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$ 500 million is the initial amount to donate homes

Ecuadornews:     A new Municipality-Government meeting took place yesterday in the office of Mayor Jaime Nebot within the framework of the socialization of the governmental program Casas Para Todos, featuring the donations of lands by the Mayor’s Office. The...
Posted On 29 Jun 2017
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President Lenin Moreno calls on new governors to set aside authoritarianism

Ecuadornews:     President Lenin Moreno asked the new governors to exercise their functions without authoritarianism and without excesses, with loyalty and commitment. “Politics, unfortunately, does not bear the best image, we have to recover that good image. How...
Posted On 28 Jun 2017
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Viteri, Moncayo, and Bucaram welcome the invitation of the President

Ecuadornews:     The invitation to dialogue by President Lenin Moreno to opposition politicians had a reply. Former presidential hopefuls Cynthia Viteri, Paco Moncayo and Abdalá Bucaram Pulley accepted the proposal; The first two aim to contribute in the fight against...
Posted On 28 Jun 2017
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Gabriela Rivadeneira questions the dialogue proposed by Moreno

Ecuadornews:     The executive secretary of the ruling party Alianza País (AP) and former president of the Legislature Gabriela Rivadeneira has differed this morning with the call to a dialogue of Lenin Moreno to former presidential candidates Cynthia Viteri and Dalo...
Posted On 28 Jun 2017
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Ledesma and guilds reject the labor ‘flexicurity’

Ecuadornews:     Minister of Labor Raul Ledesma yesterday received members of the Ecuadorean Labor Parliament to raise concerns about the employment outlook in the country. According to the guild, according to the rate of growth of the economically active population,...
Posted On 28 Jun 2017
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Safeguard tariffs, again under analysis

Ecuadornews:     The National Chamber of Small and Medium Enterprises (Canape) considers that the Government should apply safeguards to 500 or 600 products as a protection measure for the local industry. The measure would apply to sectors such as food, metallurgical,...
Posted On 28 Jun 2017
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The government bloc accelerates a report to censor Carlos Pólit

Ecuadornews:     The PAIS (AP) Alliance is betting on an “automatic” censorship to former Comptroller General Carlos Pólit, in a political trial that will be debated next Sunday in a session at 15:00. Yesterday, the deadline for submitting the evidence...
Posted On 28 Jun 2017
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30S militaries seek amnesty

Ecuadornews:     They were sentenced to one year in prison. Almost all were dismissed from the Ecuadorian Air Force. One of them even died. They were investigated and sentenced for their alleged participation in the stoppage of public services at the old Mariscal Sucre...
Posted On 28 Jun 2017
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New legislative figures take the supervisory post

Ecuadornews:     Corruption and Odebrecht have been on everybody´s lips in the corridors of the Legislature, and have marked the official agenda. In this scenario, figures like Ana Galarza and Jeannine Cruz, of the opposition alliance Creo-SUMA, have stood out i...
Posted On 27 Jun 2017
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Tourist plan in Las Palmas affects the port of Esmeraldas

Ecuadornews:     The construction of a modern tourist complex on the pier of Las Palmas resort could affect the operation of the Port Authority of Esmeraldas (APE). The project, which would cost USD 250 million, will be built on 31 hectares and would take two years. The...
Posted On 27 Jun 2017
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