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The Committee on Enforced Disappearances of the United Nations criticized this Tuesday to Mexico on cases of migrants and specifically, emigrant minors who disappear and are victims of sexual, labor exploitation or human trafficking. The rapporteurs of Mexico, Luciano Hazan and...

The Bank of the Affiliate (Biess) will raise the mortgage goal for this year. The holder of the Directory of the bank, Victor Hugo Villacrés, announced that the company hopes to deliver this year $ 1,320 million in mortgages, 6% more than the originally planned. In mid-January,...

The Constitutional Court has not yet announced whether the constitutional claim against the 100% Special Consumption Tax (ICE for its Spanish acronym) for gas cookers was admissible or not.  Assemblymen of the CREO party filed the lawsuit on January 28 and continue waiting for a...

The Ministry of Tourism ordered the collection of new contributions for passengers flying out of the country, as well as those who purchase an airline ticket bound for Ecuador. The agreement 20140107 sets at USD 20 the contribution known as Eco Delta, a cost that applies to the...

Before Saturday, January 7, the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN) will issue its final decision on the request of Ecuador, regarding the establishment of safeguards by currency devaluation. The date shown was marked in a statement of the same Andean organization,...

The arrival of a new snow storm in US Northeast on Monday caused the cancellation of more than 3,000 flights in the country, said FlightAware specialized site. The airports affected are those in Chicago, Newark and LaGuardia in New York and Boston, according to the source. 55% of...

The Mayor of Quito, Mauricio Rodas, said that the plans for the construction of a Subway in Quito will be fulfilled. The Mayor noted that multilateral agencies and the City Hall will be the responsible to cover the fiscal gap. Rodas said that multilateral agencies that fund the...

The FARC and the government of Colombia resumed on Monday peace talks in Cuba, after a break by new year’s eve, with the challenge of advancing the issue of reparations to victims. “We resumed the talks, hoping to continue with the fulfillment of the agreed terms...

From February 1, the National Transit Agency (ANT for its Spanish acronym) and the Fonsat (Fund of the Insurance for TrafficAccidents) began collecting values for the Public System for Traffic Accidents Payment (SPPAT), which replaces SOAT. This item will be collected as an extra...

The Commission on the Rights of Workers expects to deliver to the plenary, on March 6, the report for the second debate of the package of labor reforms and the Social Security Law. For the second debate of the reform package, the commission examines extending the benefit to...