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Iran and the US Secretaries hold meeting to advance nuclear negotiations

US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, Mohamed Javad Zarif, met this Wednesday in Geneva a meeting considered “important” to advance negotiations on the nuclear program. “I think it’s important and show that both sides are available...
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Court admits paternity suit against former monarch Juan Carlos de Borbón

The Spanish justice investigate the demand for Belgian citizen that ensures the Spanish monarch Juan Carlos de Borbón is his father. A civil division of the Supreme Court, consisting of 12 judges agreed on Wednesday to admit a lawsuit filed by the Belgian Ingrid Sartiau....
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Italian President Giorgio Napolitano resigns

Italian President Giorgio Napolitano this Wednesday resigned his post after having ensured by almost a decade of political stability in Italy, which opens an struggles uncertain phase by his successor. The letter of resignation was submitted to the Speaker of the House of...
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INEC updated list of products to measure inflation in the country

The Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC for its Spanish acronym) updated the base year of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the list of products and services to calculate the inflation every month. Additionally, it released 60 new products and services that are added to...
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Foreign Minister Patiño highlighted the importance of the Pacific in economic terms

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño, considered on January 13 that the Pacific zone will be the “most important of the world” in economic and trade terms the next decade. The Pacific, understood and constructed as the area of contact and commo...
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Safeguard measures are applied despite warning from the CAN

The exchange safeguard measures to imports that arrive from Colombia and Peru are enforced from the January 5, despite the warnings of the Andean Community (CAN). The CAN alerted the day after the announcement of the Ecuadorian government, that “the application of safeguard...
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FAE helicopter crashed in coastal zone

The Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE for its Spanish acronym) confirmed that yesterday afternoon a Dhruv helicopter crashed in the area of Chongón (located in the southwest of Guayaquil), during a training mission. After the accident happened, the search and rescue system of the...
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Ukraine: Impact of missile destroys bus, killing 11 civilians

Eleven civilians were killed on Tuesday in the pro-Russian separatist eastern Ukraine, when their bus was hit by a missile at a checkpoint of the Ukrainian army, being this the bloodiest attack since the establishment of the truce on December 9. The attack occurred near the town...
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$ 20 bills shall hereafter be issued with data

The Internal Revenue Service (SRI by its Spanish acronym) said yesterday that from this month taxpayers who issue invoices from USD 20 shall compulsorily fill the customer´s data (name or business name and identification number or RUC). Previously, the amount from which this...
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Charlie Hebdo’s copies with Muhammad on the cover are sold out in France

The new issue of Charlie Hebdo with Muhammad on the cover, condemned by some Muslim authorities, was sold out this Wednesday in the French newstands, a week after the attack that was claimed by al Qaeda in Yemen. Survivors from the editirial staff of the satirical weekly...
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