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Guayaquil celebrates the New Year Eve with fireworks

Guayaquil City Hall has prepared two mega events, which will present two fireworks shows to celebrate with the citizens the 2013 New Year’s Eve. This party will be held at the Malecon Simon Bolivar (Malecon 2000), by the  Guayas river and also the Malecon del Salado which...
Posted On 30 Dec 2012
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Airport taxes in Guayaquil’s terminal were increased

Passengers who must travel domestically and internationally, from the Jose Joaquin de Olmedo Airport in Guayaquil, fromJanuary 1st, 2013, will pay 5.08 and $25.43 respectively, for airport taxes when purchasing their tickets, as a result of the decision made bu the City Council,...
Posted On 29 Dec 2012
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Politics were not spared from the “pranks” on April Fools day

Being Pedro Delgado the character of the “False economist degree”, it is thought that his dentist suffers from the same disease. A note of humor on April fools day.  
Posted On 29 Dec 2012
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Guayaquil lived Christmas with music and fun

Several local artists, representing different musical genres, delighted the audience at the Malecon 2000 in Guayaquil with a live concert. The Entreteiment Borkis choir, plus artists like Jorge Luis del Hierro and Daniel Betancourth sang Christmas songs always giving a message of...
Posted On 25 Dec 2012
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The 70% of Ecuadorians chose turkey for Christmas dinner

Today many Ecuadorian families decided to buy the traditional turkey for tonight’s dinner. Despite the high price to arrange a Christmas dinner with turkey, which usually demands a cost over $ 100, the turkey is still the main choice for tonight. The Advance Consultancy firm...
Posted On 24 Dec 2012
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A Lookout for the Malecon Simon Bolivar

The possibility of raising a giant wheel, with features similar to the famous lookout of London Eye (of 135 meters), is being discussed and analyzed, because its construction could take place next year in the same place that started the edification of the Gran Casino de...
Posted On 23 Dec 2012
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An unemployed Ecuadorian in Spain won the jackpot in lottery

The popular award “Gordo” of the Spanish lottery in Christmas changed the life of an unemployed Ecuadorian immigrant after winning 400,000 Euros (about $ 527.565) by one tenth of the number 76,058 given to her by a friend. The winner would not give her name or other...
Posted On 23 Dec 2012
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Galapagos Green Airport started its operations

After a year of construction, the Ecological Airport started its operations yeserday morning in the Galapagos Islands, which, it is estimated, will receive between 800 and 1,000 passengers daily. Despite that the last details aren’t finished yet; it is expected to use all excess...
Posted On 21 Dec 2012
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Tungurahua volcano throws pyroclastic material

Yesterday morning the Tungurahua volcano produced small explosions accompanied by pyroclastic flow, which went down to almost half of the cone, reaching the Hacienda creek. At nearly 5:30am  a pool of lava could be seen which rose about 200 meters and also caused a small...
Posted On 19 Dec 2012
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Tungurahua Volcano has Lowered Its Level of Activity

Patricia Mothes, from the Geophysical Institute at the Guadalupe Observatory  said that the Tungurahua volcano’s activity level dropped from strong to moderate with roars and emission of columns of two to three kilometers above the crater, mostly with steam and with little...
Posted On 18 Dec 2012
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