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Malaysia Airlines’s disappeared plane will be search in new area

The searches of the Malaysia Airlines plane disappeared in March with 239 people on board now focus on the “seventh arc” of the Indian Ocean, between latitudes 20 and 39 degrees south, announced the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB). According to the agency,...
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Mexican priest is defrocked for child abuse

The Catholic priest Eduardo Cordova is accused of abusing at least 20 children. This is the latest case of pedophilia in the Mexican church. The Vatican has already removed the Catholic priesthood to Cordova but he is hidden with a record in the prosecution. The Congregation for...
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The second debate of Water Law was opened in the plenary of Assembly

“The non-privatization” versus the “de-privatization” was the topic of discussion in the plenary of the Assembly yesterday in the second debate of the Water Act. Carlos Pérez Guartambel, President of the Ecuarunari, opened the debate and said that...
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Pots & Pans for the environment

Last Thursday the National Assembly of Environment met in the Prometeo Theatre at the Casa de la Cultura in Quito, where about 80 people heard testimony from leaders of 20 organizations in the country regarding mining and oil extraction. Everyone went to the table located in the...
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Presidents commemorate 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings

U.S. President Barack Obama and French President, Francois Hollande, in the company of twenty heads of state and government commemorated today, June 6, the 70th anniversary of the Allied Disembark that ended the Nazi occupation during World War II on the beaches of Normandy . The...
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Sister Cristina is the winner of “The Voice” musical contest in Italy

Sister Cristina Scuccia, Sicilian nun, 25 years old, won the Italian version of the television competition “The Voice.” Possessing a powerful voice and great charisma, Sister Christine has interpreted throughout the program songs such as “What a Feeling”...
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Avanza postpones debate on indefinite reelection

Last Wednesday, the militants of the self-proclaimed second electoral force in the country, Avanza, met for more than five hours in Quito, to furthermore achieving three resolutions. The first one is to join the Frente Unido de Izquierda, formed by Alianza PAIS and the socialism...
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New reforms in the Mining Law seek to attract foreign investment

With a new reform of the Mining Law, the Ecuadorian Government seeks to expand its incomes to not depend on petroleum and taxes. The third source has been to turn to indebtedness, inside the country or abroad. The state issues bonds and the Institute of Ecuadorian Social Security...
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Ecuador will donate $ 1 million to the Inter-American Court

Last Thursday, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño announced a donation of one million dollars for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the General Assembly of the OAS, and at the same time he criticized another organ of the body, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...
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Supercom summons written media for alleged violation of Communications Law

The Superintendency of Information and Communication (Supercom for its Spanish acronym) notified the written media EL Universo, El Comercio, La Hora and Hoy, pursuing the complaint filed by the citizen Carlos Vera Quintana. The complaint includes an alleged violation of Article...
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