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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was added yesterday, August 24, to the list of African countries infected by the deadly Ebola virus. This was confirmed by the Congolese Minister of Health Félix Kabange Numbi, after presenting the analysis of people who suffered hemorrhagic...

President Barack Obama has ordered a review of programs that allow local and state police forces obtain the Defense Department military equipment that is left over. The review was ordered after two weeks of protests that began over the death of young black man Michael Brown...

The Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym) will sanction the financial institutions with fines up to $ 800,000, in the case that these undertake clearing or liquidation operations without authorization. The Monetary and Financial Code draft establishes so...

Richard Attenborough, british actor and director, known for his role in `Jurassic Park’, died today at the age of 90. Born in Cambridge on August 29, 1923, Attenborough began his film career in 1942, but rose to fame in 1947 with his role in `Brighton Rock´, where he played...

On last Saturday during his nation-wide broadcast, President Rafael Correa, referring to the partial veto on the Monetary and Financial Code, said that the investments of the Liquidity Fund, amounting to about $ 2,000 million, which aims to solve liquidity problems for private...

The Superintendency of Banks and Insurance of Ecuador ordered the liquidation of Banco Sudamericano SA, saying that there was “solvency problems and repetitive violations to the rules and laws in effect”. This information was disseminated through a statement that the...

Yesterday, the Commission of Justice and State structure began analyzing the draft amendments to the integral Criminal Code (COIP for its Spanish acronym), which has only had ten days in effect. The changes to the code, on the initiative of President Rafael Correa, refer to the...

It is possible that the draft Zoning, Land Use and Management Law begins to be officially discussed in next September by the Committee of Autonomous Governments of the Assembly. For now the commission works with a preliminary draft prepared by consultants of the European Union,...

From September 15 facto unions will be recognized in the Registry as a civil status option on the identity card of Ecuadorians. The General Directorate of Civil Registry and Identification, issued on Friday Resolution 0174, which accepted the amendment. Representatives of the...

The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, said that the Ukrainian government will invest about three billion dollars to rearm its military and deal with the “threats” to their sovereignty, referring to the fighting it lives in the east of the country against...