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The president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, signed on Monday a labor reform bill that modifies the labour code issued 35 years ago by Augusto Pinochet, in another of the transformative actions of her second term. The bill impedes the replacement of striking workers, enshrined in...

The Mayor of Quito, Mauricio Rodas, announced on December 29 he will not pay the fine of $ 3,400 imposed by the Superintendency of Information and Communication (Supercom), arguing that as the highest representative of the Municipality of Quito, he was responsible for a cas...

The President of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, suspended a trip to the Vatican that was scheduled for January, due to a fracture of her ankle, suffered on Friday, December 26, reported the Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich. Fernández had planned an interview with Pope Francis along...

On January 19, in Montecristi (Manabi), the first panel discussion with the citizens will be held to analyze the draft amendments to the Constitution, the President of the Occasional Commission, Juan Carlos Cassinelli, said. According to the plan, the socialization of the...

The government support to Princess Cristina de Bourbon, sister of King Philip VI of Spain, has declined. The new leader of the Parliament noted that the Princess should consider to voluntarily retire from the line of royal succession after being charged with two offenses of tax...

In the third and decisive parliamentary vote held today in Greece, the candidate for President of Greece, Stavros Dimas, was not elected, by which the European country shall call to early elections. The former European commissioner and several times minister, 73, won the backing...

The increase of the minimum wage that is expected today to be decreed by the Government will have repercussions in the average payment of the employees. 78% of businessmen in the country believe that the average increase in salaries in Ecuador will be at around 5.01%. This is...

The Greek Minister of the Sea, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, announced on Monday that four more bodies were recovered during the salvage operation of hundreds of passengers who were on the burnt ferry Norman Atlantic, raising the death toll to five. “The Italian authorities...

The National Customs Service (Senae) announced that until November a total of $ 28 million was reached in seizures of merchandise that entered the country illegally. Furthermore, so far this year, the agency recorded $ 3,650 million in revenues. Xavier Cárdenas, General Director...

The US president, Barack Obama, stressed on Sunday the “responsible” end of the combat mission of NATO in Afghanistan, but warned that the country remains “a dangerous place.” “Now, thanks to the extraordinary sacrifice of our men and women in...