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The Mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot, revealed this Tuesday October 21 the complaints from two police officers who say they have been pressured to implicate him in Las Dolores case. According to the Mayor, 7 months the two police who referred filed a complaint over pressures, and...

The Mayor of Quito disagrees with the studies performed by Metro de Madrid for the possible construction of a similar system in Quito, which apparently, are not enough. “I want to report that the company Metro Paris will present a study of the operation costs the fares and...

Ukraine asked the European Union (EU) an additional loan of EUR 2,000 million ($ 2,600 million dollars) to pay part of its debt with the Russian giant Gazprom and resume gas supply. “The Commission has received a request from the Ukrainian authorities for an additional loan...

The UN considered “extraordinary” the leadership decision of Cuba over Ebola at the Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA for its Spanish acronym), which on October 20 resolved it in two ways: prevention within the borders and action outside them....

Tabaré Vázquez-Raul Sendic, the Uruguayan presidential ruling duo (Frente Amplio, left), leads the opinion polls with more than 42% of voting intentions, according to recent polls of the four major consultancies (Cifra, Equipos, Factum and Radar). However, these forecasts are not...

The President of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE for its Spanish acronym), Jorge Herrera, and Assemblywoman from Pachakutik, Magali Orellana, announced the sending of a draft Law on Prior Consultation to the Communes, communities, people and...

The Latin community of the US will support the Democrats at the polls on November 4th and may play a decisive role in the results for the Senate in six key states. According to a poll conducted by Latino Decisions for the America’s Voice organization, released yesterday,...

The Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization issued on October 20, an alert about an alleged use of excessive force, violations of due process and restrictions on expression freedom that would have occurred during protests of September 17 and 18 in Ecuador. In a ten-page document,...

The Amazon Ikiam Regional University, located in Tena, (Napo), opened yesterday. 271 million dollars is the government investment for the University. The Human Resources Minister Guillaume Long and the Vice President of the Republic, Jorge Glas, declared officially inaugurated...

The National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC for its Spanish acronym) yesterday announced that next week they will present a tool for assessing the work of a housewife. The system is called “Satellite Account of unpaid work”, said José Rosero, Director of...