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The Defence Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa, said that Manta will have a joint military base. “It will be an operational center that fits to the risk and threats scenario and to the decision of operating 3 joint forces and having air bases in Manta, Salinas (Santa Elena)...

The Government of Argentina presented yesterday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague a lawsuit against the United States for the collection of the relevant debt to hedge funds. Argentina argues that the U.S. has committed a “violation of its sovereign...

Rockets launched from the Gaza Strip impacted yesterday, August 7, Israeli soil. This, less than four hours before the three days ceasefire expires, which was subscribed by Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas and, while Palestinian negotiators in El Cairo discussed an...

The Constitutional Court (CC) refused to order the protective action requested by the defense of former President Jamil Mahuad. Mahuad was sentenced to twelve years in prison for embezzlement, by declaring a bank holiday in 1999. The requested resource would not have complied...

The pro-Russian separatists leader and Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed People’s Republic of Donetsk in Ukraine Alexander Borodai, resigned yesterday after the Ukrainian government forces announced their offensive on the rebel cities of Donetsk and Lugansk. Borodai...

Indigenous organizations complained to representatives of the United Nations (UN) in Ecuador the decision of the Constitutional Court (CC) to recognize as jurisdiction of the common justice the trial and punishment of crimes against the life in which members of an indigenous...

The emergency committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the current crisis of the Ebola virus is a “public health emergency” that has generated concern “at international level”. The WHO General Director  Margaret Chan, said today that the...

The union leader Carlos Figueroa, who is complying with a sentence of six months for libeling President Rafael Correa, would still enjoy the precautionary measures in his favor after the ratification by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Last week, the...

The wax museum Madame Tussauds in New York already has a new figure, which is the Disney star Selena Gomez, who already had waxworks in the museums of  Washington and Hollywood. This time, the figure presents a more suitable look to her musical career. The figure of the singer...