Mauricio Macri announced his presidential candidacy

The current mayor of the city of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri, publicly announced that he will run for president of Argentina in the 2015 elections. “I’ll be the president of  the change in 2015,” said the conservative pre-candidate during the celebration of his...
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Anti-bullfighting and police staged brawl in Lima

About three wounded and one prisoner was the balance left on Sunday due a confrontation between antibullfighting protesters and  policemen outside the bullring Acho in Lima, after the start of the herd, the 68th edition of the Bullfight the Lord of Miracles. Peruvian TV cannel,...
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Nobis and FCME invest in new hydroelectric

Last Friday, the Unemployment Fund  of the Ecuadorian Magisterium (FCME for its Spanish acronym) and consortium Nobis, signed an agreement to invest together in a Hydroelectric project called Quimis. This project, which will be located in the province of Zamora Chinchipe, would...
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Doctors don’t give up in their struggle to not be penalized

Ecuadorian Doctors used black ribbons to show their displeasure with the latest texts of thePenal Code draft for wrongful death and professional malpractice injuries. This shift in strategy comes after the talk that kept last Friday with Deputy Health Minister, Miguel Malo, and...
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Government criticizes asylum in Panama to Galo Lara

The lawyers of Ecuadorian former assembly member, Galo Lara, are analyzing legal strategy to be used when the Government of Panama granted his client territorial asylum, because he claimed that he is a persecuted politician in Ecuador. Pedro Granja, one of the lawyers, said that...
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Rock Legend Lou Reed Dies

American rock legend Lou Reed, co-founder of the band The Velvet Underground, died on Sunday at 71. The cause of death is unknown at this time, but Reed had undergone a liver transplant back in May. Lou Reed, alongside the Welsh musician John Cale, launched in 1967 the album...
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Ecuador inflation in September was 0.57%

The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, said Saturday during his last broadcast to the citizens, which took place in the Carcelen Bajo sector in Quito, ,the country will close 2013 with an inflation of 3.2 per cent, according to his projections. In 2012, inflation in Ecuador...
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