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Santos appoints Mercedes Maldonado as mayor of Bogota

The President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos decided to appoint as responsible Mayor of Bogotá Maria Mercedes Maldonado, who will be the official who leads the administration until new elections are held after the dismissal from office of Gustavo Petro on March 20. Maldonado,...
Posted On 22 Apr 2014
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Ukraine resumed offensive operations against pro-Russian militias

The Acting President of Ukraine, Alexandr Turchinov, today ordered the resumption of a military operation against pro-Russian separatist militants who revolted against the Kiev government occupying administrative buildings in the east. `I demand to the security forces the...
Posted On 22 Apr 2014
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Drought affects Guayas´s farmers

In February of this year, the Minister of agriculture, Javier Ponce, knowing drought that will hit the agro of Guayas, Los Ríos, El Oro and Manabí, put in maintenance all electrical appliances that capture water from the Daule river and send it by artificial canals to the farms...
Posted On 22 Apr 2014
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Chinese boat for dredging had a value of USD 22 million

Yanuncay River, the Chinese boat the Direction of Maritime Interests of the National Army bought for the dredging of the access channel to the seaport of Guayaquil, had a value of $ 22 million and was purchased from the Zhenjiang Hong Lin Shipping Project Company. The financing...
Posted On 22 Apr 2014
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Matrix production companies will receive CFN credits

The companies associated with the change of the productive matrix business, the increase of exports and imports substitution, will be benefited with a new credit line for the purchase of assets by the Nacional Finance Corporation (CFN.) The product `Progress´ is comprised of...
Posted On 22 Apr 2014
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Municipality of Quito also criticizes the territorial project

After the mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot, was the first to say that “we will not obey, period,” referring to the Law of Territorial Ordering and Land Use, this Tuesday the elected Mayor of Quito, Mauricio Rodas, will give a press conference in which he will also...
Posted On 22 Apr 2014
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Assemblyman Umajinga requested details of negotiations with the EU

Assemblyman Cesar Umajinga (Pachakutik Party), yesterday requested the attendance in the Committee on Food Sovereignty of the Assembly of three government authorities to explain the ongoing negotiation between Ecuador and the European Union (EU) for a Trade Agreement. Francisco...
Posted On 22 Apr 2014
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CNE and YASunidos continue their bureaucratic struggle

The National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) and YASunidos keep failing on finding agreements to cooperate in the signature verification process carried out ​​in the Army’s former grocery store; a process that will decide whether or not to call a referendum...
Posted On 22 Apr 2014
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Patricio Barriga clarifies that television programs will not be deleted

The President of the  Regulation of Communication Council (Cordicom), Patricio Barriga, clarifies that authorities do not seek to remove programs but to make the media present edited contents.   Thus, he mentions that the changes are not dedicated to a program in particular but...
Posted On 22 Apr 2014
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GLBTI group reduced legal complaint to only three television programs

Last Monday Diane Rodríguez, president of the GLBTI (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersexual) Silueta X group, along with other members of the group, went to the Ombudsman to file a legal complaint against three national television programs: Vivos, La Pareja Feliz and...
Posted On 22 Apr 2014
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