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Two fugitives of ‘La Roca’ are recaptured

Luis Alberto Ferrin Loor and Éder Pacífico Proaño Pazmiño, aka the big nose, are two of the 18 convicts who escaped on February 11 from the maximum security prison, called ‘La Roca’. They were recaptured last night. This was posted on the Twitter account (@ ppsesa) of...
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Correa visits Guayas Board to defend seat 16

Reelected President Rafael Correa arrived before noon yesterday at the auditorium of Electoral Delegation of Guayas, where votes are counted. The visit came just at the end of the deadline set in the law to officially communicate the results of the elections; however, the...
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“The 10 of Luluncoto” convicted

The Third Court of Crime of the National Court of Justice found the ten youths, known as “the 10 of Luluncoto”, guilty of “attempted subversion” by the Prosecutor’s Office under the charges of plotting against state security.   The youths were arrested in an...
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Breaching prices will be sanctioned with closing

According to Viviana Bonilla, governor of Guayas, sanctions for those who fail to collect benchmark prices of the 46 products regulated by the Government through wholesale level, will consist in the closure of the shops foror seven, fourteen or thirty days, definite closure if...
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13.000 people refused to donate organs after death

During 2012, about 534,017 citizens obtained their identity cards in the Civil Registry of Guayas. Of this number, about 13,000 chose not to be organ donors, Despite the enactment of the Law on Donation and Transplantation of organs, tissues and cells, which states that...
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Parents of arrested students read apology letter to the President

The parents of twelve students from the Tecnologico Superior Central, offered a public apology to the president, Rafael Correa, for the wreckage left by their sons during a  protest last Friday. “We feel very sorry for the acts perpetrated on February 22. As parents of...
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Maradona says he owes nothing in Italy and that he was better than Lionel Messi

Diego Armando Maradona who was once the emblem of the Italian Napoli, scored 115 goals in 259 matches between 1984 and 1991 and achieved along with them, a  UEFA Cup (1989), two league titles (1987 and 1990), a Cup of Italy (1987) and an Italian Supercup (1990). Former soccer...
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Benedict XVI took leave of his papacy today

Pope Benedict XVI said goodbye this morning from St. Peter’s Square where he encouraged thousands of worshippers to trust in a “live” Church that God will not let it “sink”. “The Lord has given us many days of sunshine and gentle breeze, days...
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Judge Robalino will set the date for the hearing against Pedro Delgado

Following the request made by the Attorney General to the National Court of Justice (CNJ), to set the day and time for a hearing against Pedro Delgado Campana, former president of the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE), for the alleged crime of ideological forgery, the raffle...
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Díaz, Palacios and Valencia, sanctioned by the Ecuadorian Soccer Federation

Damian Diaz, the star player of Barcelona Sporting Club, was sancionet by the Ecuadorian Soccer Federation with 1 month and a date out of the field for pushing the referee Miguel Hidalgo during the match played against Deportivo Quito last Saturday at the capital. Leonardo Stagg,...
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