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Bachelet promised free education for all Chileans

Last July 22 President Michelle Bachelet said that Chile will “have free higher education for all young people” and that in this year they will send the draft with the principles and mechanisms to implement the regulations. Bachelet alse referred to the points that...
Posted On 24 Jul 2014
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Glas Viejó´s medical assessment is requested

The Police Hospital of Guayaquil should have delivered, until Wednesday, to the Tenth Criminal Court of Guayas a report with the clinical assessment of Jorge Glas Viejó, who is being investigated for alleged rape of a minor in 2011. On Monday, July, 21, the Court requested the...
Posted On 24 Jul 2014
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Today the Assembly will vote for the Monetary and Financial Organic Code

Following the suspension of the second debate of the Monetary and Financial Organic Code last Tuesday July, 22, the National Assembly today foresees to vote for it. According to Assemblyman Luis Fernando Torres (Cambio-CREO), the President of the Commission Oswaldo Larriva...
Posted On 24 Jul 2014
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$ 8 million for the South Bank

Last Wednesday Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino, informed that as part of its capital contribution to the South Bank, the Ecuadorian government has opened an account at the Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym) in which it will make a first deposit for eight...
Posted On 24 Jul 2014
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SP does not have support from the opposition on referendum proposal

Assembly of opposition organizations Creando Oportunidades (CREO) and Pachakutik (PK) disagree with the proposal of Assemblyman of Sociedad Patriotica (SP), Gilmar Gutierrez, of carrying out a referendum to change the Constitution. In the consultation, Gutierrez raises two...
Posted On 24 Jul 2014
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New sanctions against Russia will be proposed by European Commission

The European Commission this Thursday will propose to the Member States a package of sanctions against Russia, including an arms embargo for “future sales” and a ban on financial transactions, according to diplomatic sources. The sanctions would be implemented if...
Posted On 24 Jul 2014
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17 days of Israeli offensive in Gaza

17 days have passed since Israel began the bombing over the Gaza Strip, which has killed more than 730 Palestinians and 34 Israelis so far. Over 80% of victims are civilians, according to human rights groups. This Thursday, Coordinator for Humanitarian Affairs for the UN, Valerie...
Posted On 24 Jul 2014
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Leopoldo Lopez trial completed its first day

The first day of the trial against opposition leader and head of People’s Will party (VP) Leopoldo López, as well as against several students, ended yesterday at 20.00 hours (Venezuela). Lopez is accused of planning the violence events registered after the march of...
Posted On 24 Jul 2014
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More than 2,200 million people are poor or are on the verge of poverty according to the UN

This Thursday the United Nations (UN) informed that more than 2,200 million people in the world are poor or are on the verge of poverty, a figure that would be in risk of increasing because of financial crises and natural disasters. The UN added that in Latin America violence is...
Posted On 24 Jul 2014
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Adjudication hearing is conducted against 6 police members for 30-S

Since last Tuesday has being performed the trial hearing against 6 members of the National Police, accused of the alleged crime of assassination attempt for the 30-S case. The hearing would last about a week. The Seventh Criminal Court of Pichincha, called 125 witnesses, of which...
Posted On 24 Jul 2014
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