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Doctors, nurses and others who fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa have been chosen as ‘Person of the Year 2014’ by the prestigious American magazine Time. “For risking, for persisting, for sacrificing and saving” lives, said the editor Nancy Gibbs to...

The FARC and the government of Colombia resumed negotiations this Wednesday after overcoming the suspension of the peace process by the capture of a general by the guerrillas, who was released 10 days ago. “We started today a new round of talks. Thus it is clear that we...

Marcelo Larrea, President of the National Federation of Journalists, along with activists of the Democracia Sí (Democracy Yes) movement and former government officials, filed an prior opinion request to the Constitutional Court on seven questions for a popular consultation....

In the XXVI Ibero-American Summit, which took place in Veracruz (Mexico) this December 8, President Rafael Correa mentioned that “knowledge must be placed at the center of social change,” promoting the science, technology and innovation, especially from the higher...

The Truth Commission of Brazil (CNV) confirmed 434 dead or missing during the military dictatorship (1964-1985), according to the final report that on Wednesday received an shocked President Dilma Rousseff, tortured during the regime. “The third volume of this report...

The decision to be taken on the four former members of the board of the Cofiec bank, entity that allegedly illegally granted the credit of $ 800,000 to Argentine businessman Gaston Duzac, is held by the Criminal Division of the National Court of Justice (CNJ for its Spanish...

The Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai and the President of the Global March Against Child Labour, the Indian Kailash Satyarthi, were awarded on Wednesday the Nobel Peace Prize at the Oslo City Hall, for their struggle for the rights of children. “A young woman and an...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) gave leave to proceed with a petition from a group of citizens in favor of the uncontacted Tagaeri and taromenane people, who inhabit the Ecuadorian Amazon. In 2006 the request was filed in the Commission and was admissible on...

The designation of the two new members of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) will be held next week, once the ordinary justice dismissed the last protection action raised against the Citizen Selection Commission, in charge of conducting the merit and...

The Commission of autonomous governments will meet today to continue the treatment of the draft Telecommunications Act. The legislative commission will be attended today by representatives of the employees of the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Supertel for its Spanish...