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Mexican journalist Carmen Aristegui denounced on Monday that her departure from the influential radio program she hosted is an attack on freedom of speech planned by someone ‘very powerful.’ My dismissal is “a very serious blow, it’s an outrage and our...

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff admitted the “democratic” nature of the mass protest on Sunday and said she was willing to hear the “voice of the street” and to convene a “broad dialogue” with those who “want to talk.” Rousseff...

The Israelis goes this Tuesday to the polls to elect a new parliament and determine if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, remains four years in office or if the Labourist Isaac Herzog is elected. Some 5.88 million voters are called to elect the 120 members of the chamber, in more...

The General Attorney of the State expects the written judgment of the National Court of Justice (CNJ for its Spanish acronym) to intensify with the United States (US) and Argentina the extradition of the former president of the board of the Central Bank and cousin of President...

President Rafael Correa presided on March 16 a working lunch with representatives of the indigenous movement in the Yellow room in Carondelet Palace. Antonio Vargas, one of the leaders who attended the event, said it was about a working lunch to focus on public policy on three...

Ecuador’s economy would have grown around 3.8% in 2014, below the government’s target, which could also revise downwards its forecast for this 2015 due to falling oil prices, said Minister of Economic Policy Patricio Rivera. The authorities had expected a growth of...

Peace talks in Havana between the Colombian government and the FARC have been resumed this Tuesday in a day on which both delegations would work separately, said a source of the official team. This 34th round of talks began under an auspicious environment following the decision...

United States and Cuba met this Monday in Havana further discussions with a view to restoring diplomatic relations, at a time when both countries have disputes over Venezuela. After two periods of talks in January and February in Havana and Washington, the chief of US diplomat...

US actress Sharon Stone, who was scheduled to visit Ecuador last year, asked to a court in New York that the complaint filed against her by the company MCSquared PR be vented in an arbitral rather than judicial process. Through a document, Stone’s lawyers request to the...

Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on March 14 that the government is “glad” by the announcement that Julian Assange’s declaration will be taken at the Embassy of Ecuador in London, but the members of the State are also “outraged” by the delay of...