Ecuador proposes the use of local products for fast food

After a meeting with the commercial sector and entrepreneurs, the Minister of Industries, Ramiro Gonzalez said that both the meat and potatoes used by fast food chains shall go through a process of import substitution; meaning that a part of what is now imported  in the future...
Posted On 07 Jan 2014
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Negotiations for overcoming crisis in Panama

The Spanish company Sacyr, responsible for the Panama Canal expansion, promised to process claims and negotiate with the management to address the threats of paralyzing the works. “The commitment of the consortium is that all claims  will be addressed within the contract...
Posted On 07 Jan 2014
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Reforms without technical support worsen the finances of the IESS

The population under Social security coverage practically tripled, going from 2.6 million in 2008 to 8 billion at the end of 2013, due to new regulations for the affiliation, listed as free technical support. This aggravated the financial situation of health insurance and, in the...
Posted On 06 Jan 2014
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Crickets and blackouts after first rains in Guayaquil

This Sunday, around 18:00,  began to rain heavily in the north, west and centre of the city. Through the social network Twitter, several users reported that there were strong rainfalls in sectors like  the Malecon Simon Bolivar and 9 de Octubre Avenue an also such in La Alborada,...
Posted On 06 Jan 2014
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Ecuador will begin negotiations with the EU

According to the Ministry of Foreign Trade (MCE for its Spanish acronym), from the next January 13 until January 17 at Brussels, Ecuador and the European Union (EU), will hold the first round of negotiations for the Multiparty Trade Agreement between participants. Ecuador’s...
Posted On 06 Jan 2014
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Guayas gets ready for its campaigning activities

One day until the official campaign of the Sectional Elections begins and all the registered political movements of Guayas are already organizing all types of caravans, walks and propaganda on media. In Guayas, which is the province with more voters, there will be diverse...
Posted On 06 Jan 2014
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Assembly will coordinate the ordinary and the indigenous justice

So it was announced by the chairman of the Justice Committee of the National Assembly , Mauro Andino (AP) , who says that the members of that committee are ready to treat the draft law. The next step of the assembly members shall be to define or not whether to call for a...
Posted On 06 Jan 2014
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Uruguay negotiates sale of marijuana with foreign entrepreneurs

Canadian businessmen contacted several Uruguayan political and social organizations to present their projects in order to buy cannabis for medicinal use, as reported bya  local media on Monday, January 6. In addition, the National Board of drugs (JND) has maintained contacts with...
Posted On 06 Jan 2014
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Eusebio, Soccer icon, passed at 71

Portuguese soccer player, Eusebio da Silva Ferreira, died yesterday in Lisbon at the age of 71 due to a cardiorespiratory arrest. The news was announced by the Benfica, team were he became a legend in the 60s. Eusebio, considered as the best Portuguese player in history, became a...
Posted On 06 Jan 2014
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Angela Merkel canceled commitments for three weeks after injury

The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, broke her hip while she was cross-country skiing, during her holidays in Engadin, Switzerland. The spokesman Steffen Seibert reported today. The accident occurred in the last days of 2013. According to Seibert, Merkel believed at first that...
Posted On 06 Jan 2014
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