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George, the answer to 100 years without cancer

Ecuadornews: The scientific news of the week has a protagonist close to Ecuador: George, the Solitaire. An international team of scientists has managed to sequence their entire genome from blood samples taken in 2010. The results, published in Nature Ecology and Evolution, open a...
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75% of garbage in El Salado comes from the south

Ecuadornews: From old shoes, plastics, toys that went out of style, to (sometimes) human corpses and fetuses are collected along the Salado estuary. An arm of the sea that,moreover, hosts aquatic animal and plant life. According to estimations of Visolit, company in charge of...
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Groups and minorities marched for respect for Human Rights

Ecuadornews: On the occasion of the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, on the morning of this Monday, December 10, the march-festival for Human Rights was held in Guayaquil, which brought together dozens of groups to defend life of...
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The Biess recovered capital invested in Toachi

Ecuadornews: The Electricity Corporation of Ecuador (Celec) transferred $ 40 million to the Bankof the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (Biess). The transaction was made on Thursday, December 6, as a result of the BIESS agreement with the Ministry of Electricity and...
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495 judges and prosecutors will be investigated for political persecution

Ecuadornews: The request was presented to the Judiciary by the Bureau for Truth and Justice after making its preliminary report public, in which 247 verified cases are established. The government of Rafael Correa is the main defendant. Three months and 20 days after the creation...
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Oswaldo Jarrín: We need to recover discipline, the relationship of command

Ecuadornews: The troops of the Land, Air and Navy Forces formed around the square of the military complex of La Recoleta, in the south of Quito. There was held on Monday, December 10, 2018, the presentation of the new military leadership. The general of division Roque Moreira is...
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Petroecuador will sell almost 4 million barrels of oil to Peru

Ecuadornews: Ecuador’s state oil company Petroecuador signed on Monday a sale contract of some 3.9million barrels of Oriente crude to Peru’s Petroperú, which will be delivered between January and November of next year. The contract is the second that Quito subscribes...
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The subsequent responsibility of the media will be eliminated

Ecuadornews: The reading of the report lasted about two hours, after which the debates took place. The allocation of frequencies will respect the 34% allocated to community media. The report for the second debate of the reforms to the Organic Law of Communication, in force five...
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With oil at $ 50.05, the Government sent the 2019 proforma to the Assembly

Ecuadornews: The Ministry of Economy and Finance reported on Monday that it sent to the National Assembly the budget pro forma for 2019, with 17 observations made by Parliament. There is considered a price of a barrel of oil at 50.05 dollars,compared to the $ 58.29 that were...
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The Ecuadorian Christmas, between the Black Friday and the fear of a deceleration

Ecuadornews: Affected by rumors of a financial rescue and fears of a slowdown in 2019, the Quito merchants receive Christmas with the fear of a “Grinch” that will turn off their main income season of the year. Although some establishments adorned their shop windows...
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