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Rafael Correa will visit the tomb of Fidel Castro

  Media reports of from the Caribbean country announce that Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa will begin his official visit to the island with a tribute in the tomb of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who died last November. In what will be one of his last presidential acts,...
Posted On 04 May 2017
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An inheritance full of edges

Carlos Baca Mancheno will take over as the new Attorney General, and will have to face a challenge: to clean the image of the institution. In recent months, the management of the still Attorney General Galo Chiriboga has accumulated criticism. For example, he was mentioned in the...
Posted On 03 May 2017
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4 media sanctioned for broadcasting the results of an exit poll

The Superintendency of Communication (Supercom) sanctioned four media for breaching Section 10 of the Communication Law, after these disseminated exit poll results that allegedly declared Guillermo Lasso, presidential hopeful of the CREO party, the winner of the runoff held on...
Posted On 03 May 2017
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Toachi-Pilaton signed a contract with Odebrecht, according to Rafael Correa

President Rafael Correa tweeted yesterday that the office of the Public Prosecutor corroborated it was a mistake to point out that the former Minister of Electricity Alecksey M. received one million dollars from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht for the Toachi- Pilaton...
Posted On 03 May 2017
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A trial in the Petroecuador case

Yesterday the judge of Pichincha Patricio Baño decided to summon the former managers of Petroecuador Marco C. and Carlos Pareja Yannuzzelli; The former oil management advisor Arturo E., and Diego T., former Logistics Manager of the state oil company, foralleged organized crime....
Posted On 03 May 2017
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Ecuador closes the door to arbitration with twelve countries

The Legislature is preparing today to denounce 12 bilateral investment protection treaties (BITs). The ruling party assures that these treaties are against the Constitution. The political opposition fears negative consequences in the pursuit to attract new capital. “It is...
Posted On 03 May 2017
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Julian Assange files new a judicial appeal against a European warrant for arrest and surrender

Julian Assange’s lawyer announced on Wednesday, May 3 that he filed a new appeal in Sweden against the European arrest and surrender warrant filed against his client in a rape case to avoid the risk of extradition to the United States. The 45-year-old Australian, founder of...
Posted On 03 May 2017
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Prices of imported clothes, fruits, and appliances drop

  Last year, three partial tax breaks were made until October and resumed last April. Yesterday (May 1, 2017) was the penultimate tax removal for a total of 2 152 products.   The process is carried out according to the schedule submitted to the World Trade Organization....
Posted On 02 May 2017
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The sale of life insurance plans increases

A growth in the number of insurance policies in these programs that incorporate a savings plan has been recorded. Ricardo Loaiza, the representative of Custodia, a company with 15 years of experience in insurance intermediation, says that when measuring the premiums collected the...
Posted On 02 May 2017
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Requests to the new Government on Labor Day

Incidents were recorded in Guayaquil and Quito on the occasion of the Labor Day. The traditional parade at the capital ended with nine detainees when it reached its last point, Plaza Santo Domingo. According to the Ministry of Interior, with sticks, stones, and other objects,...
Posted On 02 May 2017
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