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A delegation of the Chamber of Commerce of Guayaquil (CCG for its Spanish acronym) will attend on Monday to the Committee on Economic System of the National Assembly in order to present their concerns about the inclusion of school supplies imported within the 2800 subheadings...

Thousands of unionists, students and landless peasants protested yesterday in 13 states of Brazil in defense of democracy and Petrobras, wrapped in a corruption scandal. The marches were called by political movements related to the ruling Workers Party. The manifestations had...

The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, would be willing to talk with opponents of his government, including his predecessor Alvaro Uribe (2002-2010), on the peace process held since 2012 in Cuba with FARC said the chief negotiator, Humberto de la Calle. De la Calle...

The price of West Texas intermediate oil (WTI) closed yesterday at $ 47.05 per barrel, affected by new data indicating an increase in the storage of crude oil in the United States. Oil had a minimal drop in yesterday´s session to $ 46.86. In the end it recorded a decline of $...

Through the executive decree 607, this March 12 the ‘drawback’ mechanism was made official for exporters of products affected by the appreciation of the dollar. It is a simplified procedure for conditional tax refund to foreign trade; i.e., tariffs and tax burdens for...

Blasco Peñaherrera Solah, President of the Chamber of Commerce of Quito, expressed his rejection to the measure of tariff surcharges for 2800 subheadings of imported products that took effect since Wednesday. Peñaherrera said that the measure is unconstitutional and illegitimate,...

Rodolfo Gonzalez, 63, accused as one of the organizers of anti-government protests of early 2014, committed suicide in a prison of the intelligence service (SEBIN) at early hours of Friday, reported his lawyer. “After he was confirmed he would go to an ordinary prison,...

The Attorney General’s Office said today that it requested the judges of the National Court of Justice (CNJ for its Spanish acronym) to sentence Pedro D. for the crime of bank embezzlement. The order would be based on the evidence presented during the trial hearing of the...

Yesterday, the collective Yasunidos asked the Ministry of Environment to be allowed to go to the oil blocks 31 and 43, located in the Yasuni National Park. They indicate that the objective would be to check the levels of deforestation and expansion of built roads. The group...

The International Court of The Hague issued this Thursday, March 12 an interim award in which it recognizes that the lawsuit against Chevron should recognize the individual rights of Ecuadorians. This ruling of the Court of The Hague was produced with a 2-1 split vote, which has...