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Chancellery is ratified in case Assange; the assembly asks for accounts

Ecuadornews:   Legislators of the Creo movement, of SUMA and the PSC, request the appearance of Foreign Minister María Fernanda Espinosa to the Assembly. They want her to give an account of how the country’s foreign policy has been handled since she took office last...
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Crude fiscal investigation touches Correa

Ecuadornews:   The ex-president of the Republic, Rafael Correa, is part of the fiscal investigation for the presumed irregularities that would exist in Petrochina’s oil presale contract. He confirmed it himself. On Twitter, he said he received a “Fiscalía...
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Jefferson pérez questions double role of minister Andrea Sotomayor

Ecuadornews:   Jefferson Pérez, the only Ecuadorian Olympic medalist (gold in 1996 and silver in 2008), is studying a postgraduate degree in Political Science in Salamanca, Spain, but has time to be aware of the national sporting activity. That is why he thinks about what...
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2.5 kilometers from gold

Ecuadornews:   The doors to extract gold opened. Last Wednesday the entrances of the Fruta del Norte tunnels (FDN) were inaugurated, located in the Los Encuentros parish of Yantzaza canton (Zamora Chinchipe). This is the first large-scale underground mining project in the...
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Ministry of Finance, Central Bank, Petroecuador and Senplades, keys to audit Rafael Correa

Ecuadornews:   The audit of the debt carried out by the Comptroller General of the State focuses on three institutions that were key in the contracting of loans during the government of Rafael Correa: the Ministry of Economy (MEF), the Central Bank of the Ecuador (BCE) and...
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Justice denies Carlos Ochoa’s resources against comptroller’s gloss

Ecuadornews:   The Judge of the Family, Women, Childhood and Adolescence Judicial Unit, Marianela Maldonado, denied a remedy of access to information and precautionary measures filed by Communications Superintendent Carlos Ochoa, against the General Comptroller of the State,...
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USA avoids clarifying if it seeks to prosecute Assange for his leaks

Ecuadornews:   The United States avoided today to clarify if it will present charges against the founder of Wikileaks, the Australian Julian Assange, for filtering classified information and declined to comment on Ecuador’s decision to naturalize him. “It is a...
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Teleworking brings news for mothers

Ecuadornews:   The teleworking modality brings news that was presented yesterday by Raúl Ledesma, Minister of Labor. With the new rules the projection is that until 2018 at least some 6,000 people work in this way. Until now, only 1,500 employees, in a dependency...
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Moreno leaves in his militancy the promotion of the consultation

Ecuadornews:   A low profile in the middle of the campaign. President Lenin Moreno has made few public appearances, although the promotion of the seven questions of the popular consultation began eight days ago. In fact, the president’s public activities have been...
Posted On 11 Jan 2018
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The economic forum expects to ‘honor the public debt’

Ecuadornews:   It may be irregular, but it must be fulfilled. That is the criterion of the members of the new Forum of Economy and Public Finance on the debt contracted during the Government of former President Rafael Correa. Experts, including former ministers and...
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