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Ministry of Industries is not a part to put barriers to trade

Ecuadornews:   The Ministry of Industries and Productivity is not in favor of applying restrictive measures to trade. “It’s not our model. I believe that there must be a commitment by businessmen and the population to restrict imports of sumptuary consumer goods...
Posted On 23 Feb 2018
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Ecuador makes efforts to revive dialogue between ELN and Colombian government

Ecuadornews:   Ecuador is making “efforts” to return representatives of the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) to the negotiating table, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa said today. “We are making all the...
Posted On 23 Feb 2018
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Espionage returns to the hands of the military

Ecuadornews:   With good omens and references arrives the colonel (r) of the Army, Jorge Costa to direct the National Secretariat of Intelligence (Senain). He was appointed by President Lenin Moreno by executive decree to replace the former Rommy Vallejo, a trusted woman of...
Posted On 23 Feb 2018
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Judicial institution, another public institution investigated by the Office of the Prosecutor

Ecuadornews:   That the acts of corruption in his government were isolated, the former president of the Republic, Rafael Correa, repeated several times. In practice, suspicions of irregularities dot their upper echelons. And more and more are indicated. The Public...
Posted On 22 Feb 2018
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Todd Chapman: ’10 issues must be resolved before going to the commercial agreement ‘

Ecuadornews:   Interview with Todd Chapman, US Ambassador in Ecuador.Ecuador announced that it wants to go to a commercial agreement. What steps must be followed?  Now we are thinking about how to improve the commercial relationship. We are working very well with the...
Posted On 22 Feb 2018
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Financial Analysis used $ 4.2 million, in 2017

Ecuadornews:   Its activity is discreet, but its reach makes noise. The Financial and Economic Analysis Unit (UAFE), which premiered this week with the appointment of ex-prosecutor Diana Salazar, may submit reports of “unusual movements” of public officials and...
Posted On 22 Feb 2018
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Prosecutors of Colombia and Ecuador study to create a transnational investigation team

Ecuadornews:   The heads of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Prosecutor’s Offices will meet tomorrow and Friday in Bogota to advance strategies against organized crime and study the possible creation of a transnational crime investigation team, the Public...
Posted On 22 Feb 2018
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Secom promotes Public Media Law

Ecuadornews:   The new secretary of Communication, Andrés Michelena, indicated that the entity will serve as a link with the citizenry and there will be total openness to public and private media.  The reforms to the Organic Law of Communication (or public media law) (LOC)...
Posted On 22 Feb 2018
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Foreigners can legalize status and avoid fines until March 18 in Ecuador

Ecuadornews:   The Ministry of the Interior informed on Wednesday, February 21, 2018, that foreigners who have not regularized their situation in Ecuador will be able to legalize their status and avoid fines for migratory infractions until next March 18.  The Ministry,...
Posted On 22 Feb 2018
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Rebecca Illescas: “Mining will attract $ 1.300 million for the State”

Ecuadornews:   The activity generates great expectations for the country’s economy. $ 4.5 billion of foreign investment is expected over the next few years. In a dialogue with the public media, Rebeca Illescas, Minister of Mining in charge, assured that the Government...
Posted On 22 Feb 2018
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