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Sara Palacios swam the English Channel in 12 hours and 58 minutes

Ecuadornews:   ‘It was difficult to swim against the tide, the currents were very strong, but I had an incredible experience. I am happy, satisfied after fulfilling the challenge for which I trained for a year, “she recounted from Dover, in England, Sara Palacios...
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Ecuadorian floriculturists are sure to achieve Guinness record

Ecuadornews:   Hundreds of flower growers put their hands to the work. Around 16 tons of flowers will be put together to form the largest arrangement of roses, not only of Ecuador but of the world. The idea is to set a precedent in the Guinness Book of Records. The act to...
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Floreana is the first territory of the country without straws

Ecuadornews:   In Galapagos 102,520 straws were recovered, which were delivered voluntarily by the owners of commercial premises. The Santa Rosa and Bellavista parishes in Santa Cruz were declared as places where this non-reusable waste does not circulate. Since May of this...
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Commission analyzes how to distribute the frequencies

Ecuadornews:   The Minister of Telecommunications said that there is only saturation of the radioelectric space in Guayas and Pichincha. The controller will be invited to the Assembly. The Minister of Telecommunications, Guillermo León, arrived with a proposal that surprised...
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DP World, in the eye of a great hurricane

Ecuadornews:   A new front was opened between DP World Posorja and the companies that will be its competitors for the cargo. The company of dubaiti origin, which was delegated the competence to build and manage the deepwater port of Posorja, is accused of circulating a...
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Assembly seeks to recover with bill 35,000 million from corruption

Ecuadornews:   The president of the National Assembly (parliament) of Ecuador, Elizabeth Cabezas, said today that the recently presented draft of the Organic Law on Capital Recovery aims to recover at least 35,000 million dollars diverted from the country in illicit...
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Rafael Correa did not expand his version in the Balda case; lawyer asks for new date

Ecuadornews:   Although it was the same defense of Rafael Correa who requested that his client expand his version of the case investigating the kidnapping of Fernando Balda, in Colombia, the Ecuadorian former president did not attend the proceedings due to “lack of...
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Ecuadorian crude obtained better deals in a fourth sale ‘spot’

Ecuadornews:   State-owned Petroecuador yesterday received offers to buy Ecuadorian crude with prices higher than West Texas Intermediate (WTI), in the fourth spot sale made in this government. Yesterday the opening of envelopes of eight companies that delivered their offers...
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Ecuador faces slowdown in its economy

Ecuadornews:   The decrease in public investment and current spending are the main causes. In 8 days the deadline for the President to veto the economic law expires. “The economy seems to be getting cold,” said Anna Ivanova, who led the mission of the...
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The superintendence of Banks and the Biess to examination by pension funds

Ecuadornews:   For the participants of 69 complementary pension funds whose administration was assumed by the State in 2014, it was a “seizure“. Now they denounce that there is a “corrupt management”, although the authorities defend the results. The...
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