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Jail for Speed Offenders since July 23

The penalty will apply to those who drive more than 70 km / h within the city, and apart from the three days in jail, the offending driver will be fined with $292 and will also lose 10 points on its license. Since next Monday, July 23, transit officers, having at hand the...
Posted On 21 Jul 2012
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Ecuadorian in Hunger Strike due Eviction gets Supported

The Ecuadorian Jorge Cordero, who started a hunger strike over a month ago in protest due to an eviction from his home in the city of Oviedo, Spain, today received the visit of Spanish deputy Gaspar Llamazares, who called for a greater “sensitivity” with his case....
Posted On 20 Jul 2012
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Government Toughens Penalties Over TV “Piracy”

The Superintendency of Telecommunications (Supertel) and Directv signed an agreement to spread the news on the damage caused to the State due to the use of non-authorized equipment in the TV pay-per-view irregular service. The measure seeks to eliminate unfair competition and...
Posted On 19 Jul 2012
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Conatel Reveals New Regulations for Telephone Operators

Yesterday came out a new regulation that amends the modus operandi of operators that provide Mobile telephone and Internet Services. The director of the Consumer Tribune, Maria Jose Troya, said that the bill that was tabled in the Assembly considers the prevalence of user rights...
Posted On 17 Jul 2012
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Cenepa War Veterans Retake Protests

Cenepa Veterans are scheduled today to resume their protest against the current Law of Heroes and Heroines in the Plaza Grande, Quito. Dozens of pasive-service military, who fought in the conflict with Peru in 1995, came back together to demand recognition and to receive the...
Posted On 16 Jul 2012
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Ecuadorian Migrants will have Civil Registry Services at Consulates

Next week, Ecuadorian migrants may issue permanent records and not just temporal registrations for births, deaths, marriage or divorce, in the consulates of the country, reported the Foreign Ministry. This is “good news” for migrants, said Foreign Minister, Ricardo...
Posted On 13 Jul 2012
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Drug Trafficking Accelerates in Ecuadorean Border

The International Strategy of Narcotics Control Report released by U.S. reveals that Ecuador “is a country of great importance on cocaine and heroin traffic”. At least 220 metric tons transit the Ecuador every year, of which 60% goes to the markets of USA and the rest...
Posted On 06 Jul 2012
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Lenin Moreno is Being Promoted for the Nobel of Peace

The Nobel Committee for Peace, which promotes the candidacy of Vice President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, to receive that award, so far has collected two million signatures supporting the nomination, said the president of that group, Hector Cueva. The collection of signatures began...
Posted On 06 Jul 2012
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17 000 Public Doctors will Work Full-Time

All medical staff of the several hospitals and care units in the country must regulate their working hours to 8 hours per day, 40 hours a week. The president of the Ecuadorian Doctors Federation, Alberto Narvaez, reported today that he will attend the International Labour...
Posted On 04 Jul 2012
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Lonesome George Passed Away, The Last of his Species

Last Sunday died at age 120 years, Lonesome George, the last tortoise of the “Chelonoidis Abringdoni” species. The giant tortoise native to the Galapagos Islands, died childless after unsuccessful attempts to find a female of its species for reproduction and...
Posted On 25 Jun 2012
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