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Nearly half of the members of the FARC were recruited as minors, as it was revealed yesterday by a new study that seeks to be a “wake up call” on this practice, considered the “most serious” crime produced during armed conflict in Colombia. In response to...

With 10 votes in favor and two against, the Committee on Autonomous Decentralized governments yesterday approved the report for the first debate on the new Telecommunications Act. The topics include: The new royalties that telecommunication companies would pay and the creation of...

Leopoldo López, Venezuelan opposition leader, today demanded to the court in charge of his case to rule on a recommendation from the UN for his release, to go back to the hearing of his judicial process. “The UN issued statement qualifying of arbitrary my detention and...

The heads of the 12 legislative commissions and officers of the Assembly held a meeting on October 29 with President Rafael Correa and Alianza País officials. The objective was to review the laws that are pending and set priorities until the end of the year. The President of the...

On Thursday, rescue crews continue with operations to find 200 people still missing after a landslide occurred last Wednesday in southern Sri Lanka where six bodies were recovered. According to the military coordinator of the National Disaster Management Centre, SMH Imaduwage,...

The Swedish government announced this Thursday it will recognize by decree the Palestinian State, becoming with this in the third member of the European Union, joining Malta and Cyprus, that officially recognized Palestine. The Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom said that the...

Yesterday was held the audience of the Superintendent of Communication (Supercom) in a new case against the Guayaquil newspaper Extra. The process was initiated for the non-compliante of ethical standards on morbid treatment of the information. The complaint relates to the...

The United States through a statement on Wednesday showed “appalled” by reports, according to which, the Syrian government launched bombs on a refugees camp in the Idlib province (northwest). “We are appalled at the information about the attack and the images of...

Sociedad Patriótica (SP) and CREO initiate actions to start collecting signatures for referendums to reject the proposal of a reform to the National Consitution by the ruling party. Yesterday, the Assemblyman from SP, Gilmar Gutierrez, requested to the National Electoral Council...

The Presidents of Ecuador and Peru, Rafael Correa and Ollanta Humala, respectively, meet from 09:00 in the framework of the 8th Binational Meeting. They will do this in the province of El Oro, Arenillas, in the south of Ecuador. The topics to be addressed in the bilateral meeting...