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Ecuador, having trouble joining EFTA

Ecuadortimes: The possibility that the country will continue to gain space in the European market through an agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) has been truncated, after the Constitutional Court of Ecuador objected to what both parties have negotiated on...
Posted On 20 Jun 2019
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26 sectors will decrease or stagnate in 2019

Ecuadortimes: A paralyzed economy. The Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE) updated the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth figure and reduced it from 1.4% to 0.2%. With the correction, the ECB is aligned with the forecasts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank...
Posted On 20 Jun 2019
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The sustainability of tuna is addressed in Manta

Ecuadortimes: Manta, in the province of Manabí, will receive tomorrow, June 20, the major referents of what is called responsible fishing, to address an issue flag of Ecuador: the sustainability of the industry, which generates to Ecuador more than 1,000 million annual exports....
Posted On 20 Jun 2019
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68,000 Migrants Restore Their Lives as Refugees in Ecuador

Ecuadortimes: Today, Thursday, June 20, marks World Refugee Day and the National Government ratifies its efforts to respond to new requests for shelter, as well as to provide humanitarian and legal support to those in need. Around 68,000 people from more than 70 countries have...
Posted On 20 Jun 2019
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The National E-Commerce Strategy works on four themes

Ecuadortimes: More than 100 representatives of the public and private sector of the field of telecommunications and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) met on June 19, 2019, to form the “Working Tables for the construction of the National Strategy for...
Posted On 20 Jun 2019
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Court ruling benefits 352 drug detainees in Ecuador

Ecuadortimes: Three months after the National Court of Justice eliminated the accumulation of drug penalties, 352 prisoners have been able to reduce their sentences. 71 are now free and 281 are still in prison, because they are still not serving the sentences they received. How...
Posted On 20 Jun 2019
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Artists and authorities disagree on Culture Law

Ecuadortimes: While a hundred artists, managers and community producers arrived at the march called by the Network of Scenic Spaces (RED), the Núcleo de Pichincha, directed by Luis García, called an assembly at the same time.  Artists from at least 15 self-organized...
Posted On 20 Jun 2019
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Michael J. Fitzpatrick begins his work as U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador this week

Ecuadortimes: With a 1:52-minute video, Michael J. Fitzpatrick announced that this week he began his work as U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador. “My wife and I are very excited to be in Quito,” he said in the audiovisual, which summarizes his activities and more than 30 years...
Posted On 20 Jun 2019
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Galápagos is ready to receive new attraction for tourists

Ecuadornews: Galapagos is preparing to welcome Celebrity Flora, who in addition to thinking about the welfare of its guests will mark a milestone in the development of sustainable tourism in the Insular region. Going into this boat is probably moving to a kind of paradise,...
Posted On 19 Jun 2019
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Tito, the Bambino returns with the single ‘Pega Pega’

Ecuadornews: After a while in silence, Tito, the Bambino also known as the Patron returns to the stage with his contagious song Pega pega. In an interview with the singer, he said the single will be part of his next album to be released in September. “Pega Pega Pega has a...
Posted On 19 Jun 2019
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