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Jorge Glas rejects slanders against him

The current Vice President and candidate for re-election, Jorge Glas, in an interview conducted by Luisa Delgadillo for the television channel RTS, denied the statements about irregularities in his management and announced that this would be his last political campaign....
Posted On 08 Mar 2017
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Guillermo Lasso is the lesser evil, says Paco Moncayo

The former presidential hopeful for the National Agreement for Change, Paco Moncayo, said yesterday through Twitter that he will vote for Guillermo Lasso in the second round of elections, as the only way to get rid of the correism*. “There is no other way to get rid of...
Posted On 08 Mar 2017
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Ecuador’s domestic debt rises to $ 1.8 billion

The financing registered in the Budgetary Execution of the Ministry of Finance grew between February and March to $ 1.8 billion. While revenues registered for indebtedness until February 2017 amounted to $ 2,496.9 million, so far in March the figure rose to $ 4.296 million....
Posted On 08 Mar 2017
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Bananas warm Puerto Bolivar

The banana farmers try to reverse a decision taken by who from this week operates the Puerto Bolivar port under the figure of concession. YiportEcu, forced to pay a lease fee, equivalent to about 5 million dollars, set a rise from 13 to 28 cents per box. Rafael Sapiña...
Posted On 08 Mar 2017
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Bucaram claims to be a victim of intimidation

Ecuador’s presidential candidate, Abdalá Bucaram Pulley, officially denounced the alleged acts of intimidation in the Guayas Prosecutor’s Office, of which he and his family have been victims for days. “State resources are being used … to intimidate my...
Posted On 07 Mar 2017
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Roberto López: “A Constituent Assembly to dismantle the correism

He is a harsh critic of the current government. For this legal expert from Guayaquil, reforming the structure of the state will be an obligation of the next government. – Is it possible to convene a Constituent Assembly as announced by the opposition? – It is the only...
Posted On 07 Mar 2017
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Tuna will be conserved with the ban and the global quota

Tuna fishers who work in the eastern Pacific will have to be more austere with the use of the resources of this part of the ocean, and for this, they shall be subject to new rules. Now they must not only respect the 62 days of closure per year but in 2017 they will be obliged to...
Posted On 07 Mar 2017
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The changeover of power in the Army appoints four new generals

The Army has a new commander, Major General Édison Narváez Rosero, who replaces General Luis Castro Ayala in the command, who was removed from office by President Rafael Correa. The president had to issue two decrees to have a man of confidence in the leadership. The first was...
Posted On 07 Mar 2017
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General Luis Castro says that the military did not have the complete custody of the electoral process

As a soldier of honor I acquiesce to the presidential will, however, I express my profound unease because these decisions affect the stability of the great Army. He said he accepted the presidential decision of retiring. He urged the soldiers to continue providing security to the...
Posted On 07 Mar 2017
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The Comptroller General files a lawsuit for $ 1.4 million

The Anti-Corruption Commission passed from questioner and accuser to defendant. The plaintiff? Comptroller General Carlos Polit. The official asks for a compensation of 1.4 million dollars to the members of the citizen body. According to Pólit’s lawsuit, the claim arises...
Posted On 07 Mar 2017
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