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The French satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo returned yesterday to the newstands with a circulation of 2.5 million issues. In the new issue, Charlie Hebdo gathered in its cover drawing some of its favorite targets, including the Catholic Church, the French right and the...

The Minister for Labour Relations Carlos Marx Carrasco said that the salary tables will be reviewed in the councils and that the new salary bases and caps for municipal officials would be ready. Yesterday, Carrasco said that local governments have autonomy that will be respected,...

President Rafael Correa ordered on February 25 the accountability of the administrative management of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS) in the Caja del Seguro building in Quito. The appointment came during a meeting with the chairman of the entity, Victor Hugo...

The defense of Julian Assange, presented yesterday to the Swedish Supreme Court an action for annulment of the arrest warrant for Wikileaks founder asylee in the Embassy of Ecuador in London, for an alleged sexual assault. An appeals court in Stockholm in November rejected a...

The President of the Assembly, Gabriela Rivadeneira (AP), said she expected to agree on a salary adjustment with the other branches of the government in order to adhere to the recent provision of the executive branch on the remuneration reduction, and which currently only reaches...