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President Rafael Correa apologized again for the acts of corruption found in the repowering of the Esmeraldas refinery, which involves former officials of the current government. In his eyes, this has been the most serious act of corruption that has occurred in the 10 years of...

  Raimundas Karobilis, Deputy Foreign Minister of Lithuania, expressed support for Ecuador to achieve the signing of the Multiparty Agreement with the European Union this year, and its possible provisional application to maintain tariff preferences from January 1, 2017. Karobilis...

  The Government would have allocated $ 1’066.666,33 to cover the living expenses in Geneva of former vice president Lenin Moreno, who currently serves as Special Envoy for people with disabilities in the United Nations (UN), the Mil Hojas Foundation published on its...

In a class action complaint, former employees of Occidental Petroleum, who are also citizens of Ecuador, are suing the company, alleging they are owed more than $265 million from a statutory profit sharing plan. Juan Carlos Cisneros, Wilson Fernando Achachi Seileman, Miguel Angel...

  El presidente del Comité Empresarial Ecuatoriano, Richard Martínez, exhortó el miércoles al Gobierno a que detenga el envío de cartas a los trabajadores privados porque violenta el Código de Trabajo y este, a su vez, limita la posibilidad de hacer proselitismo dentro de...

    Los agentes de la Policía Antinarcóticos de la Zona 8 y de Servicio Urbano del sur de Guayaquil incautaron 584,7 kilos de clorhidrato de cocaína en tres operativos realizados en el Puerto Principal.   El pasado domingo, siete miembros de una familia, entre...

  Ivan Rodriguez, an official who declared the expiration of the contract with American oil company Occidental (Oxy), came forward to comment that in this case a possible recourse action is “not applicable” for the compensation the State shall pay to the company....