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Ecuador will not need to import maize in 2014

Carol Chehab, Marketing Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (Magap for its Spanish acronym) announced that Ecuador will be self-sufficient in terms of maize during 2014, regardless of the possibility of importing. This achievement would...
Posted On 20 Jun 2013
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Human rights calls for precautionary measures on evictions

The representative of the Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CHR) in Ecuador, Billy Navarrete, filed with the Inter-American Court on Human Rights (IACHR) a request for precautionary measures against the State, because of the evictions in the areas of Las Marias...
Posted On 20 Jun 2013
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Heroes Law does not stipulate accreditations

The Verification Commission for Heroes and heroines of the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPC) still lacks a mechanism to initiate this process, despite the fact that the regulations for the accreditation of heroes and heroines is published in the official...
Posted On 20 Jun 2013
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Cantinflas finally will have his biopic

The film about Mexican comic genius, Mario Moreno Cantinflas, directed by also mexican, Sebastian del Amo, will begin shooting in the upcoming months and already has its cast. Spanish actor Oscar Jaenada, 38, has the lead role in the film. According to the director, Jaenada...
Posted On 20 Jun 2013
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Spain, with alternate players, will face Tahiti, “the Cinderella”

Spain sees no danger in today’s rival within the Confederations Cup and therefore will play with alternate players, by making sure to beat Tahiti, an amateur team which has only one professional player, who is the representative of Oceania, who already fell 6-1 against...
Posted On 20 Jun 2013
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Fugitive from La Roca is recaptured in Bogota

Colombian police recaptured Gilberto Pineiros, who is part of the group of 18 inmates who escaped on February 11 from  the maximum security prison of La Roca located in Guayaquil. The fugitive was arrested at a food restaurant on 26th Street South in downtown Bogota and...
Posted On 20 Jun 2013
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Police discover drugs in lollypops

In the last 15 days the narcotics police has reported 7 cases of drug seizures and in one case in particular, a new method of delivery of the substance was discovered. The drug discovered was being sent through the mail hidden in the center of lollypops, chewing gum and other...
Posted On 20 Jun 2013
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James Gandolfini, Sopranos’ Star Dies of a heart attack

Emmy Award-winning actor, James Gandolfini, also known for his roll on HBO’s The Sopranos, died in Italy after suffered a sudden heart attack while he was on vacation on Wednesday, June 19. He was 51. “We’re all in shock and feeling immeasurable sadness at the...
Posted On 20 Jun 2013
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Eight new changes on the cabinet

Last night, during the inauguration of ministers in the Yellow Room of the Government House, President Rafael Correa appointed eight changes to his cabinet team as part of the restructuring of the Executive function. A surprising change was the appointment of Freddy Ehlers,...
Posted On 20 Jun 2013
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Miami Heat and the Spurs of San Antonio define the title of the NBA

The spectacular League of professional basketball in United States (NBA) which manages million-dollar figures on salaries, advertising contracts and which presents, without a doubt, the best  basketball in the world at media level, will define its new champion, in the seventh...
Posted On 20 Jun 2013
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