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Ecuador has a trade surplus of USD 82.9 million in January

The Central Bank announced this morning that, by a recovery in the oil sector, Ecuador’s trade balance recorded a surplus of $ 82.9 million in the first month of the year. According to a report published on the website of the central bank, the result in the first month of...
Posted On 09 Mar 2012
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Madonna alludes to her failed marriage in “MDNA”

Apparently, Madonna managed to capture the failure of her marriage with British filmmaker, Guy Ritchie in several of her songs from her latest album “MDNA“. The song “I do not give a…“, Madonna recounts a day in the life of an unhappy marriage...
Posted On 09 Mar 2012
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French Government Awaits ETA Complete Disbanding

The French government expects that the Basque terrorist group ETA “announce a complete disbanding.” Bernard Valero, spokesman of the ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris added that French authorities haven’t seen the official “announcement” sent by ETA to a French press agency in...
Posted On 09 Mar 2012
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Celebrities Join The “Stop Kony” Viral Initiative

A few days ago, Facebook and Twitter were invaded with a video called “KONY 2012”. This is a 30-minute documentary that was released on Internet with the intention to go viral. The film targets Joseph Kony, a bush fighter from Uganda who has been abducting children to form his...
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Chinese Envoys Work for Peace in Syria

Violence raged this Friday in Syria, while China and the United Nations (UN) began with diplomatic activities to the end the government’s nearly year-old bloody crackdown against the regime’s opposition. China has sent an envoy to the Middle East and Europe to pressure for...
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IACHR Gives Ecuador Two Months to Answer for Demand

The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) accepted the process of the demand against the Ecuadorian State for violating the human rights of the directors of El Universo newspaper and its former editor of opinion Emilio Palacio. Last March 7, IACHR gave the date to the...
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Spanish Unions Protest Against Rajoy Reform

This Friday the main Spanish unions, UGT and CCOO, announced a general strike that will start on March 29 in protest “against labor reform and in defense of public services.” The conservative government of Mariano Rajoy is going to carry out this reform, which was...
Posted On 09 Mar 2012
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