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Queen of Spain Visits Aid Projects in Ecuador

Queen Sofia of Spain arrived last night in Ecuador – a country considered “priority” for Spanish aid projects – to visit various development programs, in addition to meet with President Rafael Correa. The queen will begin her activities on Thursday with a...
Posted On 17 Mar 2011
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CN Sentence will be Effective Tomorrow

The countdown for the National Brewery (CN) to pay $ 90.9 million due to unpaid profits to its former employees starts running tomorrow, after the ruling will enter in its final process today. These measures, however, will not stop the time limits to be applied in this case which...
Posted On 17 Mar 2011
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Ecuador Helps Japan

Ecuador has joined the group of countries that support Japan, which recently was punished by Mother Nature with an earthquake and a tsunami. The Ecuadorian Red Cross and the Embassy of Japan opened two saving bank accounts, where everyone who wants to help japanese can deposit...
Posted On 17 Mar 2011
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Brewery Fights to Stop an “Illegal and Unfair” Sentence

National Brewery Workers announced yesterday that they were taking in to the guarantee the right of resistance according to art. 98 established in the Ecuadorian Constitution. This came hours after the Third Criminal Chamber of Guayas, sentenced the company to pay 90.9 million to...
Posted On 16 Mar 2011
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21 Guayaquil Campuses could be Closed Down

Municipality Police will intervene in the closure of 21 schools in the northern sector of Guayaquil as ensured the Regional Secretariat of education. According to Monica Franco, regional secretary of education, this measure is taken because these schools do not meet the minimum...
Posted On 15 Mar 2011
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Newborns Placed in Boxes and Plastics Tubs

After an inspection on 9 March, the Ombudsman of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Ecuador, it was evident the conditions in which the Hospital Gustavo Dominguez (in that province) was attending the maternal and especially newborns. The babies were placed in boxes and plasti...
Posted On 15 Mar 2011
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Toyota will Assemble Cars in Ecuador

A visit made ​​15 days ago in the port of Manta by technicians of Toyota Tsusho Corporation, the global car manufacturer, has been vital to this economic group to choose the port of Manta as an entry for their vehicle parts into the country. In late 2012, Toyota pla...
Posted On 15 Mar 2011
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Books Travel Around Guayaquil

The pro-reading campaign “El Libro Viajero” (The Traveling Book), sponsored by Diario and Fundación El Universo, begins today. This is a project to promote reading among the citizens of Guayaquil, to make this happen, 117 copies of novels, poems, essays and stories...
Posted On 14 Mar 2011
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Environmental Summit Starting Today in Ecuador

Today, in Guayaquil, it begins the International Summit on the Environment (CIMA), in order to promote Ecuador as an environmentalist country. The appointment will be in the Conventions Center of Guayaquil at 20h00, which will give an opening cocktail. Tomorrow it will be held...
Posted On 14 Mar 2011
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Galapagos was Affected by Remnants of Tsunami

Galapagos Island had three tourist locations affected by the strong waves, two of the places were located in the Island of San Cristobal and the third one was in Santa Cruz. According to preliminary reports the National Park Galapagos (PNG) indicated that the beaches of that...
Posted On 14 Mar 2011
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