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The indigenous community disagree with the whole content of the Water Law draft. The Food Sovereignty Committee of the Assembly sent a pre-legislative query to the President of the Assembly, Gabriela Rivadeneira from the Alianza PAÍS (AP) party.  The draft law w...

The implementation of the Electronic Money System published on March 20 in the Official Register, will be implemented for approximately the last quarter of this year. Diego Martinez, president of the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE) defended the new system and said...

Last Wednesday at the Plaza del Teatro in Quito, capital of Ecuador, the International anti-Chevron Day was celebrated with art, music and activist legends such as “Justice not impunity, toxic Chevron never again.” Simultaneously in about twenty countries around the...

The Group `Amazonía Vive´ suspended its popular consultation draft to strengthen the Government argument of exploiting the Yasuní National Park.  Yofre Poma, former mayor of Lago Agrio, ensures that oil exploitation will help the development of the Amazon.  He also noted that the...

This Thursday, the Ministry of Environment granted Petroamazonas the necessary environmental license to begin the process of oil extraction in the Tambacocha and the Tiputini fields, located in the Yasuni National Park. Petroamazonas may “initiate the preparatory activities...

The former Minister of Sports, Raul Carrion, is still under investigation for irregularities committed in the construction of sports centers for Carpuela, Tito Navarrete and Sucúa . Carrión will face eight more processes, besides, there are four processes sentenced by the...

“The National Court of Justice ordered the extradition. We have sent it to Panama, requesting the extradition, given that the asylum has been revoked,” said the Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño yesterday regarding the extradition request of former legislator Galo Lara,...

From 21 May in the city of Mexico DF the twelfth annual meeting “Entrepreneurs of Latin America, Fathers and Sons” is developed. Carlos Slim Helú, renowned businessman is the host of the event that meets together the most successful and prominent entrepreneurs in...

Last Wednesday, the Economic Development Commission of the National Assembly unanimously adopted the report of the first debate on the Draft Organic Law of the Public Service of Electric Power submitted by the Executive, which had three variations. One of the observations that...

The foreign ministers of the twelve countries that integrate the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR for its spanish acronym) will meet today in the Galapagos islands, Ecuador to know the situation of Venezuela and other issues, as reported yesterday by the Ecuadorian Foreign...