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Women are rescued in the US after years of been kidnapped

Michelle Knight, who disappeared in 2002, Amanda Berry, in 2003, and Gina DeJesus in 2004, were found by Charles Ramsey and Angel Cordero  due to the screams for help from Berry, who then made a call to the police. “I’m Amanda Berry. I was kidnapped. I’ve been...
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Continuing quarrels between Correa and U.S. Ambassador

President Rafael Correa made clear his opinion about the U.S. ambassador in Quito, Adam Namm, and his statements on press freedom in Ecuador, referring to the diplomat as “metidito” (meddler) and “malcriadito” (spoiled) for having participated in the event...
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Maduro traveled to Uruguay among controversies and fraud allegations

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro today began his first tour of the region since his inauguration to office, with open polemics with various countries as a backdrop and complaints about the situation in Venezuela after the elections. His first destination is Uruguay, before...
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Ramiro Gonzalez minimizes IESS actuarial work

Ramiro Gonzalez said in one of his last appearances as chairman of the Board of the Social Security Institute (IESS), the importance to the consulting Actuary report, which warns that the actuarial deficit of the IESS pension fund has almost doubled itself. He added that by 2050...
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Activity of the Tungurahua volcano continues to increase

The Geophysical Institute (IG) of the Escuela Politécnica Nacional, said that yesterday the seismic activity of the Tungurahua volcano increased to generate 30 explosions and constant emissions of gas and ash, while last Sunday only seven explosions were registered. The eruptive...
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Christian Benitez scoring champion in Mexico

The Ecuadorian Christian “Chucho” Benitez, striker of the America, set a record of three consecutive scoring titles in short Mexican soccer tournaments, and is now to be crowned as top scorer of the 2013 Clausura tournament with 12 goals. In addition, the Panterita,...
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Pacific Countries will held tsunami drill

As a preventive measure to a tsunami warning, the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Warning System and Mitigation in the Pacific (ICG / PTWs) will conduct a drill to measure the responsiveness of thirty-nine countries in the event of a tsunami. In this...
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Boston bombing suspect cannot be buried

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, -died in a shootout with the police- and his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, -currently hospitalized and facing terrorism charges- are being accused of having carried out the attacks of April 15 in the Boston Marathon, in which three people were killed and...
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Rodrigo Riofrio is no longer an ambassador

The Foreign Ministry issued a statement, in which it announced “the completion of functions of Ecuador’s ambassador in Peru”, making it clear that the decision had been “taken at the request of ambassador Riofrio himself.” Likewise, the Foreign Ministry...
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Danilo Carrera resigned from the COE

After a tense relationship with the Sports Minister, Jose Francisco Cevallos,  for the  intervention of 40 national sport federations, Danilo Carrera resigned to the Ecuadorian Olympic Committee (COE). Danilo Carrera Drouet, who was serving his fourth term as President of the COE...
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