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All people have already been evacuated, as reported by firefighters. Rocío Alvarado Flores, Estefany Shirley Cepeda Briones, 40 and 28, and an eight months neonate died yesterday because of the fire that occurred in the Chamber of Commerce building in the north of Guayaquil. The...

As announced yesterday the mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot, will open 19 urban regeneration this month. This morning Nebot opened the zigzag bridge that crosses the Estero Salado, connecting the State University with the Catholic University. Likewise, the Mayor pledged to present...

Julian Assange, founder of information site Wikileaks, is currently under the protection of the Ecuadorian embassy. Since Assange’s appeal was rejected by the London Supreme Court on 14 June 2012. On June 28, the United Kingdom police gave Assange a letter at the Ecuadorian...

Two and a half weeks are left for political organizations of Ecuador to complete their registration with the National Electoral Council (CNE) for the elections scheduled for February 2013. So far, parties and movements Sociedad Patriótica, PRE, MPD, Pachakutik, CREO, Avanza, AP y...

Nine minutes and 15 seconds lasted the first commercial flight at test that landed in the new airport of Tababela  in the northeast of Quito (Ecuador). The American Airlines Boeing 757 took off at 06:10 on Monday from Mariscal Sucre airport. About 50 passengers, including...

This Monday Japan began their electricity saving targets as the country eyes a power shortfall over the hot summer, despite the weekend restart of a nuclear reactor. The government has requested households and businesses in central and western Japan to voluntarily cut consumption...

Mexican opposition candidate Enrique Pena Nieto’s campaign team claimed victory in the country’s presidential election on Sunday after exit polls showed him winning by a comfortable margin. Pena Nieto, 45, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), led by between...