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Avitourism, strategy to position the country as a green destination

Ecuadornews:   In Ecuador there is 17% of the total number of birds that exist in the world. In the annual Global Big Day competition developed by the Cornell University in May last year, the nation achieved the third position. 17% of the total birds on the planet are in...
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Luis Soto, the man who trained to narrate the World Cup in Quechua

Ecuadornews:   The language of the soccer matches is full of phrases, metaphors and clichés that reflect modern life: a coach who parks the bus, a midfielder who launches rockets, a forward who makes a bicycle and scores. But at 3,352 meters, in the Peruvian Andes, the...
Posted On 26 Jun 2018
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Onion producers on alert for smuggling from Peru

Ecuadornews:   A delegation of onion producers from the canton Zapotillo (Loja) met on Monday, June 25 in Quito with authorities of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock to alert them of the damages they face due to the smuggling of this agricultural product from Peru....
Posted On 26 Jun 2018
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Ecuador signed its third open trade agreement

Ecuadornews:   The new agreement is with the block formed by Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. The main export products are bananas, cocoa, roses, fish oils and other fruits. On June 25, the Inclusive Economic Partnership Agreement was signed between the...
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Steering in the ports of Guayaquil

Ecuadornews:   2017 was a good year for the three main private ports of Guayaquil as a whole, but spectacular for TPG (Inarpi, Saam group of Chile): it grew a little more than 179% (containers), and is now the second most important the city. Meanwhile, the most important...
Posted On 26 Jun 2018
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The 500 kV network is only for the country

Ecuadornews:   The electric transmission system of 500 kilovolts (kV), designed to evacuate the energy produced by the Coca Codo Sinclair and Sopladora hydroelectric plants requires complementary works to materialize the state’s plan to export electricity. The energy...
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EDF rates and bill affect country risk

Ecuadornews:   The rise of interest rates of the Federal Reserve, the uncertainty about the approval of the Law of Productive Development and the decisions of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) on the production of crude are factors that generated...
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Ecuador, the Latin American country that hosts the most refugees

Ecuadornews:   It is the country in Latin America that receives the most refugees, but it is also considered one of the world leaders in relation to the treatment granted to those who grant that status. Ecuador is well below the figure of 1,352,560 people in Pakistan, the...
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The amnesty will be applied to the debts with 11 public entities

Ecuadornews: The Productive Development Law establishes options for companies and citizens to benefit from remission and reduction of interest, fines and surcharges of obligations with 11 public institutions. To access the benefit, the interested parties must pay in most cases...
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Pence and Moreno will talk about economy, security and refugees

Ecuadornews:   Within the framework of the third tour in Latin America in less than a year, the Vice President of the United States will deal with President Lenin Moreno on economy, security on the border and the situation of refugees. Mike Pence, vice president of the...
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