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IACHR gives an ample space to Ecuador in their report

The Inter-American Commission of human rights (IACHR) yesterday presented before the Commission of Legal Affairs and politicians of the Organization of American States (OAS) their annual report of 2012. The document includes  the Special Rapporteur for freedom of expression, in...
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Activists protest in Canada by oil explotation in Ecuador

Tomorrow, several activists and environmental groups will protest in Calgary (Canada) against the dialogues that  the representatives of the Ecuadorian Government  will have with oil companies for the exploitation of oil resources in the Amazon region of the country, including...
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Capriles denounces fraud in 1.4 million ballots

Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles, has listed in detail some of the irregularities that he thinks  have been committed in the elections held last Sunday, and even presented evidence that would prove his complaints. According to Capriles, 535 machines were damaged, which...
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Britain says goodbye to Margaret Thatcher

This morning, the body of the former prime minister of Britain, Margaret Thatcher, entered St. Paul’s Cathedral in London for her funeral service. Previously, her coffin, covered by a British flag, did its last trip from Westminster to the Cathedral, first by car and then...
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Lu Lingzi, third victim in Boston

Lu Lingzi, a 23 year-old Chinese girl who studied mathematics and statistics at Boston University, is the third fatal victim of the Boston bomb attack. The Chinese consulate in New York confirmed the death of the girl, who was not identified, but the Chinese press says is Lu...
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Alejandro Sanz prepares for concerts in Guayaquil and Quito

Spanish singer Alejandro Sanz will perform in Guayaquil and Quito on Thursday 18 and Saturday 20 of April. Last September 25, 2012, Sanz presented his album “La musica no se toca” (name of his tour). This album, under the label of Universal Music, debuted at number one in sales...
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Isabel Pantoja sentenced to two years in prison

Spanish singer Isabel Pantoja was convicted to two years in prison and fined for 1,15 millions of Euros, for laundered the illicit money of her former lover, Julian Munoz, when this was mayor of Marbella between May 2002 and August 2003. It is probable that Pantoja, 56, avoids...
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The number of victims by avian flu H7N9 increases in China

State news agency “China Nueva” reported that the number of people killed by the influenza virus avian flu H7N9 increased in China, by two new deaths in Shanghai. With these two new cases a total of 77 deaths are registered, after  two weeks ago it was announced that...
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Pato Urrutia says goodbye to soccer

Patricio Urrutia or better known by its supporters as “El Pato”,  Liga de Quito’s experienced midfielder announced on Tuesday his retirement from professional soccer when the first stage of the Ecuadorian Tournament ends. Pato Urrutia, who was captain of Liga de...
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Clever Jimenez was sentenced to 18 months in prison

Clever Jimenez, Assemblyman of Pachakutik, along with activist Carlos Figueroa and former union member Fernando Villavicencio were sentenced today to prison for the crime of libel accusations against the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. In 2011 the three accused the president...
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