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Tame has closed ten routes since 2016

The state airline Tame EP suspended five national and five international routes. The most recent were Guayaquil-Cuenca and Guayaquil-Latacunga, according to a press release, the decisions are temporary and are due to lower passengers demands. A sit-in was held yesterday in Cuenca...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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32 pending campaign offerings on the agenda of Lenin Moreno

During the 66-day campaign, President-elect Lenin Moreno made at least 32 offers. He pledged to build hospitals, universities, roads and raise the amount of the human development bond (BDH for its Spanish acronym). Also, to reduce the value added tax (VAT) and increase the number...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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The Ecuadorian debt affects Schlumberger finances

Schlumberger Limited will hold the annual Board of Directors today to discuss the results of its worldwide operations during the first quarter of 2017. The oil services company will broadcast the meeting online (www.slb.com/irwebcast) for transparency reasons. The report will be...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros and Polivio Córdova did not appear in court

Tuesday (April 18) the president of the pollster company Cedatos, Polibio Córdova, did not appear before court and yesterday (April 20) Ecuavisa news anchor Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros did the same. The legislator filed the complaint against an alleged forgery and use of a...
Posted On 21 Apr 2017
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Social Sectors debate on the Communication Law

Sheltered under the name of Concertation Roundtable on the Organic Law of Communication (LOC), yesterday (April 19), about 50 people from different organizations exchanged ideas. The aim: find viable alternatives to the “ambiguous and disproportionate legal figures”...
Posted On 20 Apr 2017
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The CONAIE “welcomes” the proposal of President Lenin Moreno for dialogue, but warns it will not settle for “any crumbs.”

Jorge Herrera, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), welcomed the speech of the President-elect Lenin Moreno proposing a dialogue with the indigenous movement. But he mouthed some of the conditions to start the talks: the situation of...
Posted On 20 Apr 2017
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Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros will not appear at the Public Prosecutor’s Office

The journalist and news anchor of the Ecuavisa television network Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros will not render his free and voluntary version within the investigation conducted by the State Attorney against the Cedatos pollster company. Ecuavisa was one of the media that...
Posted On 20 Apr 2017
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The CNE delivers the Legislators credentials today

From today until May 11, the National Electoral Council (CNE) is scheduled to deliver credentials to the new provincial Legislators elected on February 19. According to the official agenda, the first of a series of events will be held in the province of Orellana, although that...
Posted On 20 Apr 2017
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Alianza PAIS and the political opposition debate on the tax havens law

The ruling party and the political opposition faced in a heated discussion yesterday in the plenary of the legislature during the debate on the Organic Law of Popular Consultation held on February 19 this year that bans public officials from have assets or capital in tax havens....
Posted On 20 Apr 2017
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50 prisoners released with new device

Mauricio (protected name), a native from Guayaquil, was one of the inmates who yesterday expected to benefit from the first 50 electronic surveillance devices to be installed nationwide, out of a total of 400 available this month, according to the authorities of the Ministry of...
Posted On 20 Apr 2017
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