During this week, rainfall is frequent in the vicinity of the capital Sawaya. For that reason, the river flows Tomebamba Machángara, Tarqui and Yanuncay increased substantially, mainly since yesterday. This increase benefits and dams Advertise Mazar, who increased his mail in recent days. Yesterday, entered Mazar dam 382 meters cubic per second, on Wednesday skirted […]
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Accidents on highways unchecked Ecuador Eluniverso.com reported the following: Montecristi, Manabi. The bus that overturned is the coop. Fleet Imbabura. No one was killed.The disco bus 150 from the cooperative turned Imbabura Fleet at 05:50 yesterday, with eight passengers on board, at the height of the ring road in the section of the parish Leonidas […]
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ElUniverso.com reported that the beach season opened with the New Year, showers and complaints related to tourism sector by the poor condition of the Playas, Data de Villamil, Data de Posorja y Posorja, Leonardo Fierro, president of the cooperative Posorja Transportation, which has 34 units covering the route Guayaquil, Beaches, Data de Villamil, Data Posorja […]
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The deceased was taken to the morgue of Forensic Medicine, where he found that his body had 40 caps with the same substance in their intestines. Consequently, a narcotics team went to the amphitheater and, after a preliminary field test, it was found that it was cocaine hydrochloride, said Lt. Col. Wladimir Leon, commander of […]
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Pedro Delgado, President of Ecuador’s Central Bank and cousin of President Rafael Correa, resigned on December 19 after admitting that he had faked his economics degree. He used the falsified degree 22 years earlier to gain access into the prestigious Central American Institute of Business Administration, where he received his MBA. Read Article
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Elunviverso.com reported that relatives said that the wounded man was taken to the Hospital de Quevedo, but due to his critical condition was referred to our hospital Luis Vernaza, Guayaquil, where they would not have cared for lack of beds. He was then transferred to the hospital where neither attended Guayaquil, but did not explain […]
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Diariolasamericas.com reported that a 74-year U.S. tourist died in the Galapagos Islands. The tourist, who was identified as Jane White, had come to the islands and died during a visit to the tortoise breeding center “Jacinto Gordillo”. The center stated that Ms. White stumbled and received a head one after hitting a rock. There was […]
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Unmarried women report say “of” “de” man makes a woman creates own Married dislike not say much and machismo “is nothing” Another proposal for the reform of the Civil Registration Act is repealed Article 82, which refers to the use, for married women, the husband’s surname preceded by the preposition “of”, and that “violates the […]
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The No.1 Operational Command of the Armed Forces presented in a report, the results of military operations and security support of the State made in 2012 in the country. During that year, on the northern edge of the country there were 48 military operations and more than 15 000 shares to support the safety of […]
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Some 3,000 people are expected to enjoy a relaxing and amusing New Year’s holiday at beaches in Peru’s northern Tumbes region, the Regional Directorate of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Dircetur) said Thursday. Carlos Zeta, Dircetur’s head, said that Tumbes expects the arrival of Ecuadorian tourists attracted by its delicacies and beaches. He told Andina news […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Enrique Ramirez and Jorge Ordonez Encalada Velez, police on active duty, were denounced for allegedly extorted a dealer last Friday. Guananga Lucia, who made the complaint, said the two soldiers came to his house in civilian clothes and told he would be taken into custody by camaretas sell his home, located in […]
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Information filed by “Montubio” On December 21, 2012, a passenger arrived at the LAN counter at José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport. This incident was at about 3:30 am. The bag set unattended for at least a half hour before a member of security personel approached the bag and luckily the owner finally walked up […]
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One of the complaints ofter heard about Ecuador, is the high rate of corruption among government employees and law enforcement. The following examples demonstrate that the pernicious act of corrupt activity reaches many levels of society in Ecuador, even when it comes to visiting a patient in a hospital. This information was provided by roving […]
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Some 12,000 people, mostly from Colombia, sought refuge in Ecuador in 2012, the Latin American country most foreigners in need of protection in their home territory, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador. About 56,000 immigrants living with refugee status in Ecuador, which in the last decade has received about 162,000 applications for […]
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According to the Eluniverso.com, the Spanish authorities have broken up a drug trafficking organization which introduced cocaine from Ecuador in bananas and palm containers through the port of Valencia. According to the Tax Agency reported yesterday, the operation has led to the arrest by Spanish police of ten people in Seville (southern) and Murcia (southeast). […]
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Jane Wilson, Unravel Travel TV talks to Patricio Tamariz, Executive Director, Ecuador Tourism Authority at the World travel Market 2012 in London. Mr. Tamariz talks about Ecuador and Conscious Tourism – a life experience that generates personal growth and makes one become better human beings. This new concept is based on ethical and sustainable principles […]
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The costs for financial services that will be effective the first quarter of 2013 were issued by the Banking Board, in them there is a decrease in the value of online transactions such as transfers or withdrawals from ATMs. The Banking Board mandates free for 17 financial services including card issuance and maintenance, as well […]
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Some of the 100 people who were strong Cumbe upset stomach by food poisoning during a pass last Sunday Christmas recovering at different nursing homes in the city. The poisoning occurred last Sunday during the execution of the pass the Child of the parish. The event started at 09:00 and about 19:00 the party priostes […]
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The death toll rose to 11 after the car accident that happened today, December 26, 2012, at 09:30 in the road-Píllaro Ambato in Ecuador’s Andean Sierra Center. The bus 16 Píllaro Cooperative, which was traveling between the cities of Ambato and Píllaro in the Sierra of Ecuador Andean Center, lost the brakes and took over […]
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The populist Correa, who has won strong popular support for a range of measures including expanding access to health care and improving roads and highways, hiked the minimum wage to 318 dollars per month from 292 per month. He has gradually raised the minimum wage during almost six years in office and insists companies should […]
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After spending a few weeks observing traffic congestion and frequently walking through huge clouds of black bus exhaust throughout Cuenca, it was clear to me that air pollution was a problem. However, after reading a few articles related to air pollution that I found in the local newspaper, El Mercurio, I discovered that air pollution […]
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Cotopaxi. A tragedy took place in the Cotopaxi National Park early yesterday morning as a tourist who climbed the Cotopaxi apparently died before he could fulfill his goal of reaching the top. There was no further information, the rangers who work in the sector kept secrecy regarding the topic and sometimes tried to avoid the […]
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Pedro Delgado, a cousin of President Rafael Correa, announced yesterday at a press conference in which he admitted no questions, who left his post as president of the Central Bank of Ecuador and as a representative in the Management Unit of Public Law (Ugedep) after admitting he falsified his title of economist. Read Article
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ECUADOR HOTELS – LODGING Seismic activity of the volcano remains at a level considered high, characterized by the generation of signals associated with the mobilization of fluids into the volcano. During last night, early this morning and there have been several explosions that have generated strong guns, interspersed with occasional roars of strong intensity. These […]
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EL Universo reported an earthquake of magnitude 4.8 occurred on Sunday in the Pacific Ocean, off the coastal province of El Oro, according to the website detailing the Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School (IG). The telluric phenomenon occurred at 23:01 and its epicenter situated 167 kilometers southwest of the city of Huaquillas. The […]
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Ecuador’s Geophysical Institute (IG) said this morning on his Twitter account that the National Secretariat for Risk Management declared an orange alert the area of influence of the Tungurahua volcano. The decision was taken after approximately 05:50 on Sunday the Tungurahua volcano ash thrown back again and caused a column of ash and gas from […]
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Colombia has been arrested so far this year to 30 Ecuadorian vessels fishing in its waters. they asked the fishermen to respect the maritime borders of the two countries. The National Directorate of Aquatic (DIRNEA) expressed concern about the “continued” detention of vessels, according to data provided to him by the Navy of Colombia. The […]
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The German hiker Anne Thieme, 34 years old, was found dead yesterday in the south face of Cotopaxi volcano. The tourist had been reported missing on Thursday of last week, according to the commander of the Fire Department of Cotopaxi, Fernando Chiluisa. Thieme’s body was transported by ambulance Legal Medicine, the General Hospital morgue Latacunga. […]
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On January 10, 2013 culminates within regularization for all vehicles in the process described autotaxi, said Carlos Paez, secretary Quito mobility. All applicants to autotaxis must meet certain standards, such as the year the vehicle report and technical conditions, meet the distinctive colors of the stripes and new technological systems. The conventional autotaxis, rural and […]
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Quitumbe is one of the 10 sectors with the largest retail drug sales, police said. According to information from the National Narcotics Quitumbe-district in which Chillogallo-10 is one of the sectors most affected by the sale of drugs ‘retail’ in the city. Something that corroborates Chillogallo leader. He said that on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays […]
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As of November 5, the country will have the first national blood bank (blood center) created by the Ecuadorian Red Cross at a cost of three million dollars, funded by the Ministry of Public Health. The building will be located in Carapungo, north of the capital. This will become the parent of the 35 existing […]
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Background Six police officers were found guilty in July of crimes against state security following police protests over pay cuts in September 2010. In May President Correa narrowly won a 10-question referendum, which included a proposal to reform the judicial system as well as to regulate the media. In February, an Ecuadorian court fined the […]
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Until Thursday afternoon tweaks were made in the paving of a third tranche of the airport runway Camilo Ponce Enriquez, in the canton Catamayo, Loja province, so it is hoped that begins Monday adequacy of horizontal signage This will resume air operations on 17 December. The terminal, located an hour and a half from the […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that the national police on Friday presented the results of the operation called “Swirls II”, which managed the arrest of José Jiménez Marcos Olmedo, who according to the military would be the main leader of a drug trafficking organization, formed by Ecuadorians, Colombians and Peruvians. The network operated in the southern border and […]
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Eluniverso.com reported in an area of 43,000 square meters that will work in 170 venues, opened yesterday Scala Shopping Mall in Cumbayá (northeast of Quito), with an investment of $ 30 million. The group was the builder and Inmodiamante Is Scala Shopping, where they have installed 50 international franchises like Carolina Herrera, Hugo Boss, Swarovski, […]
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PORTOVIEJO-Quito-Cuenca Ecuador: ElUniverso.com reported that four people, including a child, were killed and 16 others were injured in four road accidents across Ecuador. In the grounds of Pedro Pablo La Esperanza Gomez, Manabi, two trucks collided head, which killed the two occupants of one of those cars, Dario Castro and Pedro Herrera Bailon Gordillo. Jorge […]
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International leaders Simon Wiesenthal Center asked the Argentine government claiming “an immediate apology” to President Rafael Correa for his “contempt for the victims of terrorism sponsored by Iran.” The center was reacting to statements made Correa on Tuesday in Argentina, in which defined Iran as “one of the few democracies” in the Middle East and […]
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ECUADOR REAL ESTATE Eluniverso.com reported that Canadian tourists Cote Marie Eve and Bosse Picard Mellisa reported that they were assaulted and robbed in Baños Tungurahua province after having arrived in Ecuador two weeks ago. The unknown assailant who was armed surprised the victims who were walking down a central street of Baños. The victims reported […]
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El Universo.com reported that Venezuela, Haiti, Paraguay, Honduras and Nicaragua are the most corrupt countries in Latin America, while Chile and Uruguay are the most transparent countries in the region, according to an international study released Wednesday. In two out of three Latin American countries public sector corruption high on the list appears Perceptions Index […]
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Ecuador has performed more than one billion dollars in transactions, using the Unified System for Regional Compensation (Sucre), which came into existence in 2010, official sources reported according to Prensa Latina. Sucre is a compensation system that is valid for trade among the eight members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America […]
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The National Police of Ecuador reported the capture and arrest of members of the criminal organization known as Los Topos, which operated in the center and two valleys north perimeter of this capital. The band, practicing assaults and armed robberies to homes, must answer for conspiracy, illegal possession of weapons, among other crimes. Read Article
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A second international mining company is pulling out of Ecuador this year, saying the country is not friendly to mining concerns. International Minerals Corp. of the United States is in the process of selling concessions in Azuay Province. The company says those concessions have reserves totaling 991,000 ounces of gold and 4.7 million ounces of […]
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President Rafael Correa visited in prison the only two that were arrested in the case ‘Cofiec’ and ‘declared’ innocent. Soon after, they were released. Police arrested a blogger Paul Moreno, a personal publishing on the Internet last week. In his last sabatina, Correa said that, he can release quickly and he can break all personal […]
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Rafael Correa’s government has different ways of interpreting the figure of the asylum. It is based on who requests it. The first is a critical, when an Ecuadorian citizen seeking asylum in a third country, feeling persecuted politically for his regime. Since last February, six people have applied for such protection, considering that his integrity […]
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The bus passengers were thrown to the floor upon hearing the shots. One could see seconds before when two men went to the cooperative unit Alonso de Illescas, in the San Rafael Valley area, south of the city of Esmeraldas. It was 07:00 on December 3. The bus en route Las Palmas – Valle Hermoso. […]
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Captured alleged rapist – eltiempo.com.ec At 18:20 last Tuesday operational units of the Judicial Police, PJ, LL Vinicio captured Edgar, alias “Neruda”, for allegedly being the author of a citizen estadoudinense violation. German Cevallos, head of the PJ of Azuay, said on Saturday November 10, the foreign woman and her boyfriend had gone to Canton […]
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The Mercosur summit which meets this week, December 6/7 in Brasilia is scheduled to debate the incorporation of Ecuador and Bolivia to the regional block which earlier this year, after waiting since 2006 finally integrated Venezuela as full member. President Dilma Rousseff is the host and will pass the chair on to Uruguay for the […]
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GOOGLE TRANSLATION FROM LAREPUBLICA.PE Interview with President of Ecuador: The Republic has a minority stake in Teleamazonas. What do you think of foreign investment in Ecuadorian media? See, I am a critic of fundamental rights in the hands of private property and businesses for profit. It is a contradiction, are providing the right business. How […]
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In combined operations between the Army, Police and Customs Carchi weapons were seized, cement, gas cylinders and clothing. In the area of The Leap, on the border with Colombia, early Thursday, were confiscated rubber boots, shoes and clothing, according to official data. The merchandise, the military said, was ready to be transported on mules for […]
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Team organized crime and drug (EDOA) Civil Guard has dismantled an organization Balears criminal smuggling cocaine from South America to Menorca. In the course of this operation has indicted five people for drug trafficking and have seized more than 11.5 kilos of cocaine. As reported in a statement, “Operation Robins’ began in late March and […]
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The launch of the first satellite of Ecuador, called “Pegasus”, was postponed for the first four months of 2013 due to a delay in launching rockets agenda in Russia, reported by a statement Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA). According to the Ecuadorian astronaut Ronnie Nader, director of the country’s space program, the project will cost […]
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Ecuavisa.com reported that the figures from the Ministry of Health (MOH) collects data from 1987, when there were 7 deaths directly attributed to AIDS-until 2010. According to MOH statistics, each year the number of deaths in the country for HIV / AIDS. Only in 1994 and 1995 the number decreased compared to the previous year. […]
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In Ecuador moved to the front of a seafood dealer. He used three names: Hector de Jesus Ramirez, Octavio Leon and Henry Betancourt. His near what was known as ‘El Charro’. At the hearing of support and opinion of the case formulation on drug-Rise which has been linked, the prosecution makes it the “foreign financier” […]
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The country has the spot with 3.487 million barrels of reserves, which at current rates of extraction of 188 million barrels a year, will be exhausted within 10 years. The president gave this information in the context of the launch of a tender for companies set to explore the southeast of the country this week. […]
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The Electoral Council of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), created a few hours ago, will be released formally in Ecuador’s presidential election on 17 February next year. It will also be invited to play that role in the elections observer Ecuadorian Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Union of Electoral Organizations, […]
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The Galapagos Islands authorities seek to control birth through extra rules regent special law to prevent overcrowding and protect this natural World Heritage Site. Residents in these islands of Ecuador increased from 300 in 1950 to 25,000 in 2010, while about 30 years ago came to its shores around 20,000 visitors a year and in […]
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President Rafael Correa asked the police to release Paul Ernesto Moreno, known on Twitter as @ paulcoyote, who in a digital publication said it had entered the name of the president in the Security and Data System, subsequently obtained their personal information. “I do not know what is the legal framework in these cases, but […]
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This morning was arrested in Riobamba the blogger Paul Moreno, better known by his nickname on Twitter @ paulcoyote, by order of the National Public Data Registry (DINARDAP) with the charge of fraudulent access to computer systems and databases. On November 26, Paul Moreno had described in his blog a publication to demonstrate that the […]
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A group of telecommunications operators consisting of Cable & Wireless Communications, Setar, Telconet, Telefónica a Global Solutions and United Telecommunication Services (UTS) has signed a turnkey contract with Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) to deploy the Pacific Caribbean Cable System (PCCS), a 100G submarine cable system linking Jacksonville, Florida to Manta, Ecuador. Read Article
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They were determined to Loja everything and had a large arsenal of heavy weapons, but did not imagine that the police on their heels and they were going to commit crime in the city of Cariamanga to 113km from the provincial capital of Loja would be frustrated by the military. There are eight men and […]
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The director of the Social Security Institute (IESS), Ramiro Gonzalez, reported on irregularities in unsecured loans and reserve funds, where they were arrested yesterday afternoon and 14 staff IESS Affiliate Bank (BIESS). Gonzalez said the 40 credits BIESS are irregular for about $ 400,000. He also noted that the 14 are officials and BIESS IESS […]
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Financialpost.com reported “You should all be in New York,” Ontario Superior Court Justice David Brown said several times during the first day of hearings today in Toronto. “On the issue of jurisdiction, the law is not clear on this at all. Why should the Ontario court stick their nose” into the matter. A group of […]
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Ecuador’s National Police proceeded to arrest the citizen Edgar Lucero Vinicio Lituma (A) “Neruda”, in the canton Gualaceo capture ballot who was accused of being the alleged perpetrator of a violation, in November 2012, a U.S. citizen citizen. The crime would have occurred under circumstances that the American citizen along with her boyfriend after attending […]
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An airliner from COPA lost runway at Mariscal Sucre in Quito, said the director general of civil aviation, Fernando Guerrero, in his Twitter account (@ guerrerofer71). The airport authority also announced the temporary closure of the airport to check the conditions. The aircraft is on the north end of the capital’s airport. Still unknown details […]
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suffering from a chronic lung ailment that could worsen at any time and is being checked regularly by doctors, the Andean country’s ambassador to Britain said. Assange, 41, whose website angered the United States by releasing thousands of secret diplomatic cables, has been holed up inside Ecuador’s embassy in London […]
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Ecuador: people demonstrate against oil licensing granted by Correa “The goal is to plunder our resources, everything that is damaged is the environment.” A hundred people demonstrated today Ecuadorians with drums and spears against the Bid Opening of new oil fields in the Amazon region where there is currently little wells. The Indians gathered at […]
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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) today released its annual report on the Social Panorama of the region 2012. This is a work that examines the policies and actions taken to end inequality among its inhabitants. This report highlights that seven countries still with a tendency to decrease poverty. Among them, […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that three deaths, apparently by suicide occurred in less than 24 hours in the Metropolitan District of Quito and surrounding areas. In all cases the victims were women. The first incident occurred on Sunday in the town of Nanegalito, located in the northwest of Quito. Daysi Tabango Paola, aged 22, had an argument […]
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Ecuador opens Wednesday a tender to private and state companies to explore 16 oil blocks in the Amazon, with potential reserves of 1,600 million barrels, a process that faces the rejection of indigenous communities. The offer will be formalized in the night by President Rafael Correa, whose country-the smaller partner of OPEC – not perform […]
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The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, today named new ministers of Defense, Policy Coordination and Environment, and a new National Secretariat for Migrants, in positions left by members of the ruling movement that are candidates in the upcoming elections. The new ministers were sworn in today by a ceremony in the Yellow Room of the […]
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JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR A COLA- A TALE FROM ECUADOR— SOME TRUTH AND A LITTLE FICTION – My family had suffered through the wet heat in Guayaquil, Ecuador for six months while I attempted to jump-start a sales agency there. I had imagined difficult times but had not anticipated some of the worst rains […]
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Coffee and cocoa represent the main sources of income for small farmers in the Northern Amazon Region of Ecuador. The provinces of Orellana and Sucumbios, as border areas, have benefited from investments made by many public and private institutions. Many of the projects carried out in the area have been aimed at energising the production […]
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CDF Checklist of Galapagos Birds Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, David A. Wiedenfeld, F. Hernán Vargas, Howard L. Snell Last updated: 22 Nov 2012 Abstract This Checklist of Galapagos Birds includes a total of all 181 taxa reported from the Galapagos Islands. For each name, detailed information is provided: its Galapagos distribution in islands groups or bioregions generated […]
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Maiah Jaskoski – Author ABSTRACT This article challenges two prominent explanations for military behavior: militaries, like other bureaucracies, will seek to maximize their budgets; and in the interest of maintaining professionalism, militaries will perform sovereignty missions—external defense and counterinsurgency—more intensively than policing functions. Running counter to these expectations, since 2000, Ecuador’s army has neglected its […]
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Public Security Forces with Private Funding: Local Army Entrepreneurship in Peru and Ecuador Abstract: In Latin America’s young democracies, actors in the private sector may influence military security work through resource transfers, with implications for state accountability and democracy in the region. This analysis finds that in Ecuador and Peru local army commanders—who frequently decide […]
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Eltiempo.com.ec reported that a total of 55 financial institutions in the country have complied with the provision of the National Telecommunications Council to install antennas inhibiting cell phone signal in all entities of the National Financial System. According to information from the National Telecommunications Secretariat, Senatel, 737 computers were installed inhibitors are 22 banks, 26 […]
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Retailers are to issue a letter of clearance to purchase goods when purchasing a used furniture article of this nature to a person who maintains that activity occasionally, in order to legalize the acquisition. The second rule setting SRI must be met when a person delivers a well as payment or part exchange for another. […]
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ABSTRACT This articles discusses the challenges and tensions encountered between indigenous and national systems of justice in Ecuador. The article highlights some of the major issues surrounding indigenous systems, namely, how crime should be dealt with, as well as how indigenous justice has been negatively portrayed in the media. The article suggests that indigenous communities […]
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Ecuador has more species per unit area than any other country, a unique ecology that is now uniquely protected under its constitution. But upholding these highly commendable conservation policies is a challenge. For example, a landmark legal precedent was set in a lawsuit brought in early 2011 against the local government for damages to the […]
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Kenneth McVicker was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 2, 2011, for transporting child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(1)-(2). A warrant was issued for his arrest. On March 17, 2011, Mr. McVicker was arrested in Belize by the Belize authorities, allegedly for local immigration violations. Present at the arrest was […]
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FRANKLIN CHAVEZ; TERESITA VICTORIA VIZUETA VANEGAS, Petitioners, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, Respondent. No. 11-4535. Franklin Chavez and Teresita Victoria Vizueta Vanegas, husband and wife, petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA” or “Board”), which dismissed their appeal from an Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) final removal order. For […]
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Author: Jordi Jaria i Manzano One of the most significant events in recent comparative constitutional law on environmental issues has been the recognition of rights to nature in the Ecuadorian Constitution of 2008. A claim has been made of being a change of paradigm in the constitutional tradition, which goes beyond Western legal culture to […]
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The start of operations in areas Quito-Lima route by Tame reduce travel costs between the two countries and increase the mutual flow of visitors, the Tourism Ministry said. Carla Portalanza, Undersecretary of Tourism Ministry of Tourism, said that the flights, which begin today, will have an introductory price of $ 310. Read Article
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A ray of great magnitude in the Santa Rosa (south of Quito), which caused some damage to substation devices operating in this sector, was the cause of the outage on Saturday in the provinces of Pichincha, Tungurahua and Imbabura, as a report of the Utility Quito. Read Article
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February’s election as an opinion poll published on Monday showed him more than 30 points ahead of his closest rival. High government spending on roads, hospitals and schools has made the 49-year-old economist very popular with the low-income majority, and he will have the advantage of facing a divided opposition that will include at least […]
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Roberta Jacobson discusses relations with the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs says that the U.S. is concerned about the situation of the press in Ecuador.’The situation of the press in Ecuador we are deeply concerned. We have to say it is one of the most difficult cases for freelancers. We have […]
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Today is the international day of non-violence against women Only 20.6% of the abused filing the complaint. It is estimated that from January to September, 45,400 were victims of violence The City Council created the Centers of Equity Within a month, this dependence is serving 1250 domestic violence cases. According to Metropolitan Security Observatory, between […]
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San Jose. A small fire affected today the Embassy of Ecuador in Costa Rica without causing casualties, because the fire was quickly controlled, the Fire Department confirmed. Read Article
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Ecuador Report – Death by Non-Natural Causes Report (From 1-2012 To 12-2012) Date City Cause of Death 05-27-2012 Mindo, Pichincha, Ecuador Other Accident 03-24-2012 Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador Vehicle Accident – Pedestrian 03-03-2012 Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador Homicide Department of State NOTE: SOMETIMES UPDATES MAY BE SEVERAL MONTHS AFTER EVENT
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The South American media has reverberated lately with reports that the CIA has been using drug money in efforts to destabilize the government of Ecuador’s President, Rafael Correa. If these stories are accurate, then the plan’s exposure and apparent failure may illustrate the impotence of traditional U.S. interventionism in the new South America, which increasingly […]
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$64m has been deposited and $187m pledged to help protect Ecuador’s biologically rich rainforest, figures show… More than $300m (£188m) has been promised to stop the exploitation of 846m barrels of oil below the Yasuní national park in Ecuador, one of the world’s most biologically rich areas of rainforest, new figures show. Ecuador’s idea to […]
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A Cessna 206 aircraft type Sankip company made an emergency landing by a fault that would have been presented during the flight route Curaraya Shell, in the province of Pastaza, on Sunday. The landing occurred on the river beach Villano, three and a half minutes to reach Curaray community, more than 40 minutes flying time […]
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Police released a video of four robbers (two men and two women) on Thursday November 15 at 22:00 stole about $ 600 to PharmacyYour (located on Avenida America and Rumipamba) plus medical products not yet quantified. It is assumed that the four criminals are part of a band of seven engaged in retail theft in […]
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Yesterday at 18:43 Minister Jose Serrano, through his Twitter account, said that eight detainees, 500 kilos of cocaine, a small plane and two vehicles seized as a result of the operation called Blue Danube, executed by staff Narcotics Police. Read Article
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November 12, 2012. In first debate, the House of the Transitional Judicial Council (TYC) approved the implementation of a protocol that allows the police and prosecutors to act quickly before the disappearance. The idea is to speed up the search. Also proposed submitting a photo of the victim to be published in community policing units. […]
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A report of the Armed Forces Joint Command said that from January to September last, 15,083 military seized 943 weapons in the country. Army sources said that this is a successful figure, but recognize that they may be parties who say otherwise. Since 2011 the majority of deaths occur at home just with pistols or […]
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The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, today recognized the sacrifice that Ecuadorians have emigrated from their country and invited them to return: “We are waiting with open arms,” he said. Correa participated in a ceremony in Madrid with thousands compatriots, where they gave an account of his presidency, he spared no praise for those who […]
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The demand of dozens of citizens has been denied in the Ecuadorean city of Guayaquil: There will be no jackass running for the legislature. At least 40 people paraded their candidate through the city’s streets to the electoral council offices. Read Article
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Ecuador obtained a loan of 90.2 million from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) for the construction of a hydroelectric plant in northern Ecuador, reported Thursday the Ecuadorian Ministry of Strategic Resources. The loan was signed on Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro by the head of the ministry, Rafael Poveda, and representatives of the Brazilian entity, […]
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