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Pension fund managers will meet with Correa

Managers of pension funds will meet with President Rafael Correa at the Palace of Carondelet, next Monday, at 10:00. This was reported by Juan José Castelló, president of the Unemployment Fund for Teachers (FCME), at a press conference jointly with the administrators of four...
Posted On 16 Aug 2014
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Hydroelectric project in Zamora has an advance of 35%

President Rafael Correa held yesterday a visit to Delsitanisagua hydropower project, located in the parish Sabanilla province of Zamora Chinchipe which have an advance of 35% in its construction so far. “This is the most environmentally friendly we are doing, science and...
Posted On 16 Aug 2014
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Foreign Minister Patiño travels to London for 2nd Anniversary of asylum to Assange

Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, said Friday he will travel to London with occasion of the second anniversary of the asylum that the Ecuadorian government granted on August 16, 2012 to WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange Australian, held at the Embassy of Ecuador in the British...
Posted On 16 Aug 2014
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List of prohibited import items will be modified in Russia

The list of foods whose import has been banned from the countries that have adopted sanctions against Russia for its role in the Ukrainian conflict, will be modified. “It was confirmed today that the list of products banned for imports in Russia needs to be amended, namely [to...
Posted On 15 Aug 2014
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Russian humanitarian convoy is reviewed by Ukrainian authorities

Russian humanitarian cargo destined for the people of eastern Ukraine, affected by the armed conflict between the forces of Kiev and pro-Russian separatists, is under review by the Border Guard and the Ukrainian Customs Service. The Ukrainian military command reported that nearly...
Posted On 15 Aug 2014
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Negotiations for the purchase of argentine debt fail

The rapprochement between hedge funds NML, Aurelius and a group of Argentine banks failed in an attempt to buy part of the defaulted debt. “None of the proposals we received was even remotely acceptable,” Aurelius said. The banks involved were Citigroup, Deutsche...
Posted On 15 Aug 2014
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China produces a rapid test to detect Ebola

A Chinese pharmaceutical company, in collaboration with the medical Popular Liberation Army (PLA), has developed a system of rapid detection of the Ebola virus. The product is ready for its production and large scale distribution in the hypothetical case that t...
Posted On 15 Aug 2014
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AP members expect promptness in the processing of the 18 amendments draft

After 51 days, when the President of the Assembly Gabriela Rivadeneira submitted to the Constitutional Court (CC) a draft of 18 constitutional amendments, in the government´s block of Alianza PAIS movement (AP) is still expected promptness in the processing of this organism. This...
Posted On 15 Aug 2014
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61 aftershocks were recorded after the 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Quito

Until Wednesday August 13th (19:21), 61 aftershocks were recorded by the Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School. This, after the earthquake of 5.1 degrees  magnitude on the Richter scale that occurred about one kilometer to the east of the Calderón parish, north...
Posted On 15 Aug 2014
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German press reports alleged espionage against Hillary Clinton

The German secret service spied at least one phone call from the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, reported this Friday several German media. The newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) and regional public broadcasters WDR and NDR of radio and television are based on...
Posted On 15 Aug 2014
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