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Swiss Leaks case: Noboa clarifies he does not possess an account in the HSBC Swiss bank

This February 9, approximately at 15h00, Álvaro Noboa, through a press conference, spoke on the publication of a research called ‘Swiss Leaks,’ which involves the Ecuadorian businessman in data about thousands of accounts allegedly hidden in the Swiss bank HSBC....
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OPEC announces slight rebalancing in this year

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced a slight rebalancing of the market this year due to the fall in prices, according to its monthly report published on Monday in Vienna. Another rebalancing factor according to the OPEC is the rise in the world oil...
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Unasur foreign ministers today analyze the Venezuela-US situation

The Special Commission of Foreign Ministers of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will meet on February 9 in Montevideo, Uruguay, to analyze the internal situation of Venezuela and its relationship with the United States, at the request of Venezuelan President Nicolás...
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Unasur seeks to create “channels of dialogue” between Venezuela and the US

Unasur would seek to open “channels of dialogue” between the US and Venezuela, said this Monday the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, Ricardo Patiño, at the end of a meeting of foreign ministers of the organism in Montevideo. “We decided to seek channels...
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Commission recommended to acquiesce the presidential veto

The Commission on Sovereignty and International Relations recommended to the plenary of the Assembly to acquiesce to partial objection that President Rafael Correa sent to the draft reform to the Law on Armed Forces Staff. In Article 5 of the Law, the Commission raised:...
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Foreign experts denounce irregularities in the research of the 43 missing students

The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF for its Spanish acronym), which denounced numerous irregularities in the investigation of the 43 missing students in Mexico, said that the case can not be closed because there is no scientific evidence to confirm that the students...
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Taiwan: TransAsia funeral values are granted to the families of victims of accident

Representatives of the TransAsia Airways airline yesterday met with the families of victims of the accident in Taiwan to discuss compensations, after starting to grant $ 38,000 to the relatives of the deceased to cover funeral expenses. In the river where the plane crashed last...
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Nisman Case: social referents ask to clarify the death of Argentine prosecutor

In an announcement published in major Argentine newspapers entitled “The right to truth,” cultural, economy and politicalrepresentatives asked the Supreme Court to take “control” of the investigation of the Nisman and the AMIA Jewish center cases....
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IESS will lack liquidity this year to pay pensions, according to report

According to the report IESS-DSP-2015-001 of the Directorate of Pensions System of  January 20, the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS) will have a deficit of USD 339.1 million this year to cover pensions and other benefits of 432 780 retirees, which could require the...
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Iran considers “either necessary or useful” extending nuclear negotiations with power countries

The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, said yesterday that extending nuclear talks with major powers beyond the deadline would not be “useful” or “would not lead to an agreement.” Shortly after meeting for the second time with his US...
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