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Ukraine denounces as “invasion” Russian convoy income without authorization

Ukraine today denounced an “invasion” by Russia due to the entry of Russian humanitarian convoy on Ukrainian territory without the permission of the authorities of this country and without the escort of the Red Cross. The head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU,...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Chile says that publication of the new map of Peru is “a provocative attitude”

This week, the government of Peru released the official Peruvian cartography, that corresponds to the implementation of the January judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). In response, the Chilean authorities pronounced and cataloged the publication of the map as...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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UN estimates that more than 191,000 people were killed in Syria

The UN reported on Friday that more than 191,000 people died in Syria’s war since its beginning in 2011, which represents “more than double” of the balance of a year ago. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recorded 191.369 documented cases of people who died in...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Legal defense of Abdala Bucaram will be based on the COIP

Luigi Garcia, attorney of former President Abdala Bucaram, who was prosecuted for embezzlement, will request the judges of the National Court of Justice (CNJ for its Spanish acronym) to use the new rules of the Organic Integral Criminal Code (COIP for its Spanish acronym), which...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Reform to the Law Limits divided Guayas Assemblymen positions with other provinces

A possible time extension to solve the border conflicts through a legal reform confronts Assemblymen positions between Alianza PAIS (AP) of Guayas and other provinces. “We will not yield, we will not succumb to a different kind of interest that may arise, the Prefect...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Discussion on Communications Law gets suspended for a week

After six hours of session, last Friday the Plenum of the Constitutional Court ruled that the three unconstitutional lawsuits against the Communications Law will be discussed next week. The 208-sheet report of Judge Maria del Carmen Maldonado, responsible for the debate, collects...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Panamanian justice gives way to the extradition of Galo Lara

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has granted the extradition of former Assemblyman Galo Lara Yepez, arrested in Panama since past June, after being revoked his asylum in this country. Panama’s Foreign Ministry informed the decision through its website and said that within...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Number of missing rises to 51 because of floods in Hiroshima

The number of dead by the floods in Hiroshima, western Japan, remains at 39, while the missing people increase, rising to 51. The authorities today do not rule out that these numbers increase as they continue with the rescue. Between 3,000 police, firefighters and members of the...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Investment fund representatives met with Assembly members

In the Swissotel of Quito, the representatives of 10 closed-end funds met with Assembly members to discuss possible actions to take in the event that the Assembly insists on transferring about $ 431 million of those funds to the Bank of IESS (Biess). Funds Representative...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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