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Polit recognizes that he had a telephone conversation with José Serrano

Ecuadornews:   The former Comptroller Carlos Pólit, in an interview on Monday night in the program Conclusiones, broadcast by CNN en Español, confirmed that there was a telephone conversation between him and José Serrano, president of the National Assembly, and that it was...
Posted On 27 Feb 2018
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Government seeks to restore mining incentives

Ecuadornews:   The Government proposes to reduce the tax burden paid by mining companies. The Minister of Mining, Rebeca Illescas, announced that the draft Law on attraction of investments, presented last week and that is under analysis by the Executive, proposes the...
Posted On 26 Feb 2018
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The country maintains the brand ‘Ecuador ama la vida’

Ecuadornews:   The seal is analyzed by a ministerial committee to make viable the possibility of changing it. Experts request that the brand shouldn’t be used for political reasons. The Government cleared doubts about the political use of the country brand. ‘Ecuador,...
Posted On 26 Feb 2018
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The challenge of Ecuador to seduce China

Ecuadornews:   Ecuador has had negative a trade balance with China throughout history. However, you can increase exports to that destination. One of the Ecuadorian products that already seduce the Chinese market are shrimps. At the beginning they entered as a replacement,...
Posted On 26 Feb 2018
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Raúl Ledesma: “The ceiling on profits is illegal, but the Court will decide”

Ecuadornews:   The Minister of Labor, Raúl Ledesma, talks about 5 current issues with Diario EXPRESO. The payment of the profits approaches and there are still claims for the ceiling to the utilities. The official position is respect for other functions such as the Court and...
Posted On 26 Feb 2018
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An IESS full of dependants

Ecuadornews:   The second president in charge of the Directory of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS) during the nine months of the Government of President Lenin Moreno. Wilson Rodas, who replaces Richard Espinosa in office, yesterday assumed the leadership of...
Posted On 26 Feb 2018
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The Alvarado gave their version in the Prosecutor’s Office without being seen

Ecuadornews:   The Alvarado brothers, image and voice of the Correistas in the last decade, rendered version yesterday in the Attorney’s Office of Guayas about the unusual and unjustified operations detected by the Financial and Economic Analysis Unit in their...
Posted On 23 Feb 2018
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Colombia delivers evidence to Ecuador on FARC assets on Ecuadorian ground

Ecuadornews:   The Colombian Prosecutor’s Office delivered the electronic files to Ecuador’s counterparts on Thursday that support the existence of assets of the demobilized guerrilla FARC in that country. “The information delivered with respect to the...
Posted On 23 Feb 2018
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Court declares Cléver Jiménez and Fernando Villavicencio innocent

Ecuadornews:   After two hours of deliberation, the Court of Pichincha declared the innocence of the ex-assemblyman Cléver Jiménez and of the activist Fernando Villavicencio, who were being prosecuted for the crime of disclosure of confidential information. This decision was...
Posted On 23 Feb 2018
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The Government already thinks about what to do with the debt limit

Ecuadornews:   Once again, the public debt limit of 40% with respect to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) puts the Government at a crossroads. Until January of this year, consolidated debt, a figure that does not include the Treasury debt with other public entities, was $...
Posted On 23 Feb 2018
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