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Guayaquil endured slight drizzle

Yesterday, a sudden rain surprised the inhabitants of Guayaquil, although the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (INAMHI for its Spanish acronym) announced that the rain cycle culminated in the coastal region last June. However, it should be noted that an early rainy...
Posted On 25 Sep 2012
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Bakers struggle to raise the price of common bread

QUITO, Ecuador Today, since 10:00, bakers of several provinces will concentrate on the headquarters of the Coordinator Ministry of Production to insist on the price increase of common bread. Despite the persistent  claim, the regime has officially confirmed that the cost stays at...
Posted On 25 Sep 2012
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Chile helps Ecuador to fight forest fires

Today a team of thirteen Chilean specialists from the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF for its Spanish acronym) arrived to Ecuador, to help fighting the wildfires currently affecting the country. Foreign Minister in office, Fernando Schmidt, said that there are at least 17...
Posted On 25 Sep 2012
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Price of bread remains in uncertainty

Agriculture Minister, Javier Ponce, said that in Guayaquil it will not be approved an increase in the price of bread, but despite his claim, in bakeries the reality is different, since in some, the common bread is sold at $ 0.15. The representatives of the National Federation of...
Posted On 24 Sep 2012
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Baltasar Garzon: “U.S. pursues Assange”

Baltasar Garzon, defense lawyer of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, said the United States is behind the Australian political persecution and freed Sweden and Britain from any liability. Garzon said that the Assange Case is currently pending of a policy decision by the United...
Posted On 24 Sep 2012
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Forest Fires have destroyed 14,000 hectares in Ecuador

A total of 14,000 hectares have been lost in Ecuador due to wildfires, of which 9,713 have been destroyed in September. (MZ)
Posted On 24 Sep 2012
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Wildfire destroys factory in Cuenca

Yesterday morning, at 06:30, a wildfire burned  the candle factory “Asunción” located in Turi, Cuenca. The factory owner, Mauricio Mora and his wife Rosalia, along with more family members and neighbors tried to put out the fire using ten extinguishers and wet blankets....
Posted On 24 Sep 2012
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Common Bread Price Rises to $ 0.15

As it had been warned in recent days, the increase in the price of common bread, is beginning to realize. Yesterday morning, several bakeries in Guayaquil raised the price of this product from $ 0.12 to $ 0.15. (MZ)
Posted On 22 Sep 2012
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Fernando Cedeño new Chairman of CPC

With unanimous voting, the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS, for its Spanish acronym) elected Fernando Cedeño and Monica Banegas as president and vice president of the organization. This new designation aims to strengthen public participation processes...
Posted On 21 Sep 2012
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5 killed by wildfires in Ecuador

Yesterday, the wildfires that continue damaging the country, claimed two fatalities and one more last Tuesday. Firefighter Carlos Arturo Jaramillo Mieles died while fighting a fire that continues ravashing Pallatanga, in Chimborazo; and in La Confianza parish, at Cuenca, Maria...
Posted On 21 Sep 2012
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