The manufacturer of solar Isofoton invest 100 million euros to build a photovoltaic plant of 50 megawatts (MW) in Ecuador, the country’s first fully permitted to charge a regulated rate. In a statement, Isofoton explained that the plant, located 10 kilometers from Quito, employ 500 people during construction and, once in operation, will generate clean […]
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With a march, members of the College and Association of Physicians of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas protested the criminalization of malpractice raised in the Penal Code reform. With banners and whistles doctors marched Avenue Quito and the city center, as it passes handed out flyers to passersby, giving reasons why they oppose the treatment […]
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Radioespectaculo.com reported that there are an average of 11 kidnappings of this type per week in Guayaquil. The sites in this band acting in complicity with drivers are recurrent: outside malls, universities … What started as a pleasant gathering of friends having dinner in the grill of Nato, which is located in the citadel Urdesa […]
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Hoy.com.ec reported concerning Kidnapping Express in Quito: In 2010 there were no reports of theft in taxis, in 2011 there were two cases, and from January to August 2012 there are 17. Only 20% of victims reporting. Climbing into a taxi in recent months is becoming an ordeal for you quiteños rally called by the […]
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By order of the twenty-first Judge of Pichincha Civil (e), Marco Alban, La Hora proceeds to publish today, Wednesday November 14, 2012, amendment prepared by the magistrate court after action filed against this half by the Secretary of Public Administration, Oscar Alejandro Solórzano Pico. Doctor. Francisco Vivanco Riofrio National President La Hora Dear Sirs: On […]
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According to eltiempo.com.ec, Vivanco said the newspaper has not committed any fault, and was even willing to go to jail, however in today’s edition will be published apology to the Government, as reported Ecuavisa channel. In the morning, Vivanco said “this is the beginning of the end of the press in Ecuador because it creates […]
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In Rumichaca Bridge during a control operation of Customs Surveillance Service (SVA), a patrol agents Colombian detected entering the country with two boxes of phones. Colombian Patrolman HMG-915 board with logos Counternarcotics Police of the neighboring country, had camouflaged cargo in the back seat, which is why he was taken to court for an inspection […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that the Ombudsman urged the ministries of Health and Agriculture to conduct research on the environmental and physical effects that produce 17 chemicals used in banana plantations (including glyphosate), according to the resolution 010 of the entity . The document was the result of research conducted since 2010, after Jorge Orellana Acosta filed […]
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A total of 50 blocks pentolite (explosives) and 12 type camouflage military uniforms were found by police in a building in the city of Tulcán, near the border with Colombia according to telegrafo.com.ec. The soldiers arrested the Ecuadorian Veronica A. 28 and the Colombian Rodrigo P., 32, who were turned over to the competent authorities […]
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Armed Forces personnel, core operating Amazonas, pertaining to operational command No. 1 North, reported that on November 10, at about 07:30, there was a military checkpoint, specifically in the 5km road Puerto El Carmen Lago Agrio, which allowed the seizure of approximately 10,000 rounds 7.62mm, which were transported by bus from the cooperative Putumayo, KAB-179 […]
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The campaign to prevent dengue will spread to several districts of the province. The winter season is coming in December and January, months in which vector-borne diseases increase. In Macara, Zapotillo Catamayo Vilcabamba and the parish in 2009 were cases of dengue. Fabiola Barba, an epidemiologist at the Provincial Health Department of Loja, DPS-L, noted […]
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Despite being the second province with the highest number of violent deaths, Manabi has a precarious system of criminal investigation. Portmore, the capital, for example, has a morgue without cold rooms for corpses, or medical devices for surgery. The agents of the Judicial Police said the shortcomings in equipment can slow the progress of the […]
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In the Ecuadorian market average circulating 2’400 000 credit cards from different classes and types. According to the Association of Private Banks, to grant ‘plastic’ actual capacity is analyzed customer payment. But now for a no credit card required and can be obtained by submitting the identification card. Read Article
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He arrived in Quito, from the province of Pastaza, Marco Guillen, head of fisheries projects and fish farming in the Amazon region, with the idea of submitting to national and foreign experts fishery products that exist in the Ecuadorian Amazon. It is estimated that in the five Amazonian provinces of the country there are about […]
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A rifle costs $ 5200, a 4000 machine gun, a pistol and a revolver 1200 USD 800. Those prices were written with a ballpoint pen red on a white paper and crumpled. Appeared alongside images of each weapon found in a cabin Sealed Stone sector. In the last hours, this site jungle, in the northeast […]
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Burglaries to homes until September 340 and theft accounted for people who until last month totaled 230 cases are crimes that are committed most often and most concern to police chiefs. For this reason, the National Police in Tungurahua made permanent operating in places where they allegedly sold objects of dubious provenance. Read Article
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Tracking several phone calls and threats of extortion allowed, last Saturday morning, the release of Deysi Caterine Zhunio Rodriguez, kidnapped woman remained in the Sucumbios province since 31 October. Police reports reveal that at 11:30 on Wednesday 31 October, two men high coarse texture, covered their faces and arms violently entered the victim’s home, located […]
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The main seaports operating in Guayaquil are receiving fewer vessels. In the first nine months of the year, revenue from merchant ships fell by 20.9% on the docks of Port Authority of Guayaquil (APG) and private terminals that sit in the estuaries. The decrease means that the berths left to attend to September compared to […]
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Ecuadorian soldiers seized 243 kg of marijuana to intercept a boat Colombian flag in an operation in the border between the two countries that left an inmate of that nationality, reported Sunday the Navy of Ecuador. He said a coastguard captured on Saturday Colombian boat “Dona Ana” sector Lemons channel (in the coastal province of […]
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In Loja Police Prosecutor and try to establish who and the cause for which a man was killed with 27 stab wounds. The victim was found bleeding on the ground terminal of the Reina del Cisne,, Loja Canton, Wednesday morning. The city had 27 wounds from a sharp weapon in the back and the height […]
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Maytte Gavilánez, journalist with the FLACSO, originated this creative and important proposal that was born from the call to the National contest radio journalism. “The idea was to create an investigative report focused on radio and based on social issues, so I took this very complicated for the sole purpose of preventing abuse,” said Gavilánez. […]
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Diariopinion.com reported that Assemblywoman Silvia Salgado, has introduced a bill “comprehensive response to the HIV-AIDS in Ecuador”, stressing that in our country there is a record of over four thousand cases of HIV carriers, with a frequency more prevalent among ages 20 to 49 years old. The bill aims to address the issue of postage […]
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The National Secretariat for Migrants, SENAMI, reported yesterday that were found the bodies of Maria Ines Alvacora Munoz, 24, and Luis Ariosto Street Inga, 22, who died on Sunday while trying to swim across the Rio Grande from Mexico to enter the United States. Read Article
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The National Police, through the Narcotics Chief of Guayas, in raids in the Port of Guayaquil and urbanization Alegría, the cooperative sector Juan Montalvo, seized 445.071 kilos of cocaine and arrested six Ecuadorians. The commander (e) of the Police Zone No. 8, Col.. Luis Castillo Miranda, highlighted the work of the organization that prevented more […]
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Importing cars cilindrajes between 1,500 and 3,000 cubic centimeters, the CKD (parts and pieces) of cars in the same category and phones were down from $ 110.36 million (43.91%) from June to September, compared to that period last year. All three belong to the list of most purchased goods abroad. Since January last year, the […]
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This Thursday, November 8th, Ecuador and Belgium evaluated 24 interventions among programs, projects, studies and consultancies that run in the country as part of the Bilateral Cooperation Program. At this meeting, Ecuador also positioned the reorientation of cooperation that defined the country, according to which Ecuador requires international cooperation to enhance technical skills development, the […]
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Annual inflation slowed in Ecuador in October by a decline in the prices of food and non-alcoholic drinks, the government said Wednesday. The percentage represents a slowdown compared to last September when the increase was 1.12%. The percentage represents a slowdown compared to last September when the increase was 1.12%. In the 12 months to […]
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Police operations conducted in this week allowed the seizure of $ 205,200 counterfeit dollars and the arrest of 12 people who allegedly tried to sell them. On Wednesday, seven people were arrested in the city of Quito adulterated with $ 125,000, while on Tuesday were arrested five others with fake $ 80,200 denominations. In the […]
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Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa on Thursday urged Barack Obama, the U.S. president re-elected, to facilitate institutional turnaround in U.S. policy to Latin America and the Caribbean. The Ecuadorian president regretted that, although both U.S. presidential candidates considered the “land of opportunity” to Latin America, did not address U.S. relations with Latin American southern hemisphere in […]
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An Argentine judge embargoed Chevron Corp.’s assets in Argentina to carry out an Ecuadorean court order that awarded $19 billion to plaintiffs in an environmental damage lawsuit in the Amazon, a lawyer said Wednesday. Read Article
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The soldiers came to the PJ Agualongo community in Otavalo and entered the house where others would be counterfeit. In-house authorities found seven $ 100 bills and four sheets of paper money impregnated with a stamp reading “Central Bank of Venezuela.” None of this could be justified. Police said the amount of counterfeit money that […]
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CAMPAIGN BEGINS Influenza Vaccination Cuenca Ecuador – Flu Season Runs October and runs through April This vaccination campaign focuses on four groups at highest risk for serious complications from influenza: children six months to four years, aged 18 to 23 years, pregnant women over 18 years old, adults over 65 and people suffering from chronic […]
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Until February this year, Tamban neighborhoods, Assumption and Sosanga were the most productive and employment generating Chimbo, Canton Bolívar. In these areas, 34 workshops were dedicated to crafting weapons. But last August 22 after the reform of the Law on Manufacture and Possession of Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives, the Executive issued resolution 1274 and permanently […]
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According to Eluniverso.com, the governor of Guayas unveiled the campaign ‘red card to violence’, in the Municipality of Guayaquil was presented the project ‘Guayaquil without football violence’. The first has ten points, that ¬ ¬ inter alia include punitive legislation to punish the vandals and even expel lifetime sports venues and record clubs bars, while […]
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“I was hired to kill him … but do not want to dirty my hands for money …” is part of the threatening calls that are exposed to the professionals. In Cuenca, the police and prosecutors have received about 60 complaints. Lenin Bolanos, Police Commander of Azuay, said that in some cases argue that criminals […]
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This morning Silhouette organizations X, Confetrans, Transgender Project, Inclusive and Green Balancing Basin, reported the death of lesbian activist Karina T, 28, who was killed on Nov. 2. Witnesses who book their identity Karina T, would have been in an entertainment center in Azogues would then directed to an apartment where he is killed, after […]
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For four months the parents of Juliana Rodriguez Lizbeth Campoverde desperately seek without finding any trace. She came out of her house one morning, with his mother, to go to work, located in Ajaví and Sosoranga Avenue, south of Quito, but never arrived. The girl turned 19 years away from his family who could no […]
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The robbery was one of the homes most reported crimes in Guayaquil during the holiday. The victims (about thirteen until yesterday morning) reported coincidentally, on the premises of the Prosecutor attached to the Guayas Judicial Police (PJ), that the acts were committed when they were in their houses, known as theft mode “estruche”, as reported […]
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Last Thursday, the Latin American Federation of Banks (Felaban) , announced its deep concern at the proposal of President Rafael Correa, to use part of the income of private banks, to finance the announced bonus increased from 35 to 50 dollars according to Ecuavisa.com. The statement, which was published in several newspapers across the country, […]
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The chances of an El Niño event in the coming weeks affecting the country are now at 50%, a figure that has declined compared to July and August, when there was talk of a 70% chance, according to Eluniverso.com. “That forecast (…) is the equivalent of having heads or tails in a probability of an […]
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According to Chilean journalist, the CIA has prepared an operation to destabilize the regime. Elmercurio.com.ec reported that President Rafael Correa, picked up a complaint filed by a Chilean journalist on alleged operation of Central Intelligence Agency U.S. (CIA) to destabilize his government and prevent his reelection. In his usual Saturday report, released yesterday but recorded […]
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On May 1 became operational last Integrated Security Service SIS ECU 911, so yesterday was assessed the first half of management according to elmercurio.com.ec. Fernando Figueroa, director of ECU 911, said that in this period have received 480,078 calls, of which 94,924 are receptaron in May, 741 in June, 85,801 in July, 83,978 in August, […]
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Seven Colombian and two Ecuadorians have been arrested on suspicion of integrating a drug ring that operated from several farms in the provinces of Manabi and Santa Elena according to vanguardia.com. In a statement, police said the investigation began on October 19 with the arrest of a truck, inside which were found 406.5 kilos of […]
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The community of the Ecuadorian Amazon, which has won court battles in his country and the United States in a lawsuit against Chevron for environmental damage between 1964 and 1990, now wants to seize the assets of the U.S. oil in Argentina and Colombia. The Union of People Affected by Texaco (company that in 2001 […]
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More than 390 sticks of dynamite were seized from people who mined from underground, gold mines, located in Piglio, Canaribamba parish, canton St. Elizabeth, yesterday. No one was arrested. Oscar Troy, head of the Third Army Division Tarqui said it also retained 20 sacks of ammonium nitrate, explosive explogel, riodin violet, shotguns, 1,709 blocks of […]
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Alexandra Barrero, 29, was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly counterfeit money inside the house number 7 in the residential Portal Alcal in Guamaní sector in the south of the city. Personnel of Special Operations Group (GOE), Quito Judicial Police (PJ) and Quitumbe headquarters participated in the operation. Inside the house, in the laundry area found […]
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Sigüenza Elizabeth Alexandra Mendez, 45, died yesterday when hit by the Metrovía No. 25, on Sunday Comin and Chambers streets, south of the city. Witnesses of the accident said the woman was traveling on a motorcycle HM-320C board run by a man who was not identified. Vincent Foster, who works near the sector, said the […]
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They took $ 56,000 Commercial Bank of Manabi and security guards were given no account of what happened inside. In five minutes the thieves tied up the employees and emptied the vault of the lender, where even tried locking the head of the agency, but to their pleas did not. Read Article Extra.ec
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Assailants thwarted from stealing pharmaceuticals due to trucks being locked with satellite system, trucks tracked by GPS They were dressed as soldiers, with a green car and mark, and even with reflective cones doing an operation allegedly anti-crime. When they saw that the three trucks loaded with medicines, approaching towards them, they made a stop […]
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elmercurio.com.ec reported that yesterday opened a new point of sale of the airline Aerogal in the first floor of the CICA, Solano Avenue. They plan to conduct raffles, and several surprises to promote their rates for the ticket that costs $ 69 round trip to Quito, which includes taxes and more. Mario Cruz, CEO of […]
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Richard Bodeker an expatriate from Arkansas and living in Loja Ecuador went on the taxi ride of his life or what he thought was nearly the loss of his life. Monday October 22, 2012, in Cuenca Ecuador, Mr. Bodeker hailed a taxi after making sure the vehicle had valid license plates and permit stickers at […]
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Analysis of the Redistribution Bill Social Spending to increase Human Development Grant began yesterday in the Economic Commission of the National Assembly’s concern with representatives of chambers of commerce. The debate on the legislative table began after 16:00, with the presence of Eduardo Peña, President of the Chamber of Guayaquil, who found that exposure to […]
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lahora.com.ec reported that at 06:00 yesterday, police arrested two men acting suspiciously walking the streets Columbus and Amazon. Hólger Sergeant Toro, who patrol the area along with two other officers, confirmed that he saw Gabriel Vicente Loma Porozo and Holger David Mina Mina, walking hurriedly along Avenida Amazonas. When the officer asked them to stop […]
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sipse.com reported that Colombian authorities seized half a ton of explosives in an operation against the rebel National Liberation Army (ELN) on the border with Ecuador, said the Army and disseminated Notimex. War material was found by soldiers of Task Force Pegasus in the rural area of Mallama, in the southern department of Nariño, during […]
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Former British Ambassador states CIA paying bribes to defeat Correa in Feb 2013 elections according to actualidad.rt.com Murray, former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, posted on his blog that the CIA invests $ 87 million “to influence elections in Ecuador , an amount “from the results [election] in Venezuela have been tripled,” he says. After the […]
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More details: Registration Offices People of 100 or more years old should go to any registry office to update your details, including your card out. You can also go a relative, but a mandatory requirement: application to the respective provincial director that must be included in the full names, identity card numbers and phone, and […]
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The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa announced on Sabatino Link 295, held in the city of Tena, the mechanisms used to finance the Human Development Bond (BDH), which will increase from $ 35 to $ 50. The president said that this was a decision was made.
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In twelve months Ecuadorian-Chilean trade gained importance to the point of becoming the second largest trading partner with favorable balance of payments for this country, reflects a report of the Central Bank of Ecuador. Between January and August, trade with Chile reflects growth of over 350%. In this period, for example, exports to Country Southern […]
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This is an interesting piece written as a theses at Scripps. Anyone considering a move to Cuenca Ecuador will clearly learn some valuable information from this work. There is good material on what U.S. expatriates think of Cuencanos and what Cuencanos think of U.S. expatriates. One concern I have with the work is an expatriate […]
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The behavior of the rainy season in the coastal region may be similar to that of previous years, meaning that precipitation would begin in January 2013, said Juan Palacios, International Meteorological Institute expert as reported by andes.info.ec. At least the situation has presented a decline oceanic anomalies of sea temperature is an important index to […]
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PREPARED BY GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION AND RECOVERY / APRIL 2011 Ecuador is located in the northwestern part of South America and borders Colombia, Peru and the Pacific Ocean. The country has a total area of 248,513 km2 and a population of over 13.6 million inhabitants.1 Ecuador is highly exposed to El Niño events, […]
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At international airports was instituted random selection of travelers, for baggage screening by X-ray system. The selection is done by an intelligent traffic light. The unit displays according to the light that turns on (green or red) if the passenger makes a new line to check your bags noninvasive or complete their paperwork there, according […]
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According to eltiempo.com.ec, the problems in the service of the operator Movistar in recent days in the city, due to the lack of base stations to be installed in different sectors, Fabian said Brito, Regional Governor of the Superintendency of Telecommunications. Brito said that before the claims and complaints of users, the Superintendent made quality […]
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IBARRA. Rains reached Imbabura, but the authorities of the province and ensure Ibarra has been made relevant actions for the winter does not hit the area hard north. The COE always ready. “Emergency Operations Committee, COE has not stopped working, which is why the Department of Risk Management is preparing a draft Emergency Plan, municipalities […]
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In a van that was reassembled in Ipiales, are camouflaged more than 66 kilos of cocaine that was destined Manta. The Ecuadorian PWZ vehicle plates 225, was led by Carlos Q., a 29-year-old explained to the police authorities who came from the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to Tulcán, transporting shrimp and then […]
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Ecuadorian journalist’s local channel Teleamazonas, Nathaly Toledo, reported that it has received threatening phone calls after publishing drug investigations and carry weapons of students in some schools in Guayaquil, according Fundamedios alert today. The journalist made the complaint to the Attorney attached Guayas Judicial Police, it has recorded the number of which the call was […]
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The heavy rain and hail that fell last Friday in Loja serious effects left in homes, streets, avenues, schools … Yesterday, the Emergency Operations Committee (COE) declared the city in a state of emergency. Read Article
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Being the author of Culture Shock! Ecuador, I have had a lot of contact during research of literature about this amazing country. The book I am about to tell you about was not released in English until after my latest edition. I can without hesitation recommend “Portrait of a Nation – Culture and Progress in […]
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Tuseguridad.com reported to always observe your surroundings, because criminals usually attack by the driver’s side; Avoid shopping, give money or receive information with windows up and make sure doors are locked are among other security measures to avoid being victims of crime when we are driving and we must stop because the light is red. […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that six Guatemalans were detained at Guayaquil’s international airport when their stories did not add up to authorities why they were carrying $9500 a piece for a total of $56,000. They could not tell authorities the origen of the money or the purpose. All six declared they did non know each other, but […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that the president of the Association of Private Banks of Ecuador (ABPE), Cesar Robalino, warned yesterday that the Government’s proposal to fund the Human Development Bond of $ 35 to $ 50 in bank profits represents a “cuasiconfiscación” of sector earnings. Rafael Correa announced it will send a bill to the Assembly for […]
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Hoy.com.ec reported that yesterday afternoon, three mountaineers climbing club members of the National Polytechnic died after falling 300 meters to reach the summit of South Iliniza , five more people were at the time of the accident. Apparently, one of the climbers slipped in the snow, dragging two more to the precipice. Fernando Iza, the […]
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Spanish.peopledaily.com.cn reported that an Ecuadorian Coast Guard boat stopped Ecuador last weekend two Peruvian vessels and six crew when conducting illegal fishing in national waters, reported the Ecuadorian Navy. The detention of vessels occurred last Saturday at 23 nautical miles west of the island of Santa Clara, in Ecuadorian sea during a patrol boat Coast […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Ecuador’s armed forces said Saturday the arrest of five people, one of them wounded, supposedly subversive, in a section of the Amazon frontier with Colombia, after a confrontation. The event, according to a statement released by the military, occurred at noon in the area of the board, about 30 kilometers from Puerto […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that the death of a child in a Children’s Center of Good Living (CIBV) indigenous community Tocagón in Otavalo, Imbabura province, on September 28, forcing authorities related to their control units to expedite inspections in the country. The youngest, 1 year and 4 months, drowned after falling into a bucket containing water with […]
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Interior Minister, José Serrano, said Saturday that it was released the landowner Gustavo Villarreal, who was kidnapped more than four weeks in the hacienda of La Joya, which rises in the Bobo River and reaches the river Carchi border the neighboring country of Colombia. Read Article
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Interior Minister, José Serrano , said Saturday that the Department Narcotics police seized 350 kilos of cocaine and arrested eight people in an operation in the Canton Pedernales, in the province of Manabi. Read Article
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Eltiempo.com.ec reported that the expenses that can be deducted are those made for housing, education, health, food and clothing, said Xavier Vásconez, regional head of SRI’s Claims Department. The maximum amount that can be deducted in housing, education, food and clothing is $ 3,159 per item. In health can deduct up to $ 12,636, but […]
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Cuenca Ecuador – Eltiempo.com.ec reportedThe torrential downpour yesterday afternoon turned down again alarms relief agencies, to the calls for help from floods and landslides on the roads. Heavy rains flooded several sections of the Avenue of the Americas, especially in the area of Free and Fair at the bottom of the citadel Jacaranda, because the […]
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This type of offenses that generated more public concern for safety are aggravated robberies committed by criminals with guns who move on motorcycles. In order to decrease the frequency of these crimes, the Home Office decided that the National Police take as a priority the fight against so-called robbers motorized or “motobandis” or “motochorros”. Read […]
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The Spanish Civil Guard dismantled a drug ring that introduced drugs from South America to the Iberian country, simulating sightseeing trips, honeymoons, among others. Upon being arrested 29 alleged members of this organization. The dome of the network of seven Colombian and Ecuadorian, were also arrested in the operation. Additionally consisted Spanish citizens, and Ukrainian. […]
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The Attorney General’s Office said Thursday, the arrest of five Ecuadorians, who allegedly made up a drug ring operating between Ecuador and Ukraine. The police arrested the accused in the towns of Machala and Puerto Bolivar, south of the country, after a four month investigation between the police, prosecutors in Ecuador and Ukraine. Read Article
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Take a look at the Ecuador team’s expressions.
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A group of tourists Cuencanos bathing in Playa Rosada, located between the towns of Palmar and Ayangue, north of Santa Elena, was assaulted by nine armed criminals. The incident occurred Saturday evening as guests gathered their things after a long afternoon stroll, but as they climbed into their vehicles, came the sector a white van, […]
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Extra.ec reported that…… Silva Augusto César Núñez, 73, exconcejal by Roldosista Party and former Ecuadorian Consul of Ecuador in New York in the government of Abdala Bucaram, the prosecution alleged that he was assaulted in her home by a Colombian woman and four men, who will stole about $ 10,000 in appliances. The man, who […]
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Eelmercurio.com.ec reported that the country has its first official dictionary of sign languages Ecuadorian. Lenin Moreno presided over the launch of the editorial project, which was held today in the auditorium of the Ministry of Education. The aim is to meet the Deaf community and equate their condition so that they have equal opportunities. It […]
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Elcomercio.com reported that the head of the Narcotics Police of Guayas, Wladimir Leon said they have made more than 40 operating in and around schools. Last week, seven students of a school in the south of Guayaquil were isolated because they allegedly were found with drugs. In 2008, the Third National Survey on Drug Use […]
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elmercurio.com.ec reported that Judicial Police in Cuenca have received eight official complaints from residents that they have received threatening phone calls from individuals demanding money. 1. Police believe that phone numbers were obtained from the telephone book. 2. Victims attest that phone calls stopped after notifying the authorities. 3. Police believe the calls may be […]
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Eluniversio.com reported that a special report indicates that Ecuador’s government and state institutions take actions that undermine freedom of information in the country and used public resources to “attack” journalists and media systematically, according to a preliminary report by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) released this Sunday. The document, prepared by the Committee on […]
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Three inmates of the Coastal Prison died on Saturday in a shooting that occurred at 10:10 in the kitchen of this facility, located at kilometer 16 of the road to Daule. The Justice Ministry said on its Twitter account that the deaths were a settling of accounts between members of the same band. Read Article
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Elmercurio.com.ec reported that in the year 2050 Ecuador will have 23.4 million inhabitants, according to population projections presented yesterday by the Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC). In 2012 the country has 15.5 million inhabitants. Projections for 2020 will have 17.5 million inhabitants in 2030, 19.8 million, in 2040, 21.8 million, and by 2050, 23.4 […]
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Tusegurida.ec reported that sexual offenses, thefts and robberies companies are crimes increased between January and August 2012 in Cuenca, as shown by a report prepared by the Board of Public Safety and the Center for Strategic Studies. Sexual offenses increased by 14%. 199 cases were reported. Violations represent 63%, the indecent assault 21%, sexual harassment […]
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Eight tons of cocaine from Ecuador, with a sales value of 500 million euros, were seized on Monday in the Belgian port of Antwerp, prosecutors said Friday that city, noting that this is the second seizure more important ever made in Europe. The drugs were hidden in a container of bananas and was destined for […]
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These are just two of the 1175 assaults that occur on average per month in the capital. According to the Metropolitan Public Safety Observatory, 31.8% of these crimes happen within a vehicle. To avoid the increase in muggings and express kidnappings taxis, the City presented the “Passenger sure.” With this tool, people can know if […]
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A week for its implementation, the National Customs Service (Senae) decided yesterday to move to Eluniverso.com reported that on October 22 performance of the new phase of Ecuapass computer system, which shall address the procedures of entry and exit of goods electronically. The process would begin on Monday 15, but the entity decided to postpone […]
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According to Ecuavisa.com,the Banking Board of Ecuador resolved to establish new maximum rates for the services provided by financial institutions in the country. These costs are valid from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, according to the resolution published Monday in the Official Gazette. In the report, the Board endorsed the services that are free and […]
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As part of ongoing operations performed by the Ecuadorian army on the northern border, the battalion staff Selva # 55 “Putumayo” located and seized weapons and ammunition in a cove on the Santa Elena jurisdiction Putumayo Canton Sucumbios province: One of the features that are found in different caliber ammunition, is that they were painted […]
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Ejercitodelecuador.mil.ec reported in the canton Salcedo, a group of military personnel from the Special Forces Brigade # 9 “HOMELAND” located and destroyed about 100,000 poppy plants. At the ceremony attended Mr. Augusto Cayancela, the parish sheriff Cuzubamba; plantations were found in San Isidro and sectors Mulalillo. Presumably, this would be addressed as a crop plants […]
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