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The “economic war,” a phrase used by the Venezuelan Government to excuse the economic crisis, was also used by the ruling party during the last weekly address.   Without thinking that this could happen in Ecuador, earlier this year, during his appointment as Pro...

The use of a device that emits a sound when it detects an anomaly in the safety line of a bill or to punch it are some of the reactions before the appearance of counterfeit banknotes.   A concrete figure of the number of counterfeit notes detected in the commercial sector does...

Experts believe that the reduction of demand from China and the prospects of a further strengthening of the dollar if come up in December the interest rates in United States, portend a weakness in raw materials markets. Despite the bad news the Executive of Merrill Lynch, Juan...

The National Assembly, with 77 votes in favor, approved the Organic Law of Identity Management and Civilian Data, that between one of its changes is to replace the designation of the registry by the National Directorate of identity management and civilian data. Also it allows the...

  The implementation of charging $1.66 for the issuance of the banks statements is one of the 17 new changes in the category “Services with maximum charges” established by resolution of the Board Policies and Monetary Regulation. Rates that were not previously...

British police abandoned since Monday the constant surveillance around the Ecuadorian embassy in London, while maintaining its intention to arrest Julian Assange if the leaves the building. Surveillance was controversial, partly because it is very expensive. The Metropolitan...

Wednesday a wave of up to five meters hit the coastline of the northern city of Coquimbo, in Chile, after a powerful earthquake that hit the country, said the mayor of the town. “The tsunami has already reached the city. The waves reached the center. People are in the...

A shipment of 27 jute bags, inside which 505 packages with 981 200 grams of marijuana were found, was seized in a drug operation yesterday in the San Mateo parish. Police reported that the cargo was being transported on a truck from the Borbon village in the north of Esmeraldas,...

Cases of police officers who allegedy have been seduced by drug trafficking networks are increasing. The latest was resported yesterday in Guayaquil. During an operation two agents in active service were arrested for alleged links with drug shipping abroad. The head of the...

France quickly rejected on Friday an asylum request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been a refugee for three years at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, to avoid extradition to Sweden for alleged sex crimes. The creator of the Wikileaks website had appealed directly...