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The Productive Law is the lifeline for the end of the year

Ecuadornews: Oxygen for a complicated second semester. The Law of Productive Development, which was finally approved by the National Assembly last Tuesday, hopes to give the government a break in liquidity through two channels. The first is the tax remission. Esteban Albornoz,...
Posted On 09 Aug 2018
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The Odebrecht case gets cold

Ecuadornews: Almost two years after the revelation of the United States Department of Justice regarding the handing over of bribes by Odebrecht to officials of the previous Government, there is still no enforceable sentence. Nor is it known if the Prosecutor’s Office opened...
Posted On 08 Aug 2018
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Refugees struggle to enter Ecuador

Ecuadornews: Arriving in Peru, Chile and Argentina is the goal of a large group of Venezuelan citizens who, since Friday, occupy the central pedestrian crossing of the international bridge of Rumichaca. The migrants say they want to improve their quality of life and that of their...
Posted On 08 Aug 2018
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Ecuador could export energy to Chile

Ecuadornews: The president of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, met with his Chilean counterpart, Sebastián Piñera, to address issues related to the Andean electricity interconnection, the Llurimagua-Codelco mining project, investment treaties and air connectivity. The meeting was held on...
Posted On 08 Aug 2018
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The IESS has 143 providers in Guayas

Ecuadornews: The mystery is resolved in parts. The expenses of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS) begin to show their affiliates. The information on hiring external providers, which was elusive in previous administrations, comes to light and shows the dependence...
Posted On 08 Aug 2018
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Assembly exhorts to remove the monument to Kirchner from UNASUR

Ecuadornews: With 72 affirmative votes, the National Assembly approved a resolution that urges the Executive to withdraw “immediately” the monument of former President Nestor Kirchner of the headquarters building of UNASUR, in Quito, and to be replaced “by a...
Posted On 08 Aug 2018
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The barriers that protect Guacho crumble

Ecuadornews: Walther Arízala, alias Guacho, is very close to being captured. At least that is the perception of the Colombian authorities that on Saturday managed to stop two other collaborators. Alias Otto and Roberto who are part of the narcoterrorist front Óliver Sinisterra,...
Posted On 07 Aug 2018
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Interculturality, but without a mandatory figure, is proposed in reforms to the Communication Law

Ecuadornews: The debate to reform the Communication Law also includes one of its articles, which refers to the obligation of the media to disseminate intercultural content. The media, according to Article 36, have the duty to disseminate content that “expresses and reflects...
Posted On 07 Aug 2018
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Ecuador records negative inflation for 11 consecutive months

Ecuadornews: Year-on-year inflation from September 2017 to July 2018 has registered negative variations. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Ecuador recorded a variation of -0.004 percent in July, while that of the same month last year had been placed at 0.14 percent, reported the...
Posted On 07 Aug 2018
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Lenin Moreno says that “apparently” there was a tacit agreement of Correa with drug trafficking

Ecuadornews: President Lenin Moreno has told the Colombian chain Caracol that “in the previous government there seems to have been a tacit agreement to allow narcotics to move freely in the north of Ecuador.” Has added; “It is something that hurts us greatly,...
Posted On 07 Aug 2018
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