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Pachakutik Assemblyman Clever Jimenez, his advisor Fernando Villavicencio and activist Carlos Figueroa, against the judgment whithin the trial for libel won by President Rafael Correa against them, were denied in their appeal made on last Tuesday at the Criminal Court of Justice...

The province of Cañar is celebrating its 13th year of a Special Declaration. The slogan that this year commemorates the Declaration, everyJanuary 26th, is “Remarkable Cañar,” which  reaffirmed The province as the “Archaeological Capital of Ecuador.” Over...

In some supermarkets and stores that exposed certain imported articles or whose manufacture contains any foreign element, one could witness a shortage of those items. The items match with several of those in the 293 subdepartures that were forced by the Foreign Trade Committee to...

A study carried out by the National Institute of statistics and census (INEC) said that 22.14% of the population between 15 to 29 years old live in common-law union. Those who say yes to a judge or a religious leader hardly represent the 15.9%. And most (58,27%) are single. The...

The National Council of telecommunications (Conatel) yesterday approved new quality parameters for the operating companies that provide cell phone service. Updated indices are: minimum level of signal coverage percentages of established calls, settling time of call, percentage of...

Juan Gelman, legendary lyricist and poet, inventor of words at the time of Argentina’s dictatorship, died yesterday at age 83 in Mexico City. Gelman was considered an innovative for his ability to reinvent the poetic language and associated aesthetic movements without...

This morning, Pope Francis renewed for another five years the mandate of the commission of cardinals, created by Benedict XVI, to monitor the Institute for Works of Religion (IOR,) known as the Vatican Bank, after the scandals raised. In February 2013, Benedict XVI had renewed...

Ecuadorians Carlos Alfredo Vera Rodríguez, Christian Daniel Lescano Guerrero and Byron Norberto Romero will participate as referees and assistants of the World Cup in Brazil as part of the list made by the Referees Committee of FIFA. The selection was made on the FIFA...

Yesterday in Melbourne, the Spanish tennis player, Rafael Nadal overcame Australian Bernard Tomic after the end of the first set, when Tomic decided to retire due to a injury in his leg and back. The announcement provoked boos from the audience. Nadal had won the first set 6-4,...

The president of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, on his first visit to the White House, tried to impressed Barack Obama with the pseudo idea of ​​an improvement of the Spanish economy. Obama congratulated Rajoy for his “progress,” but also reminded him of the “huge...