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Barack Obama is sued for abuse of power

The House of Representatives of the United States, controlled by the Republican Party, yesterday approved with 225 votes in favor and 201 against, the initiation of a lawsuit against President Barack Obama for abuse of power. This authorization allows the President of the body...
Posted On 31 Jul 2014
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Nebot clarifies reason of Mayors visit at the solemn session of July 25

The Mayor of Guayaquil Jaime Nebot said yesterday that attendance of the Mayors of Quito, Guaranda, Samborondón, Duale, Isidro Ayora, among others, and authorities as Prefect of Azuay at municipal solemn session was because they agree with him in his defense of municipal...
Posted On 31 Jul 2014
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Zone attacked by the FARC will be reinforced by Colombian army

In order to protect “civilian and road infrastructure, energetic and hydrocarbons” before the intensification of attributed to the FARC in the area bordering with Ecuador attacks, the Army of Colombia today announced the arrival of 200 soldiers of the Forces special...
Posted On 31 Jul 2014
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Agreement with European Union facilitates access to government contracts

With regard to the agreement with the European Union, Ecuador covenanted that the public contracts performed by the central state bodies, such as ministries, will have a threshold of economic protection (i.e. reserve for national enterprises), lower than sub-central entities...
Posted On 31 Jul 2014
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New laboratory for hydrocarbon control is built

The construction of the new National Center for Quality Control of Hydrocarbons, which was opened yesterday at La Armenia sector (east of Quito) at the premises of the Agency for the Regulation and Control of Hydrocarbons (ARCH), had a cost a of $1million dollars. According to...
Posted On 31 Jul 2014
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Petroecuador is ranked 22 among the 500 fastest growing companies in Latin America

The Public Company for Hydrocarbons of Ecuador (Petroecuador EP) was positioned 22nd in the ranking of the 500 largest companies in the region with a 4.6%  growth in total net sales in 2013, according to a study by America Economy IntelligenceUnit.  The report considered 17...
Posted On 30 Jul 2014
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Colombia seeks to shortly realize the firm of FTA with Japan

The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, said yesterday following an official meeting in Bogota with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, that the delegations of both countries “are instructed to accelerate the negotiation,” which began in 2012 on a...
Posted On 30 Jul 2014
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Teachers ensure that their funds are private and not of the State

Alianza PAIS (AP) insists that the Funds of the Teacher´s Staff belongs to the list of the 54 that received state money, arguing that when they obtained $ 60 million of additional severance payments, the 2% of that value was of the teachers and 1% of employer; ie the State. But...
Posted On 30 Jul 2014
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Tendering for studies of the way to the Guayaquil airport opens tomorrow

The call for the tender of the studies of the parallel road to the Coastal route to be built by the Municipality, will be held tomorrow, July 31. This was announced on Tuesday by the Mayor of Guayaquil Jaime Nebot, during the inauguration of works in the San Gregorio neighborhood...
Posted On 30 Jul 2014
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CNE will define 2017 election date

Over three days, the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) will assess the electoral process in 2014 and will define the date of the next elections in 2017, which would be tentatively on February 19, thus was revealed by the Technical Coordinator of electoral...
Posted On 30 Jul 2014
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