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Government qualifies the mobilization of workers as a political act

For President Rafael Correa and the Executive Secretary of Alianza PAIS (AP), Doris Soliz, the demonstrations convened by the union leadership are political and not an act of claim. Correa took advantage of his speech for the International Day of the Recycler, to express his...
Posted On 19 Mar 2015
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Commission requested a period of 45 days to deliver report on labor reform

During the session of March 18, the Chairwoman of the Commission on the Rights of Workers, Betty Carrillo (AP), informed she requested to the Presidency of the Assembly an extension of the 45 days term given by the legislative provision to deliver the report for second debat...
Posted On 19 Mar 2015
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Protest march of workers will be held today in Quito

The United Workers Front (FUT) called for a “day of resistance” nationwide, which will be held today, Thursday, March 19. This, in response to what they consider “the onslaught of the homogenizing model” and that, according to them, is intended to...
Posted On 19 Mar 2015
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Ecuadorians ask the IACHR to visit the country to mediate with the government

Representatives of the Ecuadorian civil society asked yesterday before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to visit Ecuador in order to verify the status of certain rights and intervene with the Government to ensure their exercise and fulfillment. This request...
Posted On 18 Mar 2015
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CNE prepares training for referendum in Guayaquil

Gelacio Mora, common prosecutor of the referendum, proposed by 396 organizations of the called ‘tejido social’ (social tissue) of Guayaquil, and other representatives went yesterday to the National Electoral Council for the delivery of forms to collect signatures....
Posted On 18 Mar 2015
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Central Bank proposes to boost foreign investment and exports

The Manager of the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE), Mateo Villalba, made a call to boost foreign direct investment, reduce the consumption of imported goods and increase exports to strengthen the dollarization. “Stopping the consumption of Chilean apples can be made...
Posted On 18 Mar 2015
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ALBA provides its full support to Venezuela in its political conflict with the US

The Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) expressed through a statement its full support to Venezuela, after the US qualified the South American country as an “extraordinary threat” to its security. After a meeting held in Caracas with the presence of members of...
Posted On 18 Mar 2015
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Unions warn not accepting Lasso and Gutiérrez in the march of tomorrow

At least nine demands will be expressed by social sectors in the streets of Quito and cities across the country, in a demonstration convened on March 19 against the policies of the government of Rafael Correa, and to which a warning is added: they will not allow the presence of...
Posted On 18 Mar 2015
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Netanyahu is re-elected as Prime Minister of Israel after winning legislative elections

Benjamin Netanyahu won the legislative elections on Tuesday in Israel, and braces himself to continue as Prime Minister and continue negotiations to form his government. According to the results of the election commission after the almost total count of the ballot papers,...
Posted On 18 Mar 2015
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Pachakutik will submit to the CC an initiative for referendum

The leadership of the Pachakutik movement intends to approach the Constitutional Court (CC) to submit a list of questions for a referendum. This will be on March 19, before the march organized by social organizations, at 16:00. The legislator of this group, Magali Orellana,...
Posted On 18 Mar 2015
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