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The National Electoral Council proposed the day before the plebiscite – to be held on Saturday 7th May-, to be a holiday. This initiative was created with the aim of providing facilities to those who have to vote in the other provinces. Uniformed and people under 16 to 18...

Former Chilean President Michele Bachelet hosted the launch event for UN Women, Honouring the Past – Envisioning the Future for Women and Girls, on February 24th 2011. UN Women will support individual countries in moving towards gender equality in economics and politics, and...

The last earthquake, that destroyed parts of the New Zealand city of Christchurch, surpassed today the hundred of casualties and more than 228 people are still missing. According to the official reports the total of bodies in the morgue is 113. Today, the police chief said the...

Soccer player of Liga Deportiva Universtitaria de Quito, Luis “Chucho” Bolaños, was shot down this morning while walking in Quicentro Shopping Center’s parking lot in Quito, Ecuador. The soccer player was taken to hospital Metropolitano were his condition was stabilized. Bolaños...

Wilson Luque, judge of the 11° the of Civil, hesitated to prosecute Jaime Nebot, after the verbal attacks discharged against him yesterday afternoon during the second failed hearing in the ECAPAG case. Luque, showing his authority, asked Nebot to withdraw his office. He added...

The eighth season of the comedy Two And A Half Men–transmitted by Warner in Latin America–was cancelled due to personal problems of its controversial protagonist, Charlie Sheen. CBS and Warner Bros. TV Channels informed through a statement, the decision to stop the...

The Venezuela president Hugo Chavez expressed in his twitter his support to Muammar Gadhafi, by saying that the Libyan leader faces a civil war. With this comment he joined the Cuban leader Fidel Castro and the president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega as the only voices in favor of...

Rodolfo Muñoz, Ecuadorian film director and journalist, introduced his last documentary entitled “Muchedumbre 30-S” (Crowd 30-S), where he shows the September 30, 2010 (30-S)events occurred during the rebellion of the National Police and Military against the current...

The finalists of the international competition were announced during the fourth night of the Viña del Mar Festival. On a scale from 1 to 7, Canada scored 6,3; Peru got 5,6; and Chile, the Festival’s host country got 4,1. Puerto Rican singer Chayanne, opened the show with...

Several thousands of Iraqis took the streets demanding better government services in almost 10 cities of the country, from Basra to the north. Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki made a televised speech on Thursday, his words urged the Iraqi people not to gather because...