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$ 2.134 Million for contracts of the Esmeraldas Refinery

    Some thirty suppliers concentrated contracts for more than $ 1,962 million in the Esmeraldas Refinery during the last years, in particular for the repowering project, an emblematic work of the current government. Daily El Universo analyzed more than 700 contracts...
Posted On 09 Jan 2017
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Banks await judicial ruling on electronic money

The hearing to resolve the protection action filed by the Association of Private Banks of Ecuador (Asobanca) will be held tomorrow at 09:00 to stop the resolution of the Superintendence of Market Power Control (SCPM) for electronic money. The diligence will be in the Third...
Posted On 09 Jan 2017
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Correa thinks that fugitive bankers want to politicize the Odebrecht case in Ecuador

Rafael Correa said on January 7 that brothers William and Roberto Isaias, former bankers wanted by the Ecuadorian justice and fugitives in the United States, try to politicize the blatant Odebrecht case of bribes to officials, in order to affect his government. The President said...
Posted On 09 Jan 2017
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Militaries´ repairs in 32 complaints to the Constitutional Court

While the Presidency prepares the general regulation to the Law of Strengthening of the Social Security Systems of the Armed Forces and the Police, some 32 claims of unconstitutionality were filed in the Constitutional Court. They were signed by dozens of retired militaries, and...
Posted On 09 Jan 2017
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Correa says that Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has been financed by the Isaias brothers

  President Rafael Correa questioned the intentions of US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who recently called on the United States Attorney General to disclose the names of public officials bribed by Odebrecht in Ecuador. During his Weekly Adress No. 507, Correa stated that...
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Cynthia Viteri visits her Facebook followers in Guayaquil

Cynthia Viteri yesterday held activities in Guayaquil, where she visited the homes of her social networks supporters. One of the points was in the Justice and Freedom cooperative, in the sector of Los Rosales, in the north, in the home of Mayra Salazar. “They always write...
Posted On 09 Jan 2017
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Guillermo Lasso offers long-term loans to revive the agriculture sector

Saturday Guillermo Lasso met on in Riobamba with representatives of the agricultural sector. He offered them long-term loans with low-interest rates to reactivate the activity in the field. “We will revive agriculture … the government of change will be the government...
Posted On 09 Jan 2017
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Ecuador expresses its annoyance to Peru for granting freedom to those involved in the Petroecuador case

  On December 30, Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Guillaume Long sent a letter to Peru expressing concern, which is a strong measure in diplomatic language, according to Ecuadorian lawyer Daniel Maurate. It refers to the Ecuadorian request to prevent the departure by air of...
Posted On 06 Jan 2017
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Taxes grew by 11% in December in Ecuador

The director of the Internal Revenue Service, Leonardo Orlando, reported yesterday that the tax collection of December last year rose by 11% compared to the same month of 2015. In an interview, he indicated that this is a sample of how the economy has been recovering because...
Posted On 06 Jan 2017
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Cesar Ricaurte: “It is evident that there is fear.”

Cesar Ricaurte, director of Fundamedios, spoke with Daily Expreso on freedom of expression in the country and the Law of Communication. – Why was the book ‘The crime of expression’ born? – To leave a record of the consequences of the application of the Law...
Posted On 06 Jan 2017
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