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  • The Ombudsman’s Office speaks of a case of ‘violation of rights’ of 450 workers in a foreign company

    Ecuadornews: The Ombudsman’s Office revealed on Monday what it considers a serious case of “modern slavery” that affects at least 450 workers and their families, who live in deplorable conditions in plantations under the ownership of a company with Japanese capital. In a report nat...

  • Human Development Bonus promotes entrepreneurs

    Ecuadornews: Households that are part of the program can request a portion of their pensions in advance to create microenterprises. More than 70 thousand credits have been delivered. Mónica Castro was motivated by two ideas to build a micro-enterprise that, little by little, walks away from poverty ...

  • Presidency of Ecuador asks to investigate judges who acquitted Espinel

    Ecuadornews: The Secretariat of Anticorruption of the Presidency of Ecuador has asked to investigate the judges of the Criminal Guarantees Court of the province of Guayas (south) who last week absolved former Minister Iván Espinel accused of alleged corruption. “We make an appeal and call the ...

  • The Organic Law of Communication went from repressive to democratic

    Ecuadornews: The reforms to the LOC eliminated all the punitive regime of the original law, which was approved by the government of Rafael Correa, in 2015. It suppressed the Supercom and the administrative sanctions for journalists and media. The reforms to the Organic Law of Communication (LOC), ap...

  • Exports of industrialized goods increased during 2018

    Ecuadornews: Ecuador exported USD 4 638 million in 2018 in industrialized products, which meant an increase of 7% in relation to 2017, according to data from the Central Bank. The countries of South America, Central America and the European Union were the main destinations for these products, which ...

  • Lenin Moreno says that international entities will support work against corruption

    Ecuadornews: President Lenin Moreno announced the night of this Monday, February 18, 2019 that will consolidate a model to confront corruption, in which international institutions will take part. In a national chain, the Head of State said that he arranged for Foreign Minister José Valencia to meet ...

  • Companies investigated for Odebrecht case received new contracts from Petroecuador

    Ecuadornews: The Esmeralda companies Vladmau Construcciones S.A. and Professionals in Industrial Maintenance (Promanti), investigated for corruption in the Odebrecht issue, have just received new contracts at the Esmeraldas Refinery, granted by EP Petroecuador, for $ 3.6 million. The subject was den...