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The Law Faculty of the Catholic University and the NGO Fundamedios, today asked a court to reverse the order from the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, which establishes that ministers do not have give interviews to private media. In the brief submitted to the court, the...

The Argentinean, Antonio De la Rua, former boyfriend of the Colombian singer Shakira, filed a $ 250 million lawsuit against the famous singer with concept of “economic compensation for contracts that were pending when they ended their relation.” E! News reported that...

The National Transit Directorate (DNT for its Spanish acronym) said today in a statement, that speeding accidents in Ecuador have been reduced by 50%, since the Land Transport Law came into effect. According to DNT data, between May and August of 2012 there were 877 accidents,...

Today the supreme leader of FARC, Rodrigo Londono Echeverri a.k.a “Timochenko” or “Timoleon Jimenez” promised to “perseverate without truce” in the “struggle for peace” after referring to the dialogue process with the Colombian government which, according to the guerrilla...

Assemblyman and national director of the Ecuadorian Roldosista Party (PRE for its spanish acronym), Abdala Bucaram Pulley, and other representatives of the movement, met today to denounce an alleged government campaign to prevent the collection of signatures by parties who are...

After reviewing agreements and analysis of their work in Ecuador, the Technical Secretariat of International Cooperation (SETECI for its Spanish acronym) decided to initiate a technical review of the activities from around 26 nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) abroad. So far,...

The world number one tennis player, Roger Federer was eliminated yesterday from the U.S. Open after being defeated by Czech Tomas Berdych 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. The Swiss, who despite his defeat said this season at the ATP tour, has been one of the best of his career. With...

This morning, candidate Alvaro Noboa was interviewed by Alfredo Pinoargote at Ecuavisa TV network. Noboa said he will beat Rafael Correa in the presidential elections of 2013. “We will be all in” said Noboa referring to his currently political persecution suffering by...

The Alianza Pais movement (AP for its Spanish acronym) also gave false signatures to the National Electoral Council (CNE). AP delivered 1.5 million signatures in 2011, of which 46% presented irregularities, ie, the movement handed over 700,000 signatures invalid. However,...

Mtv reality star, Snooki, posed in the latest issue of PEOPLE magazine with her little son Lorenzo. In the picture, Snooki holds his boy who wears the colors of the Italian flag on his shoes. “It’s a different kind of love that I have never felt before,” Snooki...