Ecuador
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Russia has lifted its partial ban on imports of bananas from Ecuador, the Russian food safety watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor announced on Friday. “We authorize these five Ecuadorian companies to supply [bananas] under guarantees of Ecuadorian services, and we will discuss the technical part further,” the head of the regulator told the broadcaster Russia 24. Moscow…
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In the wake of his country’s World Cup exit last year, when other players were jetting off to high-end holiday resorts, Caicedo was back in Santo Domingo, Ecuador, playing in a local tournament on the same dusty pitch he used as a boy. In footage which went viral in the country, Caicedo, a rising star…
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Chelsea have now splashed a league-topping £285.9m this summer and Caicedo becomes the club’s 10th signing of the window, having also signed Christopher Nkunku (£52m), Axel Disasi (£38.8m), Nicolas Jackson (£32m), Robert Sanchez (£25m), Lesley Ugochukwu (£23.1m), Angelo Gabriel, Ishe Samuels-Smith, Diego Moreira and Alex Matos (all undisclosed). Chelsea signings this summer Last season, the…
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday condemned the assassination of a presidential candidate in Ecuador, according to a statement attributable to a UN spokesperson. “The Secretary-General strongly condemns the assassination of a presidential candidate of Ecuador, Fernando Villavicencio. Attacks of this nature represent a grave threat to democracy, and those responsible must be brought to…
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The Chinese government delivered 60 million yuan (about 9.5 million U.S. dollars) worth of humanitarian aid materials to tens of thousands of victims in the deadly earthquake in Ecuador. Four planeloads of aid arrived at the Mariscal Sucre International Airport of Quito, the capital of Ecuador, Wednesday. One more cargo plane will get to Ecuador…
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The government of Ecuador has confirmed that 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s Pacific coast on Sunday. At least 413 people are confirmed dead and the number is still rising while search and rescue operations continue.
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