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Unreleased material from Paul McCartney goes on sale

Universal Music reported that the albums At the Speed of Sound and Venus and Mars , which contain unreleased material ex Beatle Paul McCartney during his time at The Wings Group, will be reissued on September, 23. In addition to this, it will be released also a deluxe edition...
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Petroecuador is ranked 22 among the 500 fastest growing companies in Latin America

The Public Company for Hydrocarbons of Ecuador (Petroecuador EP) was positioned 22nd in the ranking of the 500 largest companies in the region with a 4.6%  growth in total net sales in 2013, according to a study by America Economy IntelligenceUnit.  The report considered 17...
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Ecuador receives FLAR credit of $ 617.58 million

The board of the Latin American Reserve Fund (FLAR for its Spanish acronym) has approved a loan to support the Balance of Payments for an amount of $ 617.58 million for Ecuador. The operation was authorized at an extraordinary session of the organism earlier this month, whichwill...
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Tungurahua volcano increased activity in recent days

Despite staying in “low levels for almost two months,” the Tungurahua volcano registered yesterday an increase in its activity, according to the Geophysical Institute (IG for its Spanish acronym) of the National Polytechnic School. The Colossus experienced “a...
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FARC would have committed “widespread abuses” in Tumaco according to HRW

The organization Human Rights Watch reported today that the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are committing “widespread abuses” with “impunity” in the Colombian town of Tumaco, where the population is mostly afrodescendent. “As the FARC...
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President of the AFA Julio Humberto Grondona passes away

Julio Humberto Grondona, President of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) for the last 35 years, passed away this Wednesday July 30 at a private clinic while waiting to undergo surgery by a heart condition. Grondona died at age 82 at 12:50 (Argentina time), according to...
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Trenching borders between Ecuador and Colombia are passable again

In the community of La Pintada (Ecuador) bordering with Yaramal (Colombia) the three trenches that were built since January to prevent smuggling, are enabled again. According to locals, unknown persons placed stones and dust in a part of the channel, so that cargo vehicles could...
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Santos warns FARC that attacks could end the peace process

After that last Monday an attack by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), caused a blackout in Buenaventura, which so far remains without power, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos warned the guerrillas that such attacks could end the current peace process....
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Russia responds to U.S. by the economic sanctions imposed against it

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said this Wednesday that the United States will suffer “actual damages” and “notorious” as a result of the new package of economic sanctions adopted against Russia with the argument of its policy in Ukrai...
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The veto for the Water Law will be discussed tomorrow

Tomorrow will be analyzed in the National Assembly the veto of the Executive for the Law of Water Resources, Use and exploitation of Water. The Committee on Food Sovereignty and Development of the Fisheries and Agricultural Sector proposes to yield to the objection of the...
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