Ecuador signs the multiparty trade agreement with the European Union

This Friday, November 11, Ecuador joins the multiparty trade agreement with the European Union (EU), after nine years of waiting and complicated negotiations that reached the preliminary agreement in July 2014. At the ceremony, with a reminder of the situation that Ecuador...
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Alvaro Noboa declined his presidential candidacy

The banana tycoon, Alvaro Noboa, announced his resignation to the nomination for the Presidency of Ecuador on November 10. During a press conference, held in Industrial Molinera, Noboa indicated that his party, Adelante Ecuatoriano Adelante, will not nominate a presidential...
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Overseers will denounce to the IACHR ‘lack of transparency’ in the allocation of frequencies

çThe hearing the citizen group Independent Observatory will have at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) will be held on November 29 and December 7 to denounce “the lack of transparency” in the public contest of assignment of 1,472 frequencies carried...
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“Count With Me,” an inclusion campaign in Guayaquil

Vice-Mayor of Guayaquil Domenica Tabachi launched the “Count With Me” inclusion campaign, as part of the “A More Inclusive Guayaquil” project. Parents, children from the local arts and crafts centers, and representative figures of the campaign, such as the...
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Alvaro Noboa gives up his presidential candidacy in order not to ‘further fragment’ the opposition

Alvaro Noboa desisted from his presidential candidacy this Thursday, November 10, 2016, and stated that his party, Adelante Ecuadorian Adelante, will not present a binomial in the elections of February. At a press conference in Guayaquil, the banana mogul said that with this...
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Ecuador hopes to have relations based on mutual respect with Trump´s government

The Government of Ecuador, through the Foreign Ministry, congratulated the American people for holding Tuesday presidential, legislative and governor elections. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry noted that the Ecuadorian government hopes to maintain relations based on mutual...
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The Supervision Commission expects to receive Galo Chiriboga next week

The Supervision Commission of the Assembly learned about the resolution of the Legislative Council of Administration (CAL), which provides for the continuation of the investigation on the Panama Papers and defined the schedule of hearings to determine if Attorney General Galo...
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Petroecuador workers reject international oversight in case of corruption

  The Workers’ Committee of Petroecuador met yesterday in Guayaquil to convince the public that Petroecuador is “a reliable public company,” which should not be demonized by the bad behavior of its former officials. Last May, Alex Bravo, former manager of...
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Otto Icaza: “Mabe has a new partner to innovate.”

Mabe has a new partner and is preparing to make new investments, and innovations in technology and eco-friendly products, said Otto Icaza, CEO of Mabe.   What is the percentage of national components in the products manufactured in Ecuador? We produce induction and gas stoves....
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Alvaro Noboa gives up his presidential candidacy for the good of the country

“I have decided to abandon my presidential candidacy,” businessman Alvaro Noboa announced this afternoon at a press conference. Noboa proposed last Monday the union of the three presidential hopefuls to choose a single candidate of the opposition for the elections of...
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