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Ecuadorians Carlos Alfredo Vera Rodríguez, Christian Daniel Lescano Guerrero and Byron Norberto Romero will participate as referees and assistants of the World Cup in Brazil as part of the list made by the Referees Committee of FIFA. The selection was made on the FIFA...

This morning, Pope Francis renewed for another five years the mandate of the commission of cardinals, created by Benedict XVI, to monitor the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR,) known as the Vatican Bank, after the scandals raised. In February 2013, Benedict XVI had renewed...

Juan Gelman, legendary lyricist and poet, inventor of words at the time of Argentina’s dictatorship, died yesterday at age 83 in Mexico City. Gelman was considered an innovative for his ability to reinvent the poetic language and associated aesthetic movements without...

The next Film Festival of Berlin to be held from 6 to 16 February will include the participation of the film directed and written by Diego Araujo, “Feriado”, the first local film in being part of famous European festival. The film will participate in the...

The National Council of telecommunications (Conatel) yesterday approved new quality parameters for the operating companies that provide cell phone service. Updated indices are: minimum level of signal coverage percentages of established calls, settling time of call, percentage of...

The president Rafael Correa, yesterday morning inaugurated the new airport Colonel Carlos Concha Torres at Esmeraldas. Local authorities and members of Alianza País received Correa. During his visit, he toured the facilities of the work platform as aircraft parking, and the...

A study carried out by the National Institute of statistics and census (INEC) said that 22.14% of the population between 15 to 29 years old live in common-law union. Those who say yes to a judge or a religious leader hardly represent the 15.9%. And most (58,27%) are single. The...

The forecasts of improvement in developing countries and the economically powerful, are gaining confidence according to the World Bank. The agency expects the global growth to increase 3.2% this 2014, eight tenths higher that 2013, and reach a stability of 3.4% in 2015 and 2016....

After two years of intensive reforms, according to Mariano Rajoy, President of Spain, his country is “in a change of cycle” and has passed from recession to growth, although employment and reducing unemployment continue to be issues to be solved. Under the optimistic...

In some supermarkets and stores that exposed certain imported articles or whose manufacture contains any foreign element, one could witness a shortage of those items. The items match with several of those in the 293 subdepartures that were forced by the Foreign Trade Committee to...