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Ecuadorian Artists Exhibit their works at Luis Noboa Naranjo Museum

Last night, Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum, celebrated Guayaquil festivities with an evening filled with art. The Ecuadorian painter, Luis Alberto Medina, submitted his pictorial exhibition “Re-Enfoques” in oils and acrylics, his paintings always project high color...
Posted On 20 Jul 2012
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Microsoft Reports Losses for the First Time in its History

Microsoft reported a big loss for the first time ever since it started going public in 1986, losing $ 492 million. The net losses occurred despite a slight increase in revenue, which stood at 18.059 million dollars, which allowed a meager operating profit of 192 million dollars....
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Venezuelan Polls Show Capriles 47,7% Chavez 43,9%

Last Thursday the Venezuelan pollster ‘Predigmatica’ offered the final results of a study made throughout the whole month in Venezuela to see the acceptance of the people towards the candidates in upcoming elections in October. Henrique Capriles Radonski showed a 47,7% while Hugo...
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Ecuadorian in Hunger Strike due Eviction gets Supported

The Ecuadorian Jorge Cordero, who started a hunger strike over a month ago in protest due to an eviction from his home in the city of Oviedo, Spain, today received the visit of Spanish deputy Gaspar Llamazares, who called for a greater “sensitivity” with his case....
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Ecuadorian Sees the Initial Banana Purchase with Uncertainty

Today the small and medium banana producers of El Oro accepted the government announcement of buying banana clusters at $3 for those with over demand. They believe this commitment would start working during next week. Agricultures still don’t know with exactitude how the entire...
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General Prosecution Office has 160 New Staff Members

The General Prosecution Office placed 160 new staff members that won a merit and opposition competition among more than 9000 applicants. The competition was carried out since early this year to fill vacancies in that institution. Ecuador’s General Attorney, Galo Chiriboga, said...
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Patiño Questions Transparency in the Election of the IACHR Secretary

This morning, Foreign Minister of Ecuador Ricardo Patiño, blamed Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of not being transparent in the selection of their new secretary. The Mexican Emilio Alvarez-Icaza was chosen yesterday as the new Executive Secretary of the...
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Gunman in Colorado Kills 12 in Batman Premiere

A heavily armed gunman attacked an Aurora, Colorado movie theater early Friday. The assailant tossed tear gas before opening fire on the terrified audience; his actions left 12 people dead and 50 more injured. The theater was showing the new Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises.”...
Posted On 20 Jul 2012
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AP’s Internal Problems Slowed the Media Bill Voting

The Alianza Pais Party (AP) failed again yesterday in its goal of voting, article by article, the Media Bill. “I regret that because of three or four people missing, the session could not start,” said Fernando Cordero, President of the National Assembly. The...
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Bashar al-Assad Will Not Step Down

The Syrian government has denied any comments regarding the readiness of president Bashar al-Assad to step down. This claims came after Russia’s ambassador to France, Alexander Orlov said that al-Assad’s was prepared to give up leadership. With the increased hostilities in the...
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