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Secom will denounce a newspaper from Manabi for their photos

The National Secretariat of Communication (Secom, for its Spanish acronym), will ask the Attorney General’s Office  to investigate the newspaper La Hora, from Manabi, for publishing photographs of the Taromenane community, which the organism considers a violation of their...
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The Vivanco captivated Quito with sensuality and dance

The Spanish group Los Vivanco presented their show named Aeternun, full of energy, sensuality and skills, which merged various arts as flamenco, ballet, martial arts, tap dance and magic. The show began with seven brothers hanging in metal structures covered with white robes...
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Japan ends whaling season in the Atlantic

The Japanese Fisheries Agency reported that fishermen today concluded the whaling season, with the lowest historical rate of catches. This year, Japan caught 103 “minke” whales, well below the 266 pieces caught last year, while failed to capture any specimens of The...
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Prosecutor Chiriboga is accused of “malfeasance” by Pedro Delgado

Pedro Delgado Campana, former president of the Central Bank of Ecuador and cousin of the Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, filed two criminal complaints “for malfeasance” against the attorney general, Galo Chiriboga, another one for the deputy prosecutor Cecilia...
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Investigation of Leslie Rosero’s death is still ongoing

Prosecutor Galeano Balcazar arrived on Thursday along with four agents of the police homicide unit, at Quito Metropolitan Park to make a reconnaissance of the site where last Saturday were found the body of Leslie Rosero. With the results of the autopsy was discarded the theory...
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Morning-after pill approved by the World Health Organization

Yesterday morning, the World Health Organization (WHO) ruled in favor of the use of the morning-after pill and claimed that this contraception drug is not an abortifacient and has no impact on women’s health. Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) representative, Mario...
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Jane Nebel Henson, co-inventor of The Muppets died yesterday

At the age of 78 and after a long battle with cancer, Jane Nebel Henson passed away yesterday, she was the wife of the Muppets creator Jim Henson. Henson was a “creative and integral business partner,” said the company, owned by the family’s five children. Born...
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