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Last Thursday, the General Finance Office initiated an audit on the agreements signed between Social Security Institute (IESS for its Spanish acronym) and the Gonzalez Clinic, owned by cousins of Ramiro Gonzalez, president of the Social Security Board. For this process, it...

The police of Cambodia arrested the founder of Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm, in his apartment. Apparently Svartholm had to go to his native country to deal with the court and authorities. Local police has not given any information regarding the detention of Svartholm. According...

The president of the Montecristi Constituent Assembly and current leader of the Montecristi Lives Movement, Alberto Acosta, was elected presidential candidate for the Left Movements Unity, with 55.7% of support. Acosta gave a speech in which he criticized President Rafael Correa...

According to Syrian opposition groups, this Monday a car bomb exploded in the southeast of Damascus, killing four people including a child. The blast occurred in Jaramana, a mixed neighborhood of Christian and Druze residents. The Syrian government blamed the rebels for last...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration announced the dismissal of Diego Borja from the Commission of the New Regional Financial Architecture. Borja was removed by the involvement of his political movement in the case of forged signatures for its registration....

Last night a call was made to ECU-911 in Ecuador; a trembling voice asked for help to the National Police. Juan Antonio Serrano Salgado, 36, was stabbed in the neck when he tried to calm down a quarrel outside a private party in the home of Manuel Salgado, uncle of the Interior...

July 2009 The current Code of Democracy is accepted and starts the race for political parties and movements to register or re-register in the 2013 elections. March 2010 Political groups begin to collect signatures. November 2010 The Popular Democratic Movement (MPD for its...

Today Spain ceased to provide free health care to illegal immigrants. It is definitely one of the most controversial cutting measures, undertaken by the conservative government of President Mariano Rajoy, to save some state money. The end of health cards’ renewal to illegal...

With an anxious but scarce public, last night was premiered one of the most anticipated theatre plays of the year: the opera “The Giacomo Variations”, in the main auditorium of the Sanchez Aguilar Theatre. This chamber opera, written and directed by Michael Sturminger...

The Ecuadorian government is preparing an agreement draft for the Spanish government of Mariano Rajoy, to ensure health benefits for Ecuadorian migrants living in Spain. Tomorrow in Spain, a law to take away free health care to undocumented migrants will come into force. The law...