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Leopoldo López has served 1 month detention so far

This Tuesday the party member of Voluntad Popular and strong opponent of the government of Nicolas Maduro, Leopoldo Lopez, completed a month in detention in Ramo Verde prison and his followers will marched to the prison compound where, according to party sources, he will give a...
Posted On 18 Mar 2014
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Two people die in helicopter crash in Seattle

Two dead and one seriously injured was the toll left by the impact of a helicopter from KOMO Local television network in the state of Washington, USA. According to a police report, the helicopter crashed in the center of the city just moments after takeoff and after having struck...
Posted On 18 Mar 2014
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Maduro keeps a “strong hand” against protests in Venezuela

After threats of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to “free” the middle class districts of improvised barricades, considerably less Venezuelans came out to protest against the government. National Guard troops were positioned at the corners of the neighborhoods of...
Posted On 18 Mar 2014
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Date for 2nd round of negotiations with the EU is not specify yet

The Communication Department of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, said yesterday that the date for the second round of negotiations between Ecuador and the European Union (EU) to finalize an agreement for development is not yet defined. Through dealings, the entity seeks to define...
Posted On 18 Mar 2014
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Hearing on Valdiviezo Case was suspended for absences

The adjudication hearing against three people involved in the murder of journalist Fausto Valvidiezo Moscoso convened by the Eleventh Criminal Court of Guayas, was suspended around 17:00 of last Monday and until next March 27, due to the absence of some of the 63 witnesses...
Posted On 18 Mar 2014
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Crimea officially joins the Russian Federation

President Vladimir Putin and the Crimean delegation, composed by the leaders of the peninsula, proceeded to sign the international treaty under which Crimea and Sevastopol become part of the Russian Federation. The Russian leader defended the legality of the referendum held in...
Posted On 18 Mar 2014
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Fernando Cordero resigned from the IESS

On Tuesday, the director of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS for its Spanish acronym), Fernando Cordero, officially resigned after 10 months in office. According to statements by Cordero, the decision was given over personal reasons. “I step aside from...
Posted On 18 Mar 2014
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Flight engineer that traveled on missing plane is investigated

Malaysian police is investigating a flight engineer who traveled on the Malaysia Airlines plane, which disappeared the morning of March 8, with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board. The flight engineer, Mohd Khairul, Malaysian, aged 29, had published days before on social...
Posted On 18 Mar 2014
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Ecuadorian films of 2014: a retrospective and futuristic look

The film Quito 2023, released in February, was not well received by critics, especially the script. The film shows a group of rebels of the year 2023 fighting a dictatorship in the style of the 70´s and 80´s. Cinemas filled just with 10,000 viewers, which is not a good sign for...
Posted On 18 Mar 2014
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Cléver Jiménez awaits response from IACHR

After his sentence became final on last Sunday, the legal defense of Pachakutik (PK) Assemblyman, Cléver Jiménez and activists Fernando Villavicencio and Carlos Figueroa, discusses the next resource to use until the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) gives a...
Posted On 18 Mar 2014
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