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Tenth fugitive of La Roca gets recaptured

Interior Minister, Jose Serrano, through his Twitter account, confirmed the recapture of Ives Cabezas Arce, aka “Duende”, one of the 18 antisocial who escaped from the maximum-security prison in Guayaquil, known as “La Roca” (The Rock), on last February 11....
Posted On 30 Apr 2013
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Capriles called Correa irresponsible

Yesterday at a press conference, the former presidential candidate and leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Henrique Capriles, described the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, as “irresponsible”, for saying that he is a “coup maker”, and also ensuring...
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Partnership between CREO and PSC-MG dissolves in new National Assembly

The past alliance between the movement Creando Oportunidades (CREO), the Partido Social Cristiano (PSC) and Madera de Guerrero (MG), which had been formed to have a larger opposition to the current regime, from now on will only be limited to mutual agreements in the National...
Posted On 30 Apr 2013
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New medicine for diabetes type 2

Two U.S. pharmaceutical companies have teamed up to develop jointly, in the future, an experimental Pfizer drug for diabetes type 2, called ertugliflozina. Pfizer Inc and Merck & Co Inc, which have collaborated on the development and marketing of a fixed-dose combination of...
Posted On 30 Apr 2013
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Ambassador of Ecuador indicted for alleged assault in Peru

The alleged attack of Ecuador’s ambassador in Peru, Rodrigo Riofrio, on two women in a supermarket in the Lima district of Magdalena, occurred  on April 21, has caused controversy in social networks and expulsion requests from the Peruvian Congress. Cristina Castro, alleged...
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Holland has a new Argentinean queen

Argentine aristocrat, Maxima Zorreguieta became today the new queen of the Netherlands and is preparing to hold the title of Queen Consort, with her husband, Willem Alexander, the first man on the throne in the Netherlands in more than one hundred years of female domain. Shortly...
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Several radio amateurs pick up the signal of Pegaso

  Ronnie Nader, director of the Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency (EXA), pointed out that amateur radio operators from Japan, Germany, Australia and the United States have captured small portions of the video signal transmitted by Pegaso, the Ecuadorian satellite that was...
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Inexperience is the main cause of traffic accidents in Ecuador

According to the figures managed by  the National Transit Agency, the main cause of accidents in Ecuador is the inexperience of the driver. According to this report, of the 25.588 of accidents occurred during 2010, the inexperience was the determining factor in 13.088 cases....
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Damascus Center struck by a bomb

This Tuesday a bomb exploded in the center of Damascus (Syria) and killed 12 people, said state television, a day after Prime Minister Wael al-Halki survived an attack on his convoy in the center of the Syrian capital. State media reported that 70 people were injured, some...
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Netherlands celebrate its new kings, Willem-Alexander and Maxima

  Holland is celebrating the beginning of a new chapter in the dynasty of Orange-Nassau by the hands of the crown prince Willem-Alexander and his wife, Argentine aristocrat Maxima Zorreguieta. After abdicating the throne on January 28, lead by her for 33 years, Queen Beatrix...
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