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Ecuador will call for tender in May for new 300,000 bpd refinery

Ecuadornews: Ecuador will launch an international tender for the construction of a new refinery of 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) in May, which will include the concession to upgrade facilities at the Esmeraldas plant, said Minister of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources,...
Posted On 19 Mar 2019
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Veto to the Commercial Code

Ecuadornews: Four years it took the National Assembly to process and approve the new Commercial Code. The project updates, and adapts the regulations to the current demands and the dynamism of national and international commercial activity, after 113 years of rule that was issued...
Posted On 14 Mar 2019
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A charge of $ 900 million

Ecuadornews: The correísmo left a difficult bill to charge. The corruption that surrounded the management of former President Rafael Correa can be counted, in part, by the reports approved by the Comptroller General of the State. According to the entity, several works of the past...
Posted On 12 Mar 2019
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On the hunt for the private sector

Ecuadornews: There are ideas, but resources are lacking. The government of President Lenin Moreno has more than six strategic projects on paper although there is no money to start them. The intention is to transfer them to the private sector but, to date, the attempts at...
Posted On 11 Mar 2019
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$ 978 million from the World Bank will go to social projects

Ecuadornews: The organization reiterated its support for Ecuador and invited President Moreno to be a spokesperson for policies in favor of persons with disabilities executed in the country. This year $ 978 million will come to the country for social protection programs and...
Posted On 07 Mar 2019
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Wines of Ecuador try to win space in Europe

Ecuadornews: Spain is not the country with the most per capita wine consumption in the world but more than 22 million people in the European nation declare themselves to be consumers of this drink. The figure, which corresponds to a study prepared by the Nielsen firm and the...
Posted On 07 Mar 2019
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ECUADORINMEDIATO requests intervention by the IACHR for discrimination by the National Electoral Council

Ecuadornews: Ecuadorinmediato.com, through its General Director, Dr. Francisco Herrera Aráuz, sent a document to the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Edison Lanza, complaining about the discrimination of which...
Posted On 07 Mar 2019
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Inter Rao demands USD 86 million for Toachi-Pilatón

Ecuadornews: The arbitration process proposed by the firm Inter Rao, ex-contractor of the Toachi-Pilatón project, against the Electricity Corporation of Ecuador (Celec), amounts to a total of USD 86 million, according to the State Attorney General’s Office   The Russian...
Posted On 06 Mar 2019
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Fort Lauderdale outperforms Miami on flights from Guayaquil

Ecuadornews: Kevin Gross was the first passenger to go to the arrival lounge of the José Joaquín de Olmedo airport, at around 11:30 pm on Thursday. There his wife, Ana Cáceres, waited for him, with a sign and a balloon. When they met again, they kissed and merged in a hug. He was...
Posted On 06 Mar 2019
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Judge set a deadline of 72 hours for Topic to deposit USD 13.5 million to the State

Ecuadornews: It took a criminal judge one hour to define a deadline of 72 hours for the businessman Tomislav Topic to deposit USD 13.5 million that he promised to consign in favor of the State. The diligence was carried out at 4:30 p.m. on this Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at...
Posted On 28 Feb 2019
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