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Tomorrow, the draft Organic Monetary and Financial Code will be discussed for the second time at the plenary of the National Assembly. On Saturday, the Economic Commission Board approved the report for the second debate of the draft incorporating changes to the original draft...

There is the possibility of a possible entry without a visa to the European Union (EU), as an indirect consequence of having a trade agreement with the bloc. This would be done in the same way as in the case of Colombia and Peru, said European officials working in the region....

Mayor of Quito Mauricio Rodas and the council administration are analyzing the 2014 municipal budget reform. The figure that will be presented to be analyzed and approved by the Metropolitan Council is about USD 1200 million.  “Each agency of the Municipality is organizing...

The political movement Creating Opportunities (CREO for its Spanish acronym), jointly with its director César Monge, presented today to the Constitutional Court a legal writing, seeking the body to reject amendments to the Constitution, requested by legislators of PAIS. The...

Five constitutional challenges faced by the Integral Penal Organic Code (COIP for its Spanish acronym), which still does not apply in Ecuador. Among them is the malpractice. Lawyer Luis Sarrade Peláez has sued four articles and the Women’s Movement one, but the...

Colombia and Ecuador will review today in Guayaquil, security and defense, social, commercial, cultural and infrastructure issues, arising from the commitments made by the two countries in binational cabinets, diplomatic sources reported yesterday. The Chancellors of both...

The Government prepares the purchase of new radars for border surveillance as confirmed by the Security Coordinator Minister, Fernando Cordero. “Purchasing of new radars was already authorized for $ 112 million. This is a public process and it will become transparent. What...

Vice President Jorge Glas reiterated that in August will start the first phase of the replacement of gas by electric cookers, so it is working in a management model so that the electrical service is not interrupted. “If there are (power outages), must be solved quickly and...

After a round of discussions between the Ministry of Labour Relations and the Committee on the Rights of Workers of the National Assembly, a proposal has been developed with more than twenty changes to the draft Labor Code submitted by the Executive in last May. Some of the...

The mobilization of union leaders arrived yesterday to the Constitutional Court (CC) to deliver an alternative to the proposed constitutional amendment of the draft Labour Code, submitted by the National Assembly on June 26. Once their leaders arrived, they went to the...