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Ecuador, Colombia and Peru, during the first Trinational Meeting of Artisanal Mining, pledged to cooperate in the development of artisanal mining, that many of their inhabitants practice in an ancestral way. In addition, they will also fight the illegal activity. In the meeting,...

The ground floor of the matrix building of Casa Tosi, in Guayaquil downtown, reopens today to liquidate the rest of its merchandise. The sale will last until Sunday.   About 40 people who kept their jobs after the announcement of the dismissal of more than 200 workeras, said that...

Following the change of the energy matrix proposed by the Government, the Ecuadorian business sector invested more capital while the number of companies that perform some kind of activity, falls. From January to March, the investment was $540 million, 85% more than the same...

On last Wednesday, among other topics, Commerce Minister Francisco Rivadeneira and Tanya Van Gool, Ambassador of Colombia in Ecuador, raised the need for a temporary extension of the system of tariff preferences under the GSP Plus (for Ecuador) until the trade agreement...

The possibility of lower the prices of drugs through the new Organic Health Code, is analysed by the Commission that deals with this subject in the Assembly.  Assemblywoman Maria José Carrión (AP) believes necessary to regulate the distribution companies of medications that also...

Changing 110 volt meters by 220, is one of the difficulties presented to support the Government´s plan to replace the gas cookers for cookers that operate with electricity, in order to abolish the subsidy of this resource.   José Felipe Borja, President of the College of...

The proposed referendum project, which is being supported by the environmental group Frente de Defensa Total de la Amazonia is at risk of falling after the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) revealed that 41 % of the forms provided by this group did not meet...

Yesterday, The Government justified the extension of the deadline from may to August for  medium-sized and large companies to include the colour graphic system that identifies the levels of fat, sugar and salt in food on their labels. Alexis Valencia, Deputy Minister of Industry...

Next week, the Government would convene a competition which involves industries that provide utensils to be used in induction kitchens, whose sell will become effective in September, replacing gas cookers.   The call would include the provision of seven pieces of steel: three...

The companies associated with the change of the productive matrix business, the increase of exports and imports substitution, will be benefited with a new credit line for the purchase of assets by the Nacional Finance Corporation (CFN.) The product `Progress´ is comprised of...