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Last Saturday during his regular Nation-Wide Broadcast, President Rafael Correa announced that his office has reached an agreement with Contecon, the concessionaire firm of the Puerto Maritimo de Guayaquil, in order to reduce rates to exporters for at least a 10%. The Port...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Ukraine on Saturday as a guest to strengthen support to the local government in its fight against the pro-Russian rebels in the east of the country. During the visit, on the eve of the celebration of the Independence Day of Ukraine,...

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said today that the chief of its armed wing, Mohamed Deif, is alive and still in charge of the group after Israel tried to kill him in the Gaza Strip. The wife and son of Mohamed Deif, chief since 2002 of Al Qassam Brigades, were killed on...

Despite having a positive attitude towards the Monetary and Financial Code, a government initiative, on Monday representatives of private banks handed over the Presidency of the Republic, with a document with topics containing questions regarding the content of the text in the...

President Rafael Correa urged yesterday for regional integration in the V Regional Forum Esquipulas in Guatemala, ensuring that only the union will allow Latin American countries face certain powers and resolve common problems. The forum’s theme was ‘Towards a new...

Last Tuesday in Quito, doctors and medical students marched to ask the Judicial Council to prepare judges to judge their cases and to reject the twelve-month sentence of imprisonment imposed on one of their colleagues. Victor Alvarez, vice president of the Medical Federation,...

The President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez, announced on Tuesday she will send to the Congress a bill to put under Argentinian jurisdiction all the sovereign debt tittles. In this way, the Argentine government would seek to circumvent the blockade of funds that the American...

The Special Commission on the Rights of Workers and Social Security will meet this afternoon to discuss the reform of the Telecommunications Act, which would transfer to the State 12% of the profits of Claro and Movistar employees Fausto Cayambe, Assemblyman for Alianza País and...

After the meeting on Sunday, August 17, between the President Rafael Correa, the President of the Assembly Gabriela Rivadeneira (PAIS), and the delegation of the pre visional funds, the processing and approval of the project would be postponed at least until next September. The...

The actress of ‘ Transformers’, and most recently, `The Teenage Ninja Turtles,’ revealed that she would like to work with directors such as Guillermo del Toro, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Robert Rodriguez or Pedro Almodóvarby considering that they contribute...