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Ecuadorian Legislators improvise offices

Ecuadornews:   The first day of work of Legislator Encarnacion Duchi (Pachakutik party) started under the shade of a leafy tree, and instead of sitting on a comfortable office chair, she sat on a bench in the courtyard of the Legislature. For now, she does not hav...
Posted On 16 May 2017
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Carlos P. C. was hospitalized in Lima

Ecuadornews:   Although Carlos P.C. and Carlos P.D. are detained in Lima, Peru, for extradition purposes, today the Prosecutor’s Office will present its opinion on the alleged laundering of assets that father and son would have committed in cases of corruption...
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The CAL struggle focuses on names than parties

Ecuadornews:   Choosing the fourth member of the Legislative Council of Administration (CAL) is a matter of names, not of coalitions. The opposition depends on the votes of Alianza PAIS to achieve a position. On Sunday, the president of the Legislature Jose Serrano suspended...
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Carlos Baca: ‘The Odebrecht case should be listed as organized crime’

Ecuadornews:   Prosecutor Carlos Baca Mancheno presented his Strategic Plan 2017-2023 yesterday and announced that he will work in four areas: institutional strengthening, investigation, international relations and the fight against impunity. On this latter axis, Baca...
Posted On 16 May 2017
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36.4% of US firms plan to invest in the region

Ecuadornews: More than one in three US multinationals still regard developing markets in South America as central to their investment and corporate growth plans, a study revealed yesterday. The main point of this investigation conducted by the Dutch service group TMF is that,...
Posted On 16 May 2017
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A national story with gaps

Ecuadornews: The Republican history of Ecuador seen from the eyes of the self-styled Citizen Revolution. Since yesterday, the Carondelet Palace has its own museum. Only the implementation contract cost $ 444,806. The main protagonist: the outgoing president Rafael Correa. The...
Posted On 16 May 2017
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A Public Administration that no longer generates jobs as before

Ecuadornews: Official employment statistics speak of a recovering country that has generated more than 316,000 (mostly precarious and informal) jobs in the last year. But it has nothing to do with the contribution of the Public Administration. In the most optimistic labor report...
Posted On 16 May 2017
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Illegal fishing generates $ 23 billion in economic losses per year

Ecuadornews: Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing not only threatens food security, the sustainability and the conservation of resources, but also the economic well-being of people who depend on fishing as their means of livelihood, says the UN food and Agricultural...
Posted On 16 May 2017
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The Ministry of the Interior has requested to investigate Luis Eduardo Vivanco

Ecuadornews: The director of the Divine Punishment TV show Luis Eduardo Vivanco confirmed via Twitter that the Ministry of Interior has requested his investigation. “Confirmed. The one that chases me is the @MinInteriorEc,” Vivanco tweeted. The tweet attaches an image...
Posted On 16 May 2017
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The CREO-SUMA block was excluded from the board of the Legislature

Ecuadornews: 74 votes of the legislators of Alianza PAIS, plus three votes of the Izquierda Democratica, Sociedad Patriotica and Movimiento Creyendo en nuestragente parties gave Jose Serrano a landslide victory as president of the National Assembly. Serrano, who will remain two...
Posted On 15 May 2017
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