown Guayaquil. Ambassador Todd Chapman and Consul Andrew K. Sherr were commissioned to act as tour guides for the...
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In Quito, 195 friendly points for cyclists were mapped

Ecuadornews:   María José Yépez is a professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the Central University and moves by bicycle. A few days ago he deviated from his usual route to make purchases. He did not know where to leave his bicycle and, she says, the ‘app’...
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Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry is evacuated after bomb threat

Ecuadornews:   The headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility of Ecuador was evacuated today after receiving a bomb threat, which forced specialized police units to move to the place to assess the situation, Efe sources told the Foreign Ministry....
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Celac and Europe analyze in Quito how to combat drug trafficking

Ecuadornews:   The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) and the European Union (EU) analyzed today in a meeting held in the Ecuadorian capital, mechanisms to combat drug trafficking in the region. This is the II Bi-regional Celac-European Union Meeting on...
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Alecksey Mosquera, sentenced to 5 years for money laundering in Odebrecht case

Ecuadornews:   Five years in prison, public apologies for the crime committed and the payment with the other defendants of the money laundering. That was the sentence received yesterday by the former electricity minister Alecksey Mosquera for money laundering related to the...
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Judiciary Council, with more complaints before the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control

Ecuadornews:   The deadline for citizens to denounce twelve authorities of four entities that are being evaluated by the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPC) of transition concludes today; and at the moment the Council of the Judicature (CJ) is the one...
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Yachay Public Company will be liquidated until 2021 as a measure to reduce spending

Ecuadornews:   Before being closed, the entity must complete the projects it has in progress. Of the 22 public companies of the Executive Function, there will be 15. The purpose is to make them profitable and inject resources into the State.  Closure of public companies,...
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Debt was diluted in the single account

Ecuadornews:   It’s a mystery. The fate that the government of Rafael Correa gave part of the resources obtained through public debt is not easy to establish. The Comptroller reviewed the credit operations between 2012 and 2017 and found ’empty’. The...
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Prosecutor’s office investigates for improper enrichment the prefect Mariano Zambrano

Ecuadornews:   On the basis of a report, it is investigated in order to determine alleged administrative, civil or criminal responsibilities. Months ago the aforementioned official argued that it was a media attack that obeyed political interests.  The prefect of Manabí,...
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