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The 30-S was planned, according to research

After 4 years, the 30-S Commission will finally deliver on Monday to the Attorney General, Galo Chiriboga, the results of the investigation on the police uprising and attempted coup d´état of September 30, 2010. According to the Commission,  a “soft coup d´état”...
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Players declare war to racism through campaign

Several players joined the campaign “Say No To Racism” (# SayNoToRacism), launched by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to eradicate this problem in football. Players like the English Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney, Dutchman Robin van...
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Rafael Correa toured two parks in Guayaquil

Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador, visited the green areas of Guayaquil, including: the parks Laguna and Samanes, as part of his tuesday agenda. The first to be visited was Laguna park, located at km 26 on the way to the coast. There he toured thereservoir facilities, use...
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The EU considers “ambitious” trade agreement with Ecuador

The European Union (EU) considered  “very ambitious”  signing the trade agreement with Ecuador, since it enssured it exists “important issues” to discuss on the table. According to a spokesman for the European Commission. “Only when these issue...
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Parana River Flooding keeps closed routes at Iguazu Falls

The strong rise of the Paraná River, caused by heavy rains in the region, has left out of use all paths and circuits of the Iguazu National Park. The Iguazu River has a flood of such magnitude that all the paths and circuits had to be closed, said spokesmen for the company Iguazu...
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Brazil invests $ 900 million in security for the World Cup

More than 150,000 military security personnel will work to protect the twelve venues of the World Cup in Brazil, with the objective that neither social protest nor any other incident prevents the normal functioning of the event. “This integration is the great victory of the...
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Repression increases in Venezuela

A report from the Venezuelan Program Education-Action on Human Rights (Provea for its Spanish acronym), ensures that repression in Venezuela has increased 485% compared to previous years. Provea argues that this repressive policy has left a toll of “854 injured and wounded...
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Putin sets final price for negotiated gas with Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin said this Wednesday, June 11 to the Ukrainian authorities that the final bid price of gas is $ 385/1,000 m3, and threatened to pass to “another phase” if Kiev rejects it. “The final price is $ 385 per thousand cubic...
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Chilean students march for a true education reform

Last Tuesday, about 15,000 Chilean students marched again in Santiago, Chile’s capital, against the education reform promoted by the Government of the Socialist Michelle Bachelet, which they consider inadequate and unrepresentative. The president of the Student Federation...
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Conaie meets to discuss Water Law

Presidents of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE for its Spanish acronym), Jorge Herrera, and from ECUARUNARI, Carlos Pérez Guartambel, met yesterday at the Commission on Food Sovereignty with representatives of Alianza PAIS to discuss abou...
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