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Tonight, the 13 best samba schools in Rio de Janeiro will parade before more than 70,000 people in the newly renovated Sambadrome. Seven of the top schools will dance on floats in extravagant costumes in the “Temple of Samba,” accompanied by “garotas” in...

Thousands of manifestants gathered on Sunday in the main streets of Spain to protest against labor reforms that the government of Mariano Rajoy presented in order to eliminate unemployment by 23% of the population, a record among industrialized countries. Unions affirm that there...

The beginning of the 53rd Song Festival of Viña del Mar is near. As every year, this event will be held at the Quinta Vergara, an outdoor amphitheater with a capacity above 15,000, on the Pacific Ocean, 120 kilometers northwest of Santiago (Chile). Mexican singer Luis Miguel will...

Lawyers for the defense of President Rafael Correa expressed their disagreement with the ruling issued by the fifth civil Judge Maria Mercedes Portilla,  against journalists Juan Carlos Calderón and Christian Zurita. They also requested an appeal of a judgment that orderedan...

This Saturday afternoon (February 18) at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, Whitney Houston will be laid to rest at her funeral. The ceremony, also called Whitney‘s “home going” service, is being streamed live by the Associated Press starting at noon EST. Among...

The old cellar of Ecapag, located in Guasmo in the south of the city, is the scene where five floats are being build, at request of the municipality of Guayaquil. Thirteen people have been using iron, foam, cardboard and other synthetic materials for two weeks to create the...

Ana Maria Tamayo Cevallos was elected Queen of 2012 Carnival in the midst of a festive and colorful ceremony, thus inaugurating the carnival celebrations. “This is my dream, I promise to support young artists and publicize tourism because Guayaquil is beautiful,” she...

Aretha Franklin will sing Saturday at the funeral of Whitney Houston in Newark (New Jersey, eastern USA). Singers Alicia Keys and Stevie Wonder, and actor Kevin Costner will attend the ceremony, said Friday the agent of the late diva pop. Houston’s friend, Pastor Marvin Winans,...

This morning citizens of Guayaquil and workers of newspaper EL UNIVERSO gathered in a pacific protest against the last decision of the Ecuadorian National Court, which rejected the appeal of this media in the trial brought by the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa for libel...

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva concluded on Friday the treatment of chemotherapy and radiotherapy followed due to a larynx cancer, informed the hospital where he was treated. A statement from the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital in Sao Paulo said the former leader of 66 years...