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2012 left 77,122 fines and 34 detainees for speeding

According to statistics from the Transit Commission of Ecuador (CTE for its Spanish acronym), last year there were 77,122 sanctioned drivers for exceeding the speed limit and 34 of them, were imprisoned only in Guayaquil. During the first week of the New Year 2013, operatives for...
Posted On 07 Jan 2013
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Venezuela assailed by a political crisis

Venezuela suffers a political uncertainty due to the inauguration of the fourth presidential term of Hugo Chavez, who is currently hospitalized in Cuba, in a serious condition. This events increases the political crisis in the country just three days prior its due date. After...
Posted On 07 Jan 2013
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Pedro Delgado had temporary permission to sign as an economist

The former President of the Central Bank of Ecuador, Pedro Delgado, agreed to a provisional registration that allowed him to sign as an economist for a period of one year. This benefit ended on October 12, 1995, as recorded in the certificate sent by the guild to prosecutors....
Posted On 07 Jan 2013
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First weekend in election campaign and candidates do not waste time

Last Friday, the electoral campaign for the February 17 elections began and the eight candidates aspiring to the Presidency of the Republic have already established themselves strategically in different provinces of Ecuador to expand their message and gain the popularity they...
Posted On 06 Jan 2013
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Carlos Calderon’s Library will be public

The Ecuadorian historian Carlos Calderon Chico, after his death in the early hours of yesterday at Abel Gilbert Ponton Hospital due to a diabetic coma, left a literary legacy of great magnitude to Ecuadorians. His friends said that his personal book collection consisted of nearly...
Posted On 06 Jan 2013
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Rosca de reyes, sweet epiphany of the Lord

The rooted Christian custom of sharing the Rosca de Reyes (Bagel of Kings), on January 6, is a tradition that takes increasingly more importance for Ecuadorians, making us look at major hotels, restaurants and bakeries in the city for the much desired and delicious treat. The...
Posted On 06 Jan 2013
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Festival and Parade in Spain due to the arrival of the Wise Men

Hundreds of thousands of Children along with their parents filled the sidewalks of several cities and towns of Spain to take part in the celebration of the Three Wise Men’s Day, a Catholic celebration that commemorates the arrival of the wise men to Bethlehem for the birth of...
Posted On 06 Jan 2013
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Diosdado Cabello was reelected President of the Assembly

Diosdado Cabello, 49, former lieutenant who participated in Chavez’ failed coup attempt in 1992 and considered one of the most influential figures of Chavez’ government along with vice president Nicolas Maduro, has been reelected as president of the National Aseembly of...
Posted On 06 Jan 2013
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Journalist and Historian Carlos Calderon past away

The Guayaquilean Carlos Calderon Chico, 59, journalist, historian and writer, died of a diabetic coma, causing great sorrow in the cultural ecuadorian sphere. He wrote for El Telegrafo and Expreso Newspapers; he was editor of supplements and literary magazines, in newspapers and...
Posted On 05 Jan 2013
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Luluncoto Women do not get freedom

Judges Merk Benavides, Edgar Flores and Kaiser Arevalo, members of the Administrative Litigation Division of the National Court of Justice, considered as insufficient, the arguments presented by the defense and confirmed prison for Cristina Campoverde and Abigail Heras, in the...
Posted On 05 Jan 2013
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