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Eight identified policemen were considered as suspects of opening fire on Barcelona’s fan George Michael Murillo Leon, fatally wounded in Guayaquil, prior to the “Clasico del Astillero” played on November 4. Hector Vanegas , defense attorney of the victim’s family, announced...

The year 2013 has been declared by the United Nations as the “International Year of the Quinoa” (AIQ for its Spanish acronym) in recognition of the Andean peoples who have maintained, controlled, protected and preserved quinoa as primary food for present and future...

A fan of Barcelona Sporting Club died today in hospital Luis Vernaza of Guayaquil after being seriously wounded, during clashes between fans of Barcelona and Emelec. The deceased is Michael Leon Murillo, 18, who was injured this morning at the Unidad Nacional Bridge, on his way...

The Higher Education Council (CES for its Spanish acronym) debated for five hours, the draft Regulation of Career and Salary Structure of the Professor and Researcher of the Higher Education System. Following the document’s approval, the requirements were established for each of...

The third meeting of the Economic Commission of the Assembly, prepared itself to debate the project of Social Expense Redistribution Bill, which invited the Association of Private Banks to hear their stand about it. In the end they only see one solution to the proposal of the...

Today, October 31, we celebrate the day of our National Emblem or Coat of Arms, which was approved in 1900 by the National Congress during the presidency of General Eloy Alfaro Delgado and designed by master Peter Paul Traversari. Full of color and symbolism, every part of our...

“State Policy“, that’s how the National Assembly of Ecuador today declared the defense before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) on the case against the country by U.S. Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY). With 88 votes in...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador Yesterday in the early morning hours, a surprise operation was carried out by a group of the Transit Commission of Ecuador (CTE for its Spanish acronym), endowed with nocturnal photo-radars, installed on the Francisco de Orellana avenue. The photo-radars took...

Yesterday, three hikers fell into a 200 feet-deep crevasse in the area of Los Illinizas, located about 55 km southwest of Quito, Ecuador. The deceased have been identified as Maria Fernanda, 25, Sergio, 28, and Freddy, 28. It is believed that the deceased fell due to poor...

QUITO, Ecuador Tonight, the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) will make an official call to Ecuador for the election of President and Vice President; national and provincial assembly members, and Andean Parliament for the 2013-2017 period. The CNE will make...