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Indigenous march demands resources for irrigation project

In order to demand financial resources to complete the irrigation project Pesillo-Imbabura, in the Cayambe’s canton, thousands of Indigenous came to Quito this morning with the intention of meeting with President Rafael Correa. The meeting point was the  Independece Square, but...
Posted On 21 May 2014
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State of Emergency in Galapagos over stranded ship

After a week of the cargo ship “Galapaface I” stranded in Puerto Baquerizo Moreno on San Cristobal Island, the Emergency Operations Committee (COE), has made a request to the National Secretariat for Risk Management to declare state of emergency in the Sanctuary...
Posted On 15 May 2014
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Correa exposed educational development in Ecuador

During a speech at the University of Santiago de Chile (USACH for its Spanish acronym), the Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, who today ends a two-day official visit in Chile, presented the achievements in the education field reached by his government during the last years and...
Posted On 14 May 2014
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Correa minimized student´s enrollment problem on the coast

President Rafael Correa yesterday simplified the problems that occur in student´s enrollment to the educational system in the coast regime. This in relation to begining of the school year in the region. `We’ve had problems with inscriptions … It have been already...
Posted On 07 May 2014
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Authorities suspended classes in schools of Monte Sinai and Los Vergeles, in Guayaquil

On Tuesday, Education Minister Augusto Espinosa announced that students enrolled in first through seventh grade of the sectors of Monte Sinai and Los Vergeles, located northwest of Guayaquil, will begin classes on June 2. Between 10,000 and 12,000 students will have to wait for...
Posted On 06 May 2014
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Cordicom considered ‘The nalgometro (Ass-o-Meter)’ as discriminatory

Through an order issued last Monday by the Council for the Council of Regulation and Development of Information and Communication (Cordicom for its Spanish acronym), it was determined that the contents displayed in the “The Nalgómetro” segment of the program...
Posted On 06 May 2014
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Minister of Education will fix irregularities in school zoning process

Just five days remain before he beginning of the school year on the coast, and the Education Minister Augusto Espinosa accepts that there were mistakes in the process of public school enrollment, so he promised to solve the problems that so many parents have had to enroll their...
Posted On 30 Apr 2014
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26 extradition proceedings are handled from U.S.

So far the National Court of Justice (CNJ for its Spanish acronym) handles 26 extradition processes from the United States; of these, 14 have already been submitted to the Department of State of that country and the rest is still waiting for information on Ecuador or an official...
Posted On 28 Apr 2014
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U.S. Military Group will leave the country by request of the Ecuadorian Government

The spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Quito, Jeffrey Weinshenker said last Thursday to news agency Associated Press, that “on Monday, 7 April, the government of Ecuador formally requested that the Office of Security Cooperation of the Embassy, formerly known as Military...
Posted On 25 Apr 2014
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Rafael Correa: “In 2017 I’ll retire”

In an interview with news agency EFE, President Rafael Correa stated that “for now I will retire in 2017.” However, he also stressed out that “he has the immense responsibility of ensuring this political project ” called the “Citizens’...
Posted On 25 Apr 2014
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