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ILO criticizes method of “compulsory purchase of resignation” in public sector

The International Labour Organization (ILO), through a report of the Commission of Experts on Application of Conventions and Recommendations, suggests several changes to the labor legislation in Ecuador in order to conform Convention 98, concerning to the collective bargaining in...
Posted On 24 Feb 2015
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Manifesto of Local authorities calls for national unity

After the meeting of the Mayors of Quito and Guayaquil, Mauricio Rodas (SUM-lives) and Jaime Nebot (PSC-MG) respectively, and the Prefect of Azuay (Participa-Igualdad), Paul Carrasco, a manifesto of four paragraphs was made, in they make a call for national unity in the...
Posted On 24 Feb 2015
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Mayor Ledezma is “firm in his convictions” despite imprisonment

The mayor of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma, who was arrested last Thursday and charged of conspiring against the government of Nicolas Maduro, is well and “firm in his convictions,” said on Monday the wife of the politician and opposition spokespersons. “His spirit...
Posted On 24 Feb 2015
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President Correa revisits IESS hospital in Guayaquil

President Rafael Correa revisited on Tuesday, February 24 the Social Security Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, with the aim to assess the measures taken since the declaration of emergency of the medical center on last January 21. Correa looked over so the urgent actions required...
Posted On 24 Feb 2015
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Air traffic among CAN countries increased by 6.9%

Air traffic among the countries comprising the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) had an increase of 6.9% from January to September 2014, the flow of passengers that embarked and disembarked from the different airlines that arrive to the CAN international airports was 17.57...
Posted On 24 Feb 2015
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First case of chikungunya was confirmed in Esmeraldas

Authorities of the Ministry of Public Health today confirmed the first case of chikungunya in Esmeraldas. It would be a patient who arrived to Manabi and after showing symptoms, sent a blood sample to the National Institute of Public Health Research (Inspi for its Spanish...
Posted On 24 Feb 2015
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United Kingdom will send troops to Kiev to train the Ukrainian army

British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Tuesday that the UK will send military personnel to Ukraine to train troops and advise Kiev in the fight against pro-Russian separatists. Cameron told before a parliamentary committee that British troops will arrive to Ukraine in...
Posted On 24 Feb 2015
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Colombian government will reduce its budget before fall in oil

Colombian Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas announced that his government will cut the nation’s budget on six billion pesos ($ 2,440 million) to ensure fiscal stability before the reduction of international oil prices. The official said the cuts will “implement tough...
Posted On 23 Feb 2015
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Mining sector expects to invest at least $ 400 million

With the creation of the Ministry of Mining in recent weeks, the government expects to give a definite boost to mining projects of medium and large scale, considered strategic for the country. The five main are in the awaiting since 2010, but none has yet entered in the...
Posted On 23 Feb 2015
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Mujica: “Argentina does not accompany a fuck regional integration”

Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica said Sunday that Argentina should join regional integration led by Brazil, in an interview with the daily profile. “Argentina would have to accompany (integration), and does not accompany a fuck, rather the opposite, it is as if...
Posted On 23 Feb 2015
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