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A millionaire compensation and imprisonment could be the judgment against the President of the CREO movement, Cesar Monge, if he is convicted in the 17 lawsuits for libel, started by the Prefect of Guayas, Jimmy Jairala, against him. Each process seeks from Monge a to two years...

Ukraine gave the green light to join NATO at renouncing its status as a non-alienated country, a move that angered Moscu, close to resume peace negotiations between Kiev and the pro-Russian rebels. A majority of 303 deputies voted in favor of the bill and only eight against. This...

As part of the “state of emergency” in which it declared itself last week, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE for its Spanish acronym) made this December 23 a general assembly at its headquarters, which was claimed by the Government...

The package of reforms to the Law of the Armed Forces Staff was approved on December 22 in the National Assembly with an additional transient: that the aides-de-camp who were designated under the current law will remain in office until the end of the period they were appointed....

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University developed a new type of outfit for health workers struggling against Ebola. The new outfit will not only be more comfortable, but also less likely to accidentally infect users. The suit just got the funding from the US Agency for...

The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, reported today the existence of an alleged international campaign by news agencies such as AFP and EFE, which aims to spread the institutional collapse that exists in his country. “Last week an international campaign began, maybe...

North Korea suffered the Internet suspension on various pages of official media for about nine hours after the US announced last Friday that it would respond “in a proportionate manner” to the cyberattack on Sony Entertainment. At the time, the internet service has...

The Boston investment fund GMO Trust, filed a lawsuit against Ecuador in a Manhattan federal court, reported yesterday the Forbes magazine. The demand would be because of the default bond debt of Ecuador in 2008, when the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, stated that...

The Prosecutor’s office said they will not remove the mural “Cry of memory,” which is exhibited in its facade, after the request of the daughters of the former President Leon Febres-Cordero. On one side of the mural are shown Latin American dictators like Rafael...

Nicaragua initiated yesterday the construction of a gigantic waterway of 50,000 million dollar, a project led by a Chinese businessman. This work aims to compete with the Panama Canal. The government of President Daniel Ortega said that the canal of 278 kilometers, which would...