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From today three hundred agents will gradually withdrawn of Guayaquil

The Minister of Transport, Paola Carvajal, said today that 300 agents from the Transit Commission of Ecuador (CTE for its Spanish acronym) would begin their transfer to the guard of state roads. Carvajal said that these traffic agents will be on the roads of Daule, Nobol, Duran,...
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SRI propose changes to the law of Incentives

In the coming days different amendments to the Regulation of implementation of the Law on Production Incentives will be made, said yesterday the Director of the Internal Revenue Service (SRI), Ximena Amoroso. The reforms “are of clarifying character more than anything,...
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Crossfire between Ukrainian troops and separatist despite the ceasefire

The pro-Russian separatists have challenged the ceasefire in force once again launching this Thursday a mortar attack on Shyrokine, a village near the city of Mariupol as confirmed by local military sources. The offense has occurred minutes after the phone conversation the...
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Ecuador and Peru reached an agreement against illegal mining

The governments of Peru and Ecuador reached an agreement on “joint operations against illegal mining and logging” in their common border, announced yesterday a source of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru. The source noted that Peru and Ecuador plan to undertake...
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Colombia: Constitutional Court did not allow child adoption by homosexual couples

Colombia’s Constitutional Court denied on Wednesday the possibility that same-sex couples can adopt, but retained the option to do it when the child is the biological child of one of the two implied. “The same-sex couples can only adopt when the request rests to the...
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New Ministers of Foreign Trade and Housing were appointed

President Rafael Correa, through Executive Decree 585, appointed the replacement for Francisco Rivadeneira, former Minister of Foreign Trade. Diego Aulestia Valencia will be responsible for taking that position, while Maria de los Ángeles Duarte will be the new Minister for Urban...
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Pope Francis urges priests to avoid becoming a “showman”

The Pope Francis Thursday advised the priests to officiate the Mass to avoid behaving like a “showman” and recover “the charm of beauty and amazement, both of whom celebrated as people”. “When we see a priest who preaches sophisticated or artificial,...
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Álvaro Noboa and Grupo Noboa company donates multipurpose sports field to the “Voluntas Dei” School in Pascuales

This February 19, businessman Álvaro Noboa and “Grupo Noboa” company made the official delivery, as benefactors, of a multipurpose pitch for the “Voluntas Dei” School in the Pascuales parish. In a gratitude event, at approximately 13h00, the institution...
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Trade Minister announces his dismissal

The Minister of Foreign Trade, Francisco Rivadeneira, announced yesterday on his Facebook page that he is not part of the cabinet of Ministers since today. Rivadeneira said: “I want to share with you that this morning I was informed I will not be part of the presidential...
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Claro and Movistar signed contracts for 4G technology

This Wednesday, February 18 the Ministry of Telecommunications subscribed along with the operators Movistar and Claro contracts for the expansion of radio spectrum for 4G network. Vice President Jorge Glas emphasized that each company will generate between $ 800 and $ 1,000...
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