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The Citizen’s Link (name of the Ecuadorian Weekly Address) has been broadcast since 2007 and has informed the activities of President Rafael Correa, but it is still unknown whether it will be maintained or modified after the new presidential inauguration.   Last...

Construction has declined, and therefore sales of materials decreased by 80%, according to owners of hardware stores that are located along the Machala Avenue. “The current situation of the guild is very difficult,” they say. The bricks have not been re-stacked for...

The leader of the political opposition Guillermo Lasso has responded to Vice President Jorge Glas, who has challenged him to debate this morning, with a brief message on Twitter: “Do you want to debate now? It´s unbelievable, after refusing at every opportunity they had to...

President-elect Lenin Moreno would be completing the structure of his cabinet, and according to the transition books provided by the outgoing government, 118 authorities shall be appointed. The presidential cabinet is made of 65 authorities, including 53 commanders of the Police...

The bill submitted by President Rafael Correa arrived at the Legislature just one year after the 30-S. In the explanatory memorandum, the president pointed out that the “militarized police model is exhausted” and that it should be “strengthened through a...

  The operation of Puerto Bolivar started a change process since the Yilport Ecu company assumed the concession for 50 years. The firm of Turkish origin aims to turn it into a logistics port platform. From March 1, 2017, the company has executed works such as dredging of...

The special session of the Board of the Social Security Institute of the Armed Forces (Issfa) ended with an agreement. The four macro-fields located in Los Samanes area, owned by the Issfa, will not be expropriated, but three of them will belong to Inmobiliar, so that the...

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa today paid tribute to José Martí and Fidel Castro in the Santa Ifigenia cemetery, in Santiago de Cuba. This was his first stop of a three-day visit to the island, where he will meet with his counterpart Raul Castro and will be decorated.  ...

  The Legislature accelerated the treatment of four “controversial” laws before the new parliamentary authorities take office on May 14. Yesterday, the ruling party majority in the Plenary voted in favor of two bills: the Seed law and the reforms to laws that...

Decree 1369, signed on Wednesday, May 3, 2017, entrusts a new duty to the Presidential Protection Service: “To provide, if necessary, protection and security to former presidents and former vice presidents of the Republic, their spouses, and children,” says the text....