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According to measurements from NASA and the Center for Snow and Ice of the United States, the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean has shrunk to the smallest size ever observed in three decades. 96 hours ago the ice surface reached 4.1 million square kilometers (km2),...

The Hebrew University of Israel is conducting the world’s largest educational project by giving free lectures of major online teachers available for millions of people. The university has joined an organization called Coursera, which offers 200 undergraduate and student...

The former Governor of Guayaquil, Guillermo Lasso affirmed that his candidature would be announced on September 29 in the city of Portoviejo, Manabi. The announcement will be made during the general assembly of CREO political movement. Lasso did not ruled out formalizing...

72 hours remain until the deadline set by the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) for national political groups to submit signatures in order to be accepted to participate in the 2013 elections. The Movimiento Popular Democratico (MPD), Pachakutik (PK),...

Yesterday, the wildfires that continue damaging the country, claimed two fatalities and one more last Tuesday. Firefighter Carlos Arturo Jaramillo Mieles died while fighting a fire that continues ravashing Pallatanga, in Chimborazo; and in La Confianza parish, at Cuenca, Maria...

With unanimous voting, the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS, for its Spanish acronym) elected Fernando Cedeño and Monica Banegas as president and vice president of the organization. This new designation aims to strengthen public participation processes...

Many young entrepreneurs gathered yesterday night at PRIAN‘s headquarters to participate in a forum organized by the Ecuadorian Presidential pre candidate, where they had the opportunity to expose the problems that affect their country. “This country is a country of young...

Fabricio Correa, brother of President Rafael Correa and founder of the political movement EQUIPO, spoke after his movement was not approved at the CNE, which prevents him from running for the next presidential elections 2013. Through a press release, Correa said:...

Banana producers not convinced announced the extension of emergency decreed banana on 13 July and ended on September 7, decreed by Javier Ponce, Minister of Agriculture. They claim that two weeks is not enough, and that the Ministry should consider four weeks to make the process...

Diego Borja, leader of the political group Poder Ciudadano, announced that his party is a victim of political persecution by the state. Borja alleged that from the 412,000 signatures submitted by his movement, only 80,000 have been approved. The rest were removed without...