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The possible role of Alexis Mera in the OAS worries NGOs

Ecuadornews:     The nomination of Alexis Mera, a former legal secretary during the term of President Rafael Correa, to an OAS justice organization generates concern in a part of civil society. The Ecuadorian State nominated him for the board of directors of the Justice...
Posted On 20 Jun 2017
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Credit Unions record a slight growth

Ecuadornews: The Ecuadorian Integration Network of Savings and Credit Unions, which groups 37 institutions, reports that in the first quarter of the year their assets grew by 7% from $ 5,087 million in December 2016 to $ 5,161 million in March of the current year. In addition,...
Posted On 16 May 2017
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The Ecuadorian Interior Ministry asks the Police to investigate the ‘blue whale’ challenge

The ‘blue whale’ challenge began in Russia in 2015 and was viralized through Vkontakte, the Russian Facebook, according to Infobae. The ‘blue whale‘ poses some challenges for teenagers. One, for example, is to watch horror movies without interruptions for...
Posted On 28 Apr 2017
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10 economic sectors plummeted and eight grew in 2016

  Ecuador ended 2016 with a contraction of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of a 1.5%, according to the macroeconomic report of the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym). It is the first time in 17 years of dollarization that the economy records a recession....
Posted On 11 Apr 2017
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The irreducible ones of Quito

Most are sympathizers of the presidential and vice president candidates of Guillermo Lasso and Andrés Páez, of the CREO-SUMA party. They are not newbies. During the first round of elections, many of them already held a sit-in. This time, however, they not only demand transparency...
Posted On 05 Apr 2017
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The latest signings of the presidential candidates

The binomials that will dispute the presidency, on April 2, start today the campaign for the second round with a list of well-defined supports. Although it is not ruled out that the adhesions continue appearing, the last ‘signings’ were given yesterday for the...
Posted On 10 Mar 2017
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The cocoa sector sees improvements for July

What has been the variation of the international price of cocoa? The stock market price of cocoa a year ago was at levels of $ 3,000 per ton; nowadays it is between $ 1,900 and $ 2,000 per ton, there is a 35% drop. The Ivory Coast represents 1,600,000 tons per year, and that...
Posted On 07 Mar 2017
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Attorney General Galo Chiriboga meets Diego García to discuss the Obredetch Case

Attorney General Galo Chiriboga and Procurator General Diego García met on the morning of Thursday, February 23 to discuss a unique position in the Odebrecht case. Prosecutor Chiriboga said that they would adopt this stance in criminal matters and the compensation. On December...
Posted On 24 Feb 2017
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Ecuadorians in Italy and Spain protested for not being able to vote

Consul Lorena Escudero acknowledged that those who arrived after 16:00 could not vote in Madrid. Official sources estimate that around two thousand immigrants failed to exercise their right.   Throughout the day, more than 25,000 citizens entered La Nave, a place that hosted the...
Posted On 20 Feb 2017
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The government majority included the LOES reforms in the Code of Wits

  Through reformatory provisions in the Code of Wits, which were adopted yesterday at the plenary session of the Assembly, the government majority of Alianza PAIS (AP) included changes to the Organic Law on Higher Education (LOES). This seeks to eliminate the profit in...
Posted On 12 Oct 2016
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