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US and Cuba restores direct telephone connection

US and Cuba launched direct telecommunications connection between the two countries, “initially” only for phone calls, but could be extended to other links in the future, said on Wednesday the Cuban state enterprise Etecsa. “It has established a direct...
Posted On 12 Mar 2015
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Review in supermarkets clarifies that there are no price increases

A video released on March 11 by the Interior Minister José Serrano in his Twitter account where employees of a supermarket could be seen withdrawing products from a shelf switched on the alarm of the government and caused that Police inspectors make operations to avoid an alleged...
Posted On 12 Mar 2015
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The ruling party said it agrees with the participation of the opposition in debates

The Legal Secretary of the Presidency, Alexis Mera, and the President of the Assembly, Gabriela Rivadeneira, indicated that the opposition has the right to attend the “socialization” meetings the Casual Amendments Committee performs. Rivadeneira said that the...
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Process of the animal protection law provoked disputes between merchants and defenders

Traders and advocates of animal disputed on the streets this March 11 outside the Assembly, while the debate to the Animal Welfare Law (LOBA for its Spanish acronym) was being processed, whih was filed last October by protective groups of animals. Environmentalists demanded that...
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US Army presumed the death of 11 military from helicopter crash

The Army presumed dead 7 marines and 4 missing soldiers from Wednesday, said a military source, after the accident of a military helicopter that crashed during a nocturne exercise at the Air Force Eglin base, in the Florida Panhandle. It was assumed that 11 soldiers were dead,...
Posted On 11 Mar 2015
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César Monge ‘loses’ one of the lawsuits Jimmy Jairala submitted against him

César Monge, President of CREO, was sentenced to six months in prison, to offer a public apology and pay a compensation of $ 170,000 plus legal costs, in one of the trials the Prefect of Guayas, Jimmy Jairala, follows by alleged libel, said the lawyer of Jairala, Alembert Vera,...
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UN Rapporteur reiterates that torture is widespread in Mexico

The UN special rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Mendez, reiterated on Wednesday that torture in Mexico is “widespread” and it is practice in a “context of impunity” despite the government assures the contrary. “My statement that torture is widespread...
Posted On 11 Mar 2015
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Chile announced it will request explanations to Ecuador by implementation of unilateral safeguards

Chile announced through a statement it will consult Ecuador by the “unilateral fixation” of tariff safeguards, which would generate a strong impact on Chilean exports. “The Government of Chile considered necessary, by the scale of the measure, to request formal...
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Hillary Clinton considered “appropriate” use personal mail for official business

Hillary Clinton said it was “appropriate” use your personal email account to discuss official business when she was Secretary of State of EE.UU., between 2009 and 2013, because that department allowed it and thought “easier”. This is the first time that...
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Duzac case: Prosecutor office investigates 30 more credits for $ 1.3 million

The credit, allegedly irregular, of $ 800,000 granted by Cofiec S.A to the Argentine Gastón Duzac was not the only one. In a report, the Superintendency of Banks determined that there were at least 100 credit operations with administrative problems, of which 30 are being...
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