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The Ministry of Labour Relations today starts the audits that shall verify the compliance of the National Management System of Occupational Risks by private companies. This process will take 12 months. It is expected to evaluate 1,700 small, medium and large companies. In case of...

According to reports published by National Directorate of Studies and Information of the Superintendency of Banks and Insurance, public and private banks recorded a growth in its assets above 10%, during 2013. The increase figure for the public sector was 13.9% ($ 6,344.1...

After the acquittal in favor of Professor Mery Zamora is notified, her legal defense will file a lawsuit against the Ecuadorian State before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) for the moral damage caused by the four years of the criminal process followed by...

The Superintendency of Information and Communication (Supercom for its Spanish acronym) notified the written media EL Universo, El Comercio, La Hora and Hoy, pursuing the complaint filed by the citizen Carlos Vera Quintana. The complaint includes an alleged violation of Article...

Last Thursday, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño announced a donation of one million dollars for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the General Assembly of the OAS, and at the same time he criticized another organ of the body, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...

Last Wednesday, the militants of the self-proclaimed second electoral force in the country, Avanza, met for more than five hours in Quito, to furthermore achieving three resolutions. The first one is to join the Frente Unido de Izquierda, formed by Alianza PAIS and the socialism...

During the 44th meeting of the Organization of American States on economic development with social inclusion, Ecuador recommended that the organism leaves its permanent headquarters in Washington. Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said during his participation in the...

Last Wednesday during a discussion with international media at the Carondelet Palace, president Rafael Correa reported that over half of the reserves of Ecuadorian gold were used as collateral for a loan with the bank Goldman Sachs. Gold reserves “serve as collateral for a...

U.S. President Barack Obama met yesterday with the President-elect of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, to whom he conveyed his full support as well as strongly condemned the Russian “aggression” to his country and the annexation of Crimea. Poroshenko, elected last May 25,...

The Environment Ministry yesterday modified the entrance and departure schedules of the pedestrian bridge that links Guayaquil with Santay Island, which opened on Tuesday April 2. ” The opening hours of the bridge will be 6:00 to 21:00, while access to the island Santay...