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A new battle between the Government and the antitrust legilation

  The differences between the Superintendence of Market Power Control and the Government are constant. The use of electronic money, however, is a subject in which none of them is willing to give in. Tuesday, the First Instance Resolution Commission of the Superintendency, in...
Posted On 16 Dec 2016
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The Conaie demands the suspension of the state of exception in Morona Santiago

The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (Conaie), asked the government to withdraw the state of emergency decreed in the province of Morona Santiago by the incidents occurred in the Nankints community. Jorge Herrera, president of the Conaie, expressed his...
Posted On 16 Dec 2016
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Court confirms pretrial detention for two defendants in the Petroecuador case

Thursday the Appeal Court of the Provincial Court of Justice confirmed the custody ordered since November 11 against Marco C., former manager of Petroecuador and Eduardo V., contractor of Petroecuador and former oil official, who remain in detention, investigated for alleged...
Posted On 16 Dec 2016
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The EU will increase the control of the importation of bananas

“If this debate had taken place a few hours ago, my words would be quite different. I would say that in commercial agreements the bill is always paid by the agricultural sector, something I firmly believe. And I would also tell you that the banana had been abandoned and...
Posted On 15 Dec 2016
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Disagreements over the use of electronic money

The use of the electronic money system, administered by the Central Bank of Ecuador, generated yesterday, December 14, 2016, discrepancies between two control agencies. The Resolution Commission of the First Instance (CRPI) of the Superintendence of Market Power Control (SCPM)...
Posted On 15 Dec 2016
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Conaie gives its version after the Shuar attack to Chinese mining camp

The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAI) gave its version tonight on the Shuar attack to the Chinese mining company, EXA, in Panantza, Morona province, in which the Ecuadorian government has denounced the death of a policeman. The statement has been signed...
Posted On 15 Dec 2016
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The opposition calls for the dismissal of the director of Daily El Telégrafo

Yesterday, all members of the parliamentary blocs opposed to the government repudiated the behavior and actions of the director of Daily El Telégrafo. “A person like him cannot be in charge of a public media, financed with the money of the Ecuadorian citizens,” said...
Posted On 15 Dec 2016
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Military council will analyze the demand against Rafael Correa

Defense Minister Ricardo Patiño responded to the unconstitutionality claim to the Strengthening Law for the special social security regimes of the Armed Forces and Police, filed by the Army’s Fourth Division commander, Luis Lara Jaramillo: “It has no sense that a...
Posted On 15 Dec 2016
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Attack on Camp leaves one policeman dead and seven wounded

A tweet by President Rafael Correa announced: “In Morona, violent people want to take the San Carlos Panantza mining camp. We have a police officer dead and several injured. Criminals!” Hours later, the coordinating minister of Security Cesar Navas, gave more...
Posted On 15 Dec 2016
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Military retirees ‘demand’ stability to Rafael Correa

A group of retired militaries “demanded” the President Rafael Correa stability in the high command of the Armed Forces, after he ordered a partial cessation last Friday. Nearly 50 former officers and troops, expressed yesterday in Guayaquil their rejection to the...
Posted On 14 Dec 2016
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