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Mayor Nebot rejects President Correa’s offer for reelection

The mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot, said this morning at a press conference that he expects President Correa to stop believing he is a “king” and starts acting as a Head of State, in response to Rafael Correa’s public announce about a pact that would allow indefinite...
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U.S. used espionage data on the Summit of the Americas in 2009

According to a secret document of the National Security Agency (NSA) released last Sunday by the Brazilian magazine Epoca, the United States used information obtained through its spy network to define decisions in the Summit of the Americas in 2009 at Trinidad and Tobago. The...
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One hundred teachers return from Spain to work in the country

Hoping to get a secure job on the teaching area, 43 Spain-resident teachers who passed the tests implemented in the Government Education Return Plan, await a specific date to return to the country and do the respective demonstration class. Another 115 teachers who took the test...
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New offenses added on the Criminal Code reforms

The Organic Integral Criminal Code (COIP) includes at least twelve new types of penalties that, if approved by the National Assembly, would become recognized by Ecuadorian law and punishable by it. Among the new offenses are raised: crimes against the sanctity of life, economic,...
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Pope Francis refuses to go to a television program

The actress and presenter of Argentine television Mirtha Legrand, yesterday revealed a letter written by pope Francis , in which he refuses to participate in the program named “Lunch with Mirtha Legrand”. “With regard to a meeting in your program, I see no...
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Municipality would assume taxes to promote shows in Guayaquil

Mayor Jaime Nebot said during the session of the Council, last July 18, that the idea that Guayaquil becomes a city destination for shows of international artists concerned him. The mayor said that the city can be also an artistic tourist destination city like Lima, but to...
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One dead and 11 hit by a driver in Los Angeles

Nathan Louis Campbell, 38 years old, was arrested yesterday for being suspected of murder, after a car crashed into a crowd on the promenade of Venice Beach, where an Italian woman died and 11 others were injured. The subject was arrested about two hours after the incident and...
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Emelec won the classic 2-0

With two goals from debutant Argentine player Denis Stracqualursi, the blue team (Emelec) took the lead of the Ecuadorian soccer tournament, shared with Catholic University, with 15 points each, while Barcelona was on the tenth after being defeated with 3 units and now it...
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Santos is confident to sign peace treaty with the FARC

The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, hopes to sign a peace agreement with the FARC guerrilla group before the end of his administration, in August 2014, but this should accelerate the process of dialogue, he revealed in an interview published Sunday by the daily El...
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Former President Alberto Fujimori faces possible fine of Attorney

Last Sunday, the Anticorruption Prosecutor asked the former President of Peru now a convict, Alberto Fujimori, to pay civil damages equivalent to $ 71.4 million. Amount to be added into the process that is followed for allegedly embezzling money to bribe executives of popular...
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