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ELN guerrillas urges US take responsibility for Colombian conflict

The ELN, the second guerrilla Colombia and currently in exploratory peace talks with the government on Sunday called on the US to assume its responsibility in the Colombian armed conflict, spanning more than five decades. The National Liberation Army (ELN) attributed to...
Posted On 09 Mar 2015
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Medical examination will determine whether Terrabienes manager will go to jail for preventive detention

This March 9 is scheduled that performed a medical examination to Jorge O.T, general manager of real Terrabienes, to verify if he can be transferred to the penitentiary for preventive detention after passing a breach in his health on Thursday March 5, moment when he was arrested...
Posted On 09 Mar 2015
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Vice President Glas justified application of safeguards to import products

The application of safeguards to 32% of imports aims to “strengthen the dollarization,” according to Vice President Jorge Glas. In this way he defended the measure that shall fix surtaxes between 5% and 45% to a range of imported products, from Wednesday, March 11 and...
Posted On 08 Mar 2015
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Malaysia Airlines flight marks one year of being missing

Malaysia marks this March 8, the first anniversary of the disappearance of flight MH370 without official events in memory of the 239 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777. The airline plans to pay tribute in a private ceremony to their 12 crew members aboard the plane,...
Posted On 08 Mar 2015
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Lenin Moreno retracts about cartoon of Bonil

Unlike what he said on Tuesday, March 3 in an interview with Ecuavisa, the former vice president and special envoy of the United Nations (UN) for persons with disabilities Lenin Moreno, said on Thursday, March 5 in a interview with the media Radio Vision that the caricature...
Posted On 07 Mar 2015
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Government will apply safeguards for 2800 import products

Minister of Foreign Trade Diego Aulestia reported on Frida March 6 that the government will apply safeguards to 2800 products. This measure will take effect on March 11 and it will have a lasting of 15 months. A surtax of 5% will apply to capital goods and non-essential raw...
Posted On 07 Mar 2015
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Venezuelan opposition reiterates to Unasur that will dialogue with Maduro in exchange for liberate their prisoners

The Venezuelan opposition alliance Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD for its Spanish acronym) reiterated this Friday, March 6 to the foreign ministers of UNASUR they will only resume the dialogue with the government of Nicolás Maduro if this liberates jailed opposition...
Posted On 07 Mar 2015
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UN recommends Ecuador to decriminalize the abortion in cases of rape

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), recommended Ecuador this March 6 it should decriminalize the abortion in cases of rape, incest and serious malformation of the fetus: “The parliamentary discussions regarding the Penal Code did not...
Posted On 07 Mar 2015
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Government will seek international help to resolve cases of missing persons in Ecuador

The government pledged to try to resolve the cases of missing persons in Ecuador with the help of international experts, during a six-hour meeting, on March 5, between President Rafael Correa and relatives of the missing persons. That international assistance, according to...
Posted On 06 Mar 2015
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Venezuela celebrates 2nd Anniversary of the death of Hugo Chavez

Supporters and officials of the Venezuelan government paid tribute to former President Hugo Chavez, on the occasion of the second anniversary of his death in a massive act amid an acute economic and political crisis faced by the country. The event took place at the Plaza Bolivar...
Posted On 06 Mar 2015
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