On May 15, 2013 La Hora reported that Ecuadorian police have broken up a gang of Indians and Ecuadorians allegedly involved in a human trafficking network from India to the United States, with a connection in the port city of Guayaquil. As part of the so-called “Operation Hindu”, special units of the police and the […]
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Duration: 30 minutes For One Square Mile, Leo Johnson travels to the historic town of Zaruma in southwestern Ecuador to tell the story of gold mining in the country. Gold has shaped Ecuador’s past. It was the reason for both the Inca and the Spanish conquests. And it remains vital to the economy of modern […]
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Ecuador’s first quarter crude oil export revenue fell 4% from a year earlier to $3.38 billion due to lower oil prices, the central bank said. The average price of crude in the three months fell 5% to $99.16 a barrel. By volume, Ecuador exported 34.14 million barrels in the first three months of 2013, up […]
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ElUniverso.com reported that in April alone the Telecommunications suspended 46,323 phone lines, nationwide, from which calls were made “malicious” to ECU 911 emergency system. According to data provided by the entity, in the first four months of this year have received more than 3’070 .000 false emergency call, which means 67.11% of total communications established […]
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Infobae.com reported on May 21, 2013 that 3.7 tons of cocaine were seized in Guayaquil. Ecuadorian Minister of the Interior, José Serrano said that the drugs seized have links to the Sinaloa Cartel. The operation named “Pirata” led to the seizure of 480 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride and another operation called “Caneca” resulted in 250 […]
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Ecuador’s National Aquaculture Chamber (CNA) reports significant barriers preventing the access to all or part of shrimp trade for Ecuadorean producers. Exporters have reported complications in Argentina, China, South Korea, Egypt and Brazil, reports El Universo. Brazil is not accepting shipments from Ecuador because it still has a sanitary barrier on Ecuador, arguing that it […]
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Expreso reported that between last Thursday and Friday the Ecuadorian National Police and Navy conducted raids that prevented the shipment of more than 700 kilos of cocaine from the town of Tenguel, outside Guayaquil, to the United States. In the first raid, the seized drugs were hidden in banana boxes and plastic tanks with a […]
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Pay TV Piracy Significant Problem in Ecuador Rapid TV News reported that Ecuador loses around $20 million every year because of the use of illegal FTA receptors; during 2012, 150,000 pirated pay-TV antennas were registered in the country, according to Supertel, Ecuador’s telecom authority. NEW BOOK ON MOVING TO ECUADOR TO BE RELEASED – VIDEO […]
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Edmonton Journal through the AP reported that U.S. State Department’s assistant secretary for refugee issues is drawing attention to the plight of Colombian refugees who have fled across the border into Ecuador. Anne C. Richards says the problem is continuing even though the Colombian government is in peace talks with rebels. Many refugees say they […]
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According to dispatch.com, Pottery offers a bonanza of information for archaeologists. It represents a revolution in container technology, and the clay from which it is made provides a canvas with many possibilities for self-expression.As a result, differences and similarities in pottery decorations can offer clues about cultural relationships over space and through time. Residues on […]
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Drug Traffickers Captured in Costa Rica with Ties to Mexico and Ecuador Prensa Latina reported on May 15, 2013 that the Drug Control Police (PCD) of Costa Rica arrested members of an international drug ring dedicated to the transfer of large shipments of cocaine from South America to the United States via the sea. Four […]
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Also, note that she had left early for home that is located in a rural village in the northeast of Santo Domingo. Almost at noon arrived at the site where the remains of his relative, which is just opposite the National Police Command of Santo Domingo. She had placed flowers. Also candles in the vault […]
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515 Thousand Doses of Cocaine Seized near Tulcán, Ecuador. El Norte reported on May 16, 2013 that 100 kilos of cocaine from Colombia en route to the United States were seized in the Carchi province of Ecuador near the city of Tulcán. The driver of the truck, Carlos R., claimed that he came from Pasto, […]
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news.yahoo.com reported a shipment of gold with a declared value of $625,000 has gone missing in a suspected heist at Miami International Airport, authorities said on Thursday. A theft incident report from the Miami-Dade Police Department said the gold, packed in a box, arrived at Miami International early Tuesday morning on an American Airlines flight […]
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Guayaquil Ecuador: Eluniverso.com reported that on Tuesday May 14, 2013 Nicasio Fajorada Tituana died after being denied medical emergency services at three medical facilities for a bullet injury to his head. MOVING TO ECUADOR? – GET THIS BOOK TO BE RELEASED IN JUNE 13′ VIDEO He tried to intervene during a robbery of his daughter’s […]
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Six are arrested by the National Police who were captured at the weekend in different parts of the city and those who are members of an alleged theft ring by means of kidnapping express, allegedly headed by a security guard . Police arrested three people Sunday after May 5 articles which evade a taxi type […]
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At the northern end of the runway Mariscal Sucre International Airport in Quito in Tababela, Quiport Corporation announced that it will install in the next few days, did not specify when the Instrument Landing System, which will allow pilots to make approximations precision when visibility is reduced. Read Article
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According to witnesses and occupants of the vehicle, the driver drove to speeding and passengers and had insisted that to reduce the risk of an accident. Yesterday in Portoviejo, two of the injured children were still in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and in the area of children’s hospital recovery Verdi Cevallos Balda. In the […]
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Since Ecuador defaulted on global bonds in 2008, China is now the largest source of financing. Online.wsj.com reported tht Ecuador’s Finance Ministry sold $15 million in 15-year domestic bonds Thursday, with an interest rate of 7.75%, traders at the country’s stock exchanges told Dow Jones Newswires. The bonds have a 10-year grace period and were […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that three months after the opening of the airport Mariscal Sucre in Tababela you begin to see a new dynamic in the hotel market in Quito: Guest fewer visits and transport costs should be borne by the customers, are part of the trends. From the airport to the north of the city center, […]
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Elcomercio.com Reported: Most kidnap Express Assaults are executed between 21:00 and 00:30 hours. Numerous assailants are using pepper spray against victims. Method of operation reveals that there are two other vehicles working in tandem with the assailant(s) in the taxi. They use cellphones or radios for communications and talk in code. Assaults may take place […]
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Along with the recent disagreements between Ecuador and the U.S. , three Latin American nations await the visit of Vice President Joe Biden. The second man in the White House will tour on May 26 by Colombia, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago. The tour will start in Bogotá in order to deepen economic, social, technical […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Manuel de Jesus Acosta Alvarado, Mexican apprehended Monday in the canton Santa Rosa, El Oro, in a police operation called Flurry, would be the head of a criminal drug-trafficking gang linked to the Sinaloa cartel, which last January was operating in the country and relationship with his countrymen would arrested on May […]
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These statistics are reported from the U.S. State Department of citizens who have died of unnatural causes in Ecuador in the year 2012. It should not be considered statistically correct as their document states. They donnot include deaths that were not reported and it appears the table is not updated regularly. ECUADOR REAL ESTATE (From […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that in a brief statement, the U.S. Ambassador in Ecuador, Adam Namm, responded to President Rafael Correa who called last Saturday “metidito and indelicate” for participating in last Friday at the celebrations of the World Day of Freedom Newspapers. “The U.S. government will continue to maintain its position in defense of freedom of […]
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Dailycensored.com reported that on May 5th, 2013 the Head of State, Rafael Correa, criticized the foreign ambassador from the US who had joined a group of opposition journalists seeking to position the thesis in this tiny country of Ecuador, that there is no freedom of expression in the media. In the past, current US Ambassador […]
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There is a phrase in Ecuador that states “All Things Are Possible in Ecuador”, well this one is for the books. Clearly, flight procedures were not followed when a pilots flew passengers to an unplanned destination after being diverted from the scheduled stop in Loja. One might be surprised when the passengers refused to exit […]
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On Friday night fell Bathrooms greater amount of ash from the volcano Tungurahua (in eruptive process for thirteen years), affecting tourism. In the hot spring pool Lady Veronica Villacis, municipal services assistant, said yesterday that the bathers lower by about 10% compared to regular weekends. In the Operations Committee meeting held cantonal Emerging yesterday, Xavier […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that health authorities Carchí Police are investigating whether it is true that at least 16 Tulcán teens made a pact to commit suicide, as discussed. This situation has caused a stir, because until last Monday three children, ages 14 and 17. chose to take his life. All with their scarves hanging himself. These […]
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knightcenter.utexas.edu reported with six countries listed without a free press, including three countries with some of the highest levels of impunity in the world for press crimes, Latin American freedom of expression is at its lowest levels since 1989, according to Freedom House’s annual report, released on Wednesday, May 1, and the Committee to Protect […]
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BY OTTO J. REICH AND EZEQUIEL VÁZQUEZ-GER oreich@ottoreich.com International media and human-rights organizations have condemned the fiery leftwing leader of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, for conducting a comprehensive and ruthless assault on the news media. After his reelection in February, and following the death in March of his ally Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Correa has deepened […]
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Knightcenter.utexas.edu reported that In Freedom House’s report, Paraguay and Ecuador fell from their previous press freedom rank of “Partly Free” to “Not Free” in 2012, joining Cuba, Venezuela, Mexico and Honduras. CPJ, meanwhile, ranked Colombia, Mexico and Brazil as some of the countries where criminal kills journalists with the greatest impunity. The case of Ecuador […]
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An Ontario Superior Court judge has sided with Chevron Corp. and tossed out an attempt by lawyers for Amazonian villagers trying to use Canadian courts to collect on a controversial $19-billion (U.S.) judgment levelled against the company in Ecuador over oil pollution. The nearly 20-year battle between the Ecuadoreans and Chevron has seen its share […]
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ECUADOR REAL ESTATE ottawacitizen.com reported that it iseasy to see why so many North Americans are moving here. It’s cheaper to live, eat and you can get 10 per cent on your money in a savings account at the bank when you get your residence card. They encourage North Americans, but you’ll need at least […]
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America Movil’s andTelefonica’s Ecuador units have contracts cancelled Ecuador’s anti-monopoly watchdog, seeking to improve mobile-phone coverage, suspended about 2,000 exclusive contracts used by carriers such as America Movil SAB to get prime locations for network towers. Mobile-phone carriers, also including Madrid-based Telefonica SA (TEF), will be forced to renegotiate the agreements to grant competitors access […]
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Hoy.com.ec reported that early Tuesday National Police dismantled a syndicate to assault and robbery, in the form of express kidnapping in Quito. Interior Minister, José Serrano, said that the criminal organization have kidnapped former presidential candidate Mauricio Rodas in February. Police determined that the modus operandi of this gang, identified as “The Dragons”, was developed […]
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diariocorreo.com.ec reported that “The level of activity is moderate and is ascending,” said Mercedes Taipe, technical Geophysical Institute, on duty at the observatory of Guadalupe, reporting the current status of the Tungurahua volcano, which was reactivated since last Saturday, the increase paulatina.Indicó so that at the beginning of the revival explosions were small, but now […]
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Samborondón Guayas Ecuador Eluniverso.com reported that on February 15, 2012, a young man was shot during a kidnap express located 200 meters from the hospital Clinica Kennedy Samboronon in Guayaquil. He was thrown from the vehicle and an officer went to the Clinica Kennedy to seek aid of an ambulance. He was told the ambulances […]
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Andes.info.ec reported that in the complaint of several journalists and media workers, since last October, the Labor Ministry conducted 700 inspections of media, which resulted in that 50% (350) of them meet labor standards set by the State. Not paying the salary sector to reporters, no overtime pay and have no current contract workers are […]
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Although it’s been about five years, faculty and staff at the University of Cuenca who accepted retirement, have not reached an agreement with the university authorities about the table and the amounts to be applied to retirement. According to Juan Antonio Neira, secretary of the Association of Retired University servers, the administrative authority of the […]
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The investigations into the operation “Athens” reveal that trafficking organizations have a collection center in Rio Sol urbanization, located in the citadel Eucalyptus.Gustavo Teran, head manager of the Zone Six Police said the van was stopped early Tuesday heading to the said private development, then dispatch the alkaloid to the Guayas and from there by […]
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CSR Press Release Reported that the 20-year fight by residents of Ecuador’s Amazonian rain forest to make Chevron pay to clean up the contamination and polluted streams it left behind has made civil society stronger and Ecuador’s courts better prepared to deal with similar cases in the future, a lawyer who was part of the […]
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Ecuadorian society is locked in a fierce debate over president Rafael Correa’s move to auction off three million hectares of the Amazon rainforest to international oil companies, including in China. Correa has come under intense domestic and international pressure over the sale, which seeks to use the country’s oil reserves to reduce the national debt. […]
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President Correa has said he plans some changes to his cabinet, as part of an effort to deepen his “citizen’s revolution” during his third term, which begins on May 24. Wilson Pastor, Ecuador’s minister of nonrenewable natural resources, has tendered his resignation to President Rafael Correa and will be replaced by Pedro Merizalde as part […]
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Ibarra. Two men were arrested by the Police Subzone Tuesday night Imbabura Otavalo. In his possession were found pentolita 60 (sticks)tacos. INVOLVED. E. This is Peter, 45 years old and Joseph I., 36. Both walked suspiciously by the parish of Ilumán. Those involved when they saw the police presence attempted to flee, but the neutralized […]
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foxbusiness.com reported that crude oil from southern Colombia could begin flowing through Ecuador’s OCP pipeline as early as next week under an agreement to be signed Wednesday between the pipeline operator and Colombian producer Vetra Exploracion y Produccion SA, a pipeline company official said. Read Article
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Money.usnews.com reported that Loja (pronounced LOH-ha), Ecuador, has been largely overlooked by the fast-growing numbers of Americans retiring to this country. However, as one expat retiree, Lee Harrison, who retired to Cuenca, Ecuador, puts it, “If I were to plan my retirement to this country today, Loja is where I’d live.” All things considered, Loja, […]
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According to ECLAC projections, Ecuador grow this year by 3.5%, lower than that recorded last year, when economic growth closed at 4.8%. Ecuador’s performance this year would be in the average South American countries, which are generally more specialized in the production and export of raw materials. That growth (3.5%) in 2013 would give thanks […]
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Peru and Ecuador made today the launch of Vaccination Week in the Americas (VWA) to protect the child population in the border area against various diseases that can cause disability and even be fatal, reported the Ministry of Health (MoH). Deputy Health Minister, José Carlos Del Carmen Sara, who is in Tumbes, said that diseases […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Rafael Correa also referred to the alleged abuses of transnational corporations. His position started the applause of those present because the local government has called on the Canadian mining company Barrick Gold to renegotiate a contract to mine gold and silver. Earlier, during an interview with local journalists, Correa said that the […]
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bbc.co.uk reported that Spain’s population fell last year for the first time in decades, as immigrants left the country amid a major economic crisis, officials say. The National Statistic Institute (NSI) says the number of residents dropped by almost 206,000 to 47.1m – the decline entirely accounted for by foreigners. Immigrants from Ecuador and Colombia […]
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Hundreds of Ecuadorian women marched through several streets last night in Quito to condemn the violence, sexism and “femicide” in the so-called “March of Whores”. “No, no” was the slogan that women chanted during the march in which they denounced the abuses suffered by “macho culture” rooted in the country. According to various feminist groups, […]
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President Rafael Correa ordered the Armed Forces to respond “with all possible firepower” any alleged attack on Colombia rebel groups operating in the border. The president’s political decision of April 13 came after the confrontation that occurred four days earlier on the border with Colombia in the area of Palma Seca (San Miguel River sector). […]
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Taxation has become the main source of budget revenues Ecuador, displacing the oil sector. In 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) increased the tributes to U.S. $ 11,200 million (discounted fees). This year is expected to further increase amounting to U.S. $ 12,500 million, which should combated avoidance and tax evasion, effectively. In an interview […]
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Since last Wednesday John Paul Sinchi Dutan disappeared, aged 11, who was last seen when he went to remedial classes in school Gabriel Cevallos. His mother, Mary Dutan, crying disconsolately by not hearing the child and ask them to help in your search. “It came up at four in the afternoon at the house that […]
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At dawn today, April 19, 2013, 11 people were arrested, two women and nine men, after a police operation called Tempest. The 92 agents three elite units police raided 11 homes located in neighborhoods of South Quito, El Inca, Llano Chico, Royal Court and jipijapa, was an agent. According to police in the raids was […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that a new fatal accident occurred yesterday on the road Alóag-Santo Domingo. A cooperative Alóag bus hit a Grand Vitara. Three dead, four injured was the balance of the loss occurred at kilometer 16 of the highway, which was closed for at least two hours. The three deceased were traveling in the car […]
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Riobamba Mayor Juan Salazar, said yesterday the theft of $ 13’308 .000 Cabildo’s account at the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE). That money was transferred to accounts of 31 individuals and companies in the country, he added. According to Salazar, the more than $ 13 million were stolen from the account of the municipality by […]
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Andes.info.ec reported that… Saturday, in the name of 600,000 Ecuadorian migrants living in Spain (the most prominent South American group of people in the Iberian country), the Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, thanked the Spanish government for its decision to refrain from executing evictions for two years to those who earn less than 19,000 euros a […]
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andes.info.ec reported that the lifeless body of English-Israeli tourist Thomas Berman was found Sunday by employees of the Galapagos National Park Service (DNPG) in the area known as “Cracks” in Puerto Ayora. The body was found by two rangers Mercer 118 meters leading to the sector, for the area of Poza Salina, said a statement […]
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Major drug trafficking organizations controlling retail sales of small quantities of drug sales in Quito Ecuador. Drugs are being distributed door to door via motorcycles with empanada boxes to disguise drugs. Elcomercio.com reported that the empanadas were divided into houses, but deliveries were ‘normal’. Behind these operations was one international network microtráfico hide wearing buns […]
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andes.info.ec reported that political legislator María Augusta Calle denounced a group of Ecuadorian journalists who work in private media for publishing information plagiarized from the newspaper, El País, from Spain, and to the Miami Herals referring to a supposed link between her and the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC, Spanish acronym). The assembly member […]
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– Some victims claim receiving counterfeit bills from ATM’s at banks Eldiario.ec reported that counterfeits are manufacture in Peru and stored and distributed from Quito to several provinces of Ecuador, to the authorities. In Manabi also circulate counterfeit bills.The Ministry of the Interior, through a press release, reported that on 12 March in Chillogallo sectors […]
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Andes.info.ec reported that next April 26th, the board members of the Ecuadorian National Electoral Council (CNE, Spanish acronym) will meet in the town of Tena (Napo province) to get to know and approve the calendar and operational plan for the local elections of 2014. In the elections that will take place in the month of […]
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Andes.info.ec reported that the Ministry of Justice turned in two “Urgent Action” petitions (proceedings prior to a lawsuit) to the nation’s Attorney General’s Office against the news agency, La Hora, for having published sensationalist information that had not been confirmed nor verified on the alleged massacre of indigenous peoples in the Ecuadorian Amazon. On the […]
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elnorte.ec reported that Indigenous communities of Otavalo and Cotacachi is where most have seen this type of case. According to a study by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), “from 2005 to 2011 reported a total of 36 offenses of trafficking. Of these cases, between 2008 […]
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Ecuador will launch its first satellite into space in the country and made it from China to make ends meet, said the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa. “At the end of the month, the first satellite launches Ecuador and bought a satellite to a foreign country, a satellite made in Ecuador,” Correa said in his […]
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2012: Cuenca Ecuador received ISO 9001 certification for drinking water Carlos Julio Jaramillo, manager of water and sanitation STAGE reported that certifies that the drinking water produced in processing plants Tixán, The Sústag Cebollar and is of good quality and can be consumed directly from the tap. Jaramillo explained that with the delivery of this […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that for that year there were 30,503 mothers in Guayas adolescents 12 to 19 years. Pichincha continued, with 15,810; Manabi, with 13,378, and Rivers, with 9288. Ecuador recorded a total of 122,301 adolescent mothers for that year. There it was established that pregnancy under 14 increased by 74% in the last decade. It […]
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The President, Rafael Correa, warned yesterday irregular groups of Colombia after the attack occurred this week in the province of Sucumbios, on the border with Colombia, where a helicopter was shot Armed Forces. “Gentlemen of the illegal groups in Colombia: FARC, paramilitaries, as they are called, with Ecuador not play,” he told the Citizen Link […]
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The stranger who shot the journalist Fausto Valdiviezo knew what were the places he frequented. The last Thursday night dropped from a white vehicle, walked to the car where the communicator was alone and fired twice, the right side of the rear window. The projectiles impacted Valdiviezo behind. According to witnesses at the Citadel The […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that the Chamber of Commerce estimates that are about five thousand foreigners who have chosen to live in this city, of which he says, 95% comes from the U.S., Canada 3%, 1% in Germany and an equal percentage of Australia. Most of these people have a pension of between $ 800 and $ […]
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By accessing the Galapagos National Park nursery in Santa Cruz, a cool breeze keeps each floor arranged one after another in a constant dance. The most diverse shades of green leaves and stems exhibited in all sorts of shapes, sizes and textures. Each species is unique, so is looking to remain endemic or native Galapagos. […]
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Elcomercio.com reported due to the severe storm that hit Quito from 15:00, have reported power outages in some parts of the city, especially in the valleys. According to reports from the Twitter account of Empresa Eléctrica Quito , the heavy rain caused damage that burned fuses chain. So there were cuts in various sectors. Moreover, […]
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Elcomercio.com reported at 20:00 hours on April 11 about three bullets ended the life of journalist Fausto Valdiviezo Guayaquil. While the communicator was, according to witnesses of fact, visiting family in the La Atarazana, north of Guayaquil, two men shot him. Valdiviezo, who left the orphanage to lower also lost her mother last Tuesday, was […]
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Example on video of how a group of thieves enter a music store, distract clerk and steal items. Recorded in 2012.
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“We have made good progress on many issues. We have taken firm steps, but we are also awaiting reforms,” said Ms. Herdoiza. Offered reforms will include several topics, but the key point is related to the 70%-windfall tax on sales above a pre-negotiated base price. “This is a key point not only for Kinross but […]
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Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, the winner of the presidential elections for the 2013-2017 period, has called on his compatriots ‘with clean hands, lucid minds and patriotic hearts to work together to achieve the country’s great national goals. In a statement released Tuesday evening, President Correa called on his people to fight against poverty and strengthen […]
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Ecuador’s attempt to introduce institutional changes in the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has been frustrated for now. Quito is seeking allies to create parallel regional mechanisms, but the risks of losing at this game are high, according to experts and users of the regional justice system. The proposal that Ecuador took to the 44th […]
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The telecommunications company, Water and Sewerage, STAGE, implements capable equipment failures that occur in the Internet service, for which it has allocated a budget of $ 2.5 million, said Flavio Rodriguez, manager in charge of Telecommunications. Read Article.
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The City, through the signing of a concession agreement between the Municipal Mobility, OCSM, and Quito Letrasigma company, gave public spaces for the placement of 400 new bus stops in the city. Contract terms set permission to use the sidewalks in exchange for the construction of furniture for bus users. The company, focusing on advertising, […]
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Eluniverso.com reporte that a new confrontation between the military Ecuador and Colombia’s illegal groups, infiltrated country, took place yesterday, at 10:45, on the northern border of Sucumbios (sector Palma Seca, Lago Agrio Canton), in a statement to the Fourth Army Division Amazon. Read Article
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The discovery of what would be a mini-lab where drug was processed, held last Friday Ecuadorian Army personnel and the National Police on the road Portovelo-Loja. After being discovered the fact during the operation, and at least 2 miles from where was the minilab, were found Fal type rifle, a Mauser rifle, two submachine guns […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that the operations were performed between Esmeraldas and Sucumbios. In the last 10 days, the military seized from drug to fuel, firearms and explosives in those border areas. Even the soldiers found a field of four acres with about 8500 coca plants. In this last operation soldiers intervened three detachments. It happened last […]
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In serious accident, life or death is a matter of minutes sometimes, but not all drivers have basic knowledge of first aid. These are the ten basic rules: HELP WITHOUT DOUBT: Provide first aid is not only a moral obligation, but legal. Who walks past an injury accident can be subject to criminal prosecution. So […]
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MARISCAL – LARGE TOURIST AREA LISTED Elcomercio.com reported that follow-up lasted seven months. At that time, the undercover unit Combat Organized Crime (ULCO) tracked the criminal organization run by Oscar A., an alien who was wanted by the International Police (Interpol). Information sent from Colombia revealed that the suspect escaped in 2006 from a prison […]
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cattle and agricultural area impacted elcomercio.com The company Heavy Crude Pipeline (OCP) reported a few minutes ago that spilled 5,500 barrels of oil in Wincheles sector in the province of Esmeraldas this morning. This, as a result of a break he suffered the OCP to 6:13. “At the moment the situation is under control and […]
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One Year Old, Two Bedroom Apartment with Incredible Views of Cuenca and Cajas Mountains Apartment Size: 102M² (1,098 Sq. Ft.) Short Term Rent: Month $600; Week $250; Daily $40.00 Sale price: $92,000.00 This apartment is available now. Apartment is on the second floor of a 4-story building, located in San Sebastian, up on a hill […]
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The President, Rafael Correa , signed an executive order to freeze the salaries of senior officials of the Government. The president said that with this decree, they (officials Alliance Country) lead by example. First we’re going to freeze wages and salaries for two years will be the senior government officials, the president, vice president and […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Ana Lucia Sanmartín is appalled. Powerless before the tragedy, she feels her life has been destroyed after losing her youngest child, PEAS, a small 12 year old missing since last Wednesday and was found dead after an intense search the next day. The woman, 34, does not explain how they could have […]
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On March 15, 2013, a U.S. tourist was assaulted in a commission of a kidnap express. The victim was out for the evening with a date and took a taxi at about 9:00 PM from Mariscal Sucre about a block from plaza foche. After driving for for about five minutes the taxi stopped, at which […]
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The National Mining Company (Enami) of Ecuador said Friday that maintains a strategic alliance with Codelco to explore for copper in a northern Andean country. This as part of an energy cooperation agreement between Ecuador and Chile, which has allowed the Ecuadorian state mining start an investigation stage geological Llurimagua area in the Andean province […]
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lahora.com.ec reported that Ecuador’s economy could collapse if not discovered new oil reserves-second source of income for the country-and diversifying the energy matrix, warned on Saturday President Rafael Correa to defend an open bid to explore oil in the Amazon. “The country’s energy mix is not sustainable unless we find more oil. Country will collapse […]
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Elcomercio.ec reported that on April 5, 2013, an interprovincial bus traveling between Cuenca and Quito Ecuador was held up by a group of armed gunmen. The assault took place at about 11:00 pm about an our hour outside of Cuenca near Zhud. Passengers were threatened and robbed of cellphones, cameras, jewelry, money and tablets. Police […]
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