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Eight labor organizations will march against government decisions

Leaders of eight unions, indigenous and student organizations reaffirmed the convening for a national march on Wednesday, September 17 and claimed that there will notbe changes in their route, despite warnings of President Rafael Correa of leading his sympathizers into the...
Posted On 16 Sep 2014
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President Correa inaugurates Santay-Durán pedestrian bridge

On the morning of September 16, President Rafael Correa, will bike along the pedestrian bridge that links the Santay island with the Durán county, as part of the inauguration. It will do so together with various local authorities and officials of the ministries responsible of the...
Posted On 16 Sep 2014
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Ecuador allows the facto union among GLBTI in their identity documents

Ecuador GLBTI members (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex) succeeded on September 15, for the first time, on registering and suscribing their facto unions in their identity documents, after fighting to obtain that recognition since 2008. The norm that allows them to...
Posted On 16 Sep 2014
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Israelis, Palestinians and the UN concrete agreement to rebuild Gaza

The United Nations brokered an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians to import building materials that serve to reconstruction of Gaza, an envoy reported this Tuesday of the organization. Robert Serry, the UN envoy to the Middle East, said the tripartite agreement between...
Posted On 16 Sep 2014
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Former Assemblymen present ‘amicus curiae’ to the CC

Two Former constituent assemblymen submitted amicus curiae (legal arguments from interested third parties on the issue) to the Constitutional Court (CC), which analyzes the route that should be used to make the modifications to the Constitution the ruling party wants. Mae Montaño...
Posted On 15 Sep 2014
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Obama will request $ 88 million to the Congress to combat Ebola in Africa

President Barack Obama will increase the delivery of resources to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which has caused 2,400 deaths in 4,784 cases. The president plans to ask this week the Congress to approve the disbursement of $ 88 million to fund the fight against the...
Posted On 15 Sep 2014
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Fixing transportation rates will be a competition of the Guayaquil Municipality

Through a press conference, convened at 10:00 on September 15 in the ECU 911 of Samborondón, the National Transit Agency (ANT for its Spanish acronym) will report its decision to hand over the power to set transportation rates to the Municipality of Guayaquil, by decision issued...
Posted On 15 Sep 2014
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Vessel with 250 African migrants shipwrecked off the Libyan coast

A boat with 250 African migrants sank on Sunday off the coast of Libya, as explained a spokesman for the Navy of the country. The ship sank near Tajoura, east of Tripoli, the capital. So far, only 36 people have been rescued, according to the spokesman of the Libyan Naval Forces,...
Posted On 15 Sep 2014
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Ecuadorian roses will be exported for Chinese Valentine´s day

China Eastern Airlines, based in Shanghai, agreed with the Government of Ecuador to export roses of the Latin American country for the upcoming celebration of theValentine’s Day, after the “success” of the company with a test performed on the Chinese da...
Posted On 15 Sep 2014
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New board will be responsible for regulating the BCE electronic money

The Monetary and Financial Code, published in the Official Register on Friday, September 12, states that only the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym) is the entity authorized to provide and manage the electronic money “equivalent and convertible into...
Posted On 15 Sep 2014
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