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The new presidential cabinet will be chosen at the headquarters of Alianza PAIS

Ecuadornews: Around 11:00 am yesterday, President-elect Lenin Moreno arrived at the headquarters of the the Alianza PAIS (AP) party in the north of the capital, in a black car with transparent windows, to meet with more than fifty people, including current government officials,...
Posted On 18 May 2017
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The opposition agrees that the country needs a political truce

Ecuadornews: The offer of a truce to the upcoming government of President-elect Lenin Moreno has consolidated in as the first offer of the opposition. All parties describe the days of grace as a measurement of the “real plans” of the new president. The opposing block,...
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Rafael Correa pardoned Antonio Buñay, convicted of embezzlement in the Cofiec case

Ecuadornews: President Rafael Correa on Tuesday granted pardon to Antonio Edmundo Buñay Dongilio, sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment, for the crime of embezzlement in the Cofiec case. The former president of the Cofiec bank was singled out as the authority that...
Posted On 18 May 2017
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India shows keen interest in investing in Ecuador and signing a trade agreement

Ecuadornews: India looks closely at the climate and opportunities to invest in Latin America and therefore visits several countries in the region to establish alliances with businessmen and governments, and Ecuador was no exception. An Indian delegation arrived Monday and...
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Venture Capital Fund, the new product of the National Financial Corporation

Ecuadornews: The National Financial Corporation (CFN for its Spanish acronym) will launch a new product by the end of June: the Venture Capital Fund announced the chairman of the board of directors of the agency Maria Soledad Barrera during the award ceremony of the winners of...
Posted On 18 May 2017
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Ecuadorian Customs destroys one million cigarettes seized

Ecuadornews: The National Customs Service of Ecuador (SENAE for its Spanish acronym) today destroyed more than one million cigarette packages valued at more than 55,000 dollars, this is a control measure of the District of Quito, the agency said in a statement. “The...
Posted On 18 May 2017
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The Financial Platform is one of the 25 works built by a Chinese construction company

Ecuadornews: The Chinese company that built the Financial Platform has been awarded the construction of 25 public works, whose investment total $ 810 million. This company is China CAMC Engineering. The building, which was opened last Monday and will accommodate eleven public...
Posted On 17 May 2017
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A request to regulate the “bad comments” written on social networks

Ecuadornews: Two electoral officials are outraged by the criticism they received for the organization of the presidential elections, and one of them called on the new President Lenin Moreno to back a package of reforms to the Code of Democracy to regulate comments on social...
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The Coca Codo project under the watching eye of the National Audit Office

Ecuadornews:   In September 2016, the National Audit Office found technical, contractual and legal infringements in the construction of the Coca Codo Sinclair hydroelectric plant. The work is in charge of the Chinese company Synohidro. The structure was opened in mid-November...
Posted On 17 May 2017
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Artisanal fishermen also need to diversify their activities

  Ecuadornews:   A country can not depend only on raw materials, in the case of Chile, copper, and in the case of Ecuador, oil. The conclusion is not new but it is for the sectors that must take responsibility to generate more revenues for the countries, one of them is...
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