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Alianza País rejects report prepared for the BBC

The lawmakers from the Alianza País (AP) ruling block yesterday rejected a report sponsored by the BBC, which positioned Ecuador in the category of countries in Latin America with hybrid democracies. A report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EUI for its Spanish acronym),...
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Ukraine: At least 15 dead after projectile impact in bus stop in Donetsk

An artillery attack perpetrated on Thursday against a public transport stop in the pro-Russian Donetsk left at least 15 dead as balance. A rocket hit the stop in the morning, in front of which there was a trolley and an undetermined number of passengers and bystanders, of whom...
Posted On 23 Jan 2015
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Punishment of Ecuadorian oil fell this month

The price of Ecuadorian crude reached $ 39.6 in mid-January, according to the National Information System (SNI for its Spanish acronym). The figure is based on theoretical prices published by the public company Petroecuador EP. The value is $ 40.1 less per barrel than expected by...
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King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia passes away at age 90

King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia passed away this Friday and Prince Salman succeeded him to the throne, announced a statement from the Royal Palace. The king was admitted to hospital last December 31 to undergo multiple medical tests, which showed three days later he...
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Legislative commissions will define the priority of of pending laws

The coordination of the block of Alianza PAIS (AP) plans a meeting with the authorities of the legislative commissions in order to finish setting the agenda 2015 and therefore, defining the status of pending laws. Alexandra Ocles, block coordinator, said that the legislative...
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Correa could prosecute Figueroa again by press statements

 President Rafael Correa and his lawyer, Caupolicán Ochoa, are evaluating the possibility of setting up a new trial for alleged offense, against doctor and activist Carlos Figueroa. This judgment would be made by the statements made to the press about the version of the events of...
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Land Law debate began with indigenous opposition and members of PAIS

The analysis in the first debate of the Rural Lands and Ancestral Territories bill began this Thursday, January 22 amid protests of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE for its Spanish acronym), who demanded the ruling party´s proposal file. Next week...
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