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Glas will be linked together with ten suspects in the Odebrecht case

Ecuadornews:     Vice president Jorge Glas will appear before the auditorium of the National Court of Justice. The hearing in which the Vice President will be linked to the Odebrecht criminal case is scheduled for tomorrow (August 29,2017) at 08:30. The Attorney...
Posted On 28 Aug 2017
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Lenin Moreno´s Law unifies the tasks against gender violence

Ecuadornews:     Twenty-two local and national agencies will form the new National System for the Prevention and Eradication of Violence Against Women, as specified in the bill submitted yesterday by President Lenin Moreno. “Three years ago, the Legislature...
Posted On 25 Aug 2017
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State subsidy in the port concession

Ecuadornews:     The Ecuadorian state would subsidize by 2 cents the increase in the harbor tariffs effective since May 8. Banana exports are affected by the tariff hikes imposed by the Turkish concessionaire YilportEcu, in charge of the construction of Puerto Bolívar....
Posted On 25 Aug 2017
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Odebrecht’s new raids in Quito and Guayaquil

Ecuadornews:     The Attorney General’s Office Unit of Transparency and Fight against Corruption announced yesterday afternoon through its Twitter account two new simultaneous raids related to the Odebrecht case in the cities of Guayaquil and Quito. The operation...
Posted On 25 Aug 2017
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Diverse criteria on the status of the refinery

Ecuadornews:     The visit to the Esmeraldas Refinery made by 11 legislators from different parties on Wednesday, brought different assessments of how the plant operates, after the detection of flaws in different points. In a statement, the president of the Economic...
Posted On 25 Aug 2017
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Daily El UNIVERSO may appeal against the illegality of the penalty imposed by the Supercom

Ecuadornews:     Daily El UNIVERSO would sue the Superintendencia de Comunicación “Supercom” (The State Department of Communication for its Spanish name) for damages, after the Administrative District Court Nº 2 declared null the resolution that forced the...
Posted On 25 Aug 2017
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Market: 84.4% of citizens believe in the word of President Moreno

Ecuadornews:     Director of the Market pollster Blasco Peñaherrera said this morning at a press conference that a study was conducted in Quito, Guayaquil, Manta, and Portoviejo, concerning the first 100 days of the government of President Lenin Moreno. 1,280 valid...
Posted On 25 Aug 2017
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The Alianza PAIS party announced its majority would vote to give way to Glas´ prosecution

Ecuadornews:     The National Directorate of the Alianza PAIS Alliance Party has announced on its website its decision to “call the party legislators to act accordingly to the request made by the Constitutional Vice President of the Republic. And demand any...
Posted On 24 Aug 2017
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Diana Salazar is the young anti-corruption “iron prosecutor”

Ecuadornews:     The office of Diana Salazar is simple. A desk and a round table with four chairs where investigators meet to decide the steps they will take until they find the tip of the ball of the assigned cases, that is it. Some of these cases have been as...
Posted On 24 Aug 2017
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Processes improved efficiency levels of Petroamazonas

Ecuadornews:     The current production costs per barrel stand at $ 18.3, whereas in 2012, costs reached $ 30.6. Drilling increased by 4,745 barrels per day from 2011 to 2017. On a shoestring budget, the performance of the public company Petroamazonas yields positive...
Posted On 24 Aug 2017
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