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Mexico: Eleven semi charred bodies are found in a Guerrero road

Eleven semi charred bodies and some beheaded were found this Thursday morning on the side of a highway in the state of Guerrero (southern Mexico). The 11 bodies were found on a road that link¡s the Ayahualulco and Chilapa communities, 330 km from Mexico City and 40 from...
Posted On 27 Nov 2014
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CPC does not approve requalification on the CNE members contest

The Council for Citizen Participation (CPC for its Spanish acronym) did not approve the report on the reclassification of merits of candidates for the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym), within the contest developed by the Citizen Selection Commission (CCS...
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Ruling party members do not change the text of the constitutional amendments

There were no changes to the text of the amendments to the Constitution analyzed by the occasional commission of the Assembly. The ruling party members responded to Antonio Gagliardo, Judge of the Constitutional Court, who said that “a coma can not be added nor...
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Isaías lawyer indicates that they will interpose extraordinary action for injunction

 The Criminal Division of the National Court of Justice (CNJ) rejected the appeals of clarification and expansion of the cassation judgment that upheld the penalty of eight years in prison for Roberto and William Isaías, former owners of Filanbanco. The Trial Chamber stated that...
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OPEC agrees not to cut oil production

The 12 member countries of the OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), from which Ecuador is part of, met in Vienna. After the appointment they indicated they would not propose a cutdown in production, so that the probability of a joint action of the group is...
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Correa justified the controversial vote of Ecuador at the UN

President Rafael Correa yesterday justified Ecuador´s vote against the request of the General Assembly of the UN Security Council, to take alleged crimes against humanity committed by North Korean authorities to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Correa said: “Ecuador...
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PSP did not receive forms for popular consultation process

The Patriotic Society Party (PSP) will not receive the forms it requested on October 29 to collect the necessary signatures for the holding of a popular consultation to citizens about indefinite reelection. The National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym), argued that...
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Mexico: Parents of 43 missing students denounced ineptitude of the government

Parents of 43 students missing declared they feel “frustrated, desperate, but mostly upset with the government,” to which they described as inept by the lack of results in the search. “We’re frustrated, desperate, but mostly upset with the government, it...
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By interim measure the CNE is asked to not deliver the forms to call for a referendum

Luis Dionisio Pino Carlier, through a precautionary measure seeks to ban the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) to deliver to Compromiso Ecuador the forms for collecting signatures, with which they seek to call for a referendum to halt the amendment that...
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Experimental vaccine against Ebola generates good response after clinical trial

The first experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus was well tolerated and generated a good immune response, showed the first results of a clinical trial in the United States, published on Wednesday. The experimental vaccine virus did not cause serious side effects and...
Posted On 27 Nov 2014
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