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The American Judge Thomas Griesa ordered Argentina yesterday, August 1st, to resume negotiations with its creditors known as ‘holdouts’ to find a solution to the dispute that plunged it into a ‘default’. He also warned the country to lower the...

The Venezuelan opponent Henrique Capriles yesterday, August 1, called to the government “stop giving away” gasoline to countries with which the Executive has energy agreements before starting a debate on the possible increase in fuel prices in the country. “A...

President Rafael Correa was ratified in the project to reduce 80% of the earnings of workers in telecommunications companies (from 15% to 3%). On the morning of August 1 in an interview with local media in Bucay, he questioned that some of the profits of the telephone companies...

The Mayor of Guayaquil Jaime Nebot, reiterated that he will not be candidate to any charge in the presidential and legislative elections of 2017. “People who talk a lot, mistake a lot, I do not fall into that, you know that I am not going to be candidate for...

The terminal of the José Joaquín de Olmedo Airport in Guayaquil went from having 53,000 to 60,000 square meters giving facilities to receive up to 7.5 million passengers per year. Until yesterday, the capacity was 4.5 million passengers per year. Mayor Jaime Nebot, durin...

Jean-Claude Juncker, President-elect of the European Commission (EC), will delay the formation of the new European Commission if it does not reach a minimum number of women within the next Executive,  said today his spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud. “There may be delays in the...

Last Thursday, the National Union of Journalists (UNP for its Spanish acronym) issued a statement rejecting the verdict of the Constitutional Court (CC), held last Wednesday, in which it is stated that permission shall be required to indigenous communities before publishing...

On July 31, the plenary of the National Assembly acquiesced to the Organic Law on Water Resources, which states that the Single Water Authority will be responsible for the steering role and management. Silvia Villacís, Coordinator of Planning and Management of the National Water...

The executive secretary of the Democratic Unity Table (MUD), Ramon Guillermo Aveledo, resigned his post. But he said he will keep within the polity. The announcement was made during the session to commemorate the birth of Simon Bolivar, an initiative of the City Council of El...

Given the dramatic situation in Gaza, where every day Israeli bombs kill dozens of civilians, including innocent children, the Venezuelan president spoke on the matter and promised that his country will host some of the Palestinian children. “I have decided to create a...