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The collapse of oil prices caused a strong drop in bonds from emerging countries that depend on exports of crude oil, mainly Venezuela and Ecuador, because investors are nervous about the ability of these nations to pay their debts. The spread between yields on the debt of...

Ecuador recused the referees of the process filed against it by the US oil company Chevron, which rejects a millionaire conviction for environmental damage in the Amazon, said Attorney Diego Garcia, who is in the United States. “Ecuador has requested the recusal, has asked...

Ecuador is working with Venezuela and other countries in a proposal with the aim to increase the international price of oil. This would be presented on November 27 in Vienna, during the meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), said the Finance...

President Rafael Correa does not exclude the possibility of asking the people on various issues if the opposition achieves to convene a popular consultation on amendments to the Constitution. “They First gather the signatures to see if anyone pays any attention to the...

The Commission in charge of the competition to renovate the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) adjusted the work schedule. Certain stages now would be earlier than scheduled. The Citizen Participation Council (CPC) said in a release that the Citizen...

Making feasible a popular consultation, in which constitutional issues are addressed, as those raised by several political groups, in the case of indefinite reelection, must have a prior decision of the Constitutional Court (CC), before proceeding in the Electoral National...

The President of the Constitutional Court (CC), Patricio Pazmiño, defended the decision issued by the CC and gave the National Assembly the power to amend the Constitution, in16 of the 17 points raised by Alianza PAIS (AP). “Some politicians in campaign, trying to discredit...

The President Petro Poroshenko, warned yesterday that Ukraine is committed to the peace process begun with pro-Russian separatists, however, is rearming for a possible new war. “Ukraine is firmly committed to the peace plan” but is willing to deal with a rebel...

Republicans won the entire of Congress in congressional elections in the United States on Tuesday, leaving President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies in front of two years of difficult coexistence. The president’s opponents won the Senate and strengthened their...

After the meeting with  the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Roberta Jacobson, Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said that the US representative pledged her government’s help to expedite the extradition of the Isaias brothers; the former President...