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This Monday, Judge Mariela Zunino, accepted the action of protection against the decision made by the National Council of Electrification (Consejo Nacional de Electrificación) (Conelec), to increase the electric rates prices. The action was brought to the judge by the assemblymen...

Ecuadorian rock band, Prime Minister, served as an international group in the 17th edition of Rock al Parque, held in Bogotá on July 1to 4, 2011. The Ecuadorian band was the responsible one to close the first day of the event considered the greatest rock activity in Latin...

The foreign Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) would have to sign a treaty with the Ecuadorian government to be able to work in the country. Executive order 812, published on July 5 by President Rafael Correa, establishes that the current foreign NGOs have signed treaties with...

This July 16, Guayaquil will continue to celebrate its foundation festivities with an Argentine rock concert. Rock bands such as Vilma Palma e Vampiros and Enanitos Verdes will share stage in the Simon Bolivar Convention Center . The show is expected to begin at 19:00. Dynamo...

Terrafugia’s flying car, A.K.A. Transition, has been officially approved for driving on roads and highways. The driver/pilot can now fly between local airports and drive on any road. On June 30, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) granted special...

Last April, the hard drives of computers that belong to the Undersecretary of the Coastal Agriculture underwent an investigation by the National Intelligence Agency (Senain).  During two months of analysis, Senain identified three alleged irregularities committed by tha...

Spanish surgeon Pedro Cavadas, led the team of doctors who performed the first successful transplantation of legs in the world. The surgery began last night and ended this morning at Hospital La Fe in Valencia, sources of the Department of Health confirmed. It is not the first...

The United States female soccer league defeated the Brazilian team in the penalty shoots (5-3). The North American team is closer to the finals of the Female World Cup Germany 2011. After a goal from North American Abby Wambach, both teams reached the end of the match with a...

This weekend the President of the Judicial Council, Benjamin Cevallos, dismissed Santiago Coba from his charge for being “violating the constitution.” Cevallos added that Coba “is a ignorant judge that has no knowledge regarding the laws at all.” Now the infighting of the...

46 people lost their lives aboard on Russia’s Volga River, regional authorities reported. The ship “Bulgaria” sank on Sunday near the village of Syukeyevo in Tatarstan, about 50 miles south of the city of Kazan (about 450 miles east of Moscow). About 200 people were...