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Bob Carr, the Foreign Minister of Australia, described as “fantasies” the fears of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for his extradition to the United States from Sweden. “To suggest that the CIA has mounted a conspiracy by the Swedish justice to take him to...

According to the two reports submitted (campaign spending and monitoring) for Participación Ciudadana (PC), the public press was “generous” in covering the presidential campaign of the representative binomial of list 35 (Alianza PAIS). While private media, according...

Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia‘s president, revealed on Saturday, February 23, that if the peace process with the FARC terrorist group does not advance, the government will withdraw from the talks in La Habana (Cuba). “As we move forward, we will be satisfied. Without...

After six years, the assets of the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE) lost $ 691.5 million; the company went from $ 1,591,5 in October 2006 to $ 900 million in February 2013. Diego Martinez, the president of the bank, revealed the latest figure on Wednesday. The current amount of...

With a list of winners rather unpredictable, last night  the 85th Oscar Awards closed with a lavish ceremony. “Argo” won best picture and “Life of Pi” was the top winner with four Oscars. Here is the partial list of winners: Best Supporting Actor:...

Holy Father, Benedict XVI, gave yesterday the last blessing of his pontificate from the window of his studio in St. Peter’s Square. Benedict, 85, said he’s not leaving the Church despite his decision to retire to spend his last years in prayer. Repeatedly, he thanked the...

The President of Cuba, Raul Castro, confirmed yesterday the beginning of his second mandate, noting that this will be his last.  He also announced that he will add to the Constitution a limit to the political office to a maximum of 10 years and an age limit to fill those...

After eight days of the elections and three days before the deadline to deliver the results, the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) has not completed the scrutiny of the votes and it seems it will not accomplish it. According to Article 132 of the Code of...

Best Picture: “Argo” The thriller, based on a true story, tells the CIA mission to rescue six U.S. diplomats in Iran after the 1979 Islamic revolution, under the cover of  a fake Hollywood movie. Best Director: Ang Lee Taiwanese director won the Best Director award...

With slow progress the review of the national scrutiny continues, after  eight days of the election process. So far only 10 provinces have completed the counting of votes of all dignities ( presidential, national assembly, provincial and Andean Parliament). The 14 provinces that...