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CNE will not support previous disclosure of results

Last week, the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) approved the electoral observation regulation, which created confusion and doubt. The main reason was the paragraph 4 of Article 20. This prohibits observers to proclaime forecasts or electoral results. This...
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TV presenter criticizes harassment

The angry criticism that a host of a local television station in Wisconsin (USA) did against bullying, has received more than seven million hits on YouTube in three days. The video, of 4.20 minutes long, was posted last Tuesday, after the morning news presenter of Channel WBKT,...
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Apple Broadcasted a Video to Honor Steve Jobs After a Year of his Death

The technological world was shock when Steve Jobs passed away due to a pancreatic cancer. To commemorate the year of Jobs passing,  Apple modified his website to present a tribute-video of his co-founder and former president. At the end of the video there is an emotional letter...
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Yoani Sanchez Was Detained in Bayamo

The dissident Cuban blogger, Yoani Sanchez, 37, and her husband Reinaldo Escobar, were arrested this Friday as the travelled to the city of Bayamo, where they planned to attend the trial of the Spanish activist, Angel Carromero, who is being accused of negligent homicide for the...
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Facebook Exceeds 1,000 Million Users

This morning Mark Zuckerberg CEO of the social networking site Facebook announced that the company surpassed the barrier of 1,000 million active users. ‘This morning, there are more than one billion people using Facebook actively each month,'(…) Helping to 1,000...
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Ecuador wants to save export products

Ecuador presented yesterday to the Department of Commerce of the United States, a list of seven products to be included in the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). Broccoli, roses, pineapples, artichokes and nylon stockings, which now benefit from the tariff preferences...
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Angelina Jolie Needs Liver Transplant

U.S. actress Angelina Jolie, who was diagnosed in 2007 with hepatitis C, may need a liver transplant. In a recent publication, the National Enquirer refers to the  artist disease, stating that due to her actual condition, she  would need an urgent transplant. The media supports...
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Cesar Montufar Said that Delgado is Responsible for COFIEC’s Irregularities

“All the responsibility falls on Delgado,” stated Cesar Montufar, legislator of Concertacion, after investigating and denouncing the irregularities of COFIEC bank. The assembly member pointed out that the general management of COFIEC shows a series of irregularities that must be...
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COFIEC Granted16 Loans with Many Irregularities

Today, Pedro Solines,  Bank Superintendent, pointed out the breaches regarding the loan policies of 16 financial operations carried out by COFIEC bank, which is managed by the Ugedep, whose representative is Pedro Delgado. Solines revealed the information in a hearing (GREC...
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Tablets and Laptops for assembly

QUITO, Ecuador Later this year, each member of the assembly will receive a tablet with applications such as agenda, email, internet, video-conference, mobile communications, radio, television, skype, video call, translators and Assembly apps. This will be done at a cost of $...
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