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Vice President Jorge Glas Espinel remains hospitalized at the Metropolitan Hospital of Quito since last Saturday with symptoms of severe dehydration and stomach problems, according to the vice presidency. His condition led him to intensive care and on Tuesday he was transferred...

One of the women who participated in orgies which are the subject of proceedings against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said on Wednesday before the Correctional Court of Lille, she had told the former director general of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that she worked as a...

The United States, Britain and France announced the closure of their embassies in Sanaa and began evacuating the diplomatic staff due to the crisis in Yemen, where Shiite militia intends to consolidate its power. The United States, was the first to closed its embassy on Tuesday...

Russia “will examine” any application for funding from the Greek government, which also suffers from “the illegitimate line of Westerners,” said on Wednesday Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who received his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias....

More than 200 migrants have disappeared in the shipwreck of two boats on the coast of Libya, according to nine survivors rescued by Italian coastguards, said this Wednesday several international organizations. “There are nine, safe and sound after four days at sea. The...

The Ecuadorian Institute for Educational Loans and Scholarships (IECE fo its Spanish acronym) made effective yesterday the delivery of its portfolio to Banco del Pacifico for the administration of the educational loans. The portfolio of IECE is USD 353 million, which correspond...

The Council of Regulation of Information (Cordicom) sustained through technical and legal reports, to accept the complaint submitted by fourteen Afro-Ecuadorian groups against cartoonist Xavier Bonilla (Bonil) and El Universo daily, by the publication of a cartoon alluding to...

The Attorney General Galo Chiriboga asked the Constitutional Court (CC) to declare null and void the acquittal issued by the Criminal Division of the National Court in favor of the teacher Mery Zamora. The Attorney General alleges infringement of constitutional guarantees. The...

The Venezuelan government announced yesterday the creation of a forex market that will be free and whose rate depends on supply and demand, a modification of the changes control system with twelve years in force. The announced new Venezuelan exchange system will maintain three...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reported this Wednesday “significant progress” in the prior negotiations to the Minsk summit on Ucrania, where presidents of Ukraine, Russia and France and German Chancellor will gather. “Experts are working, there is...