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Chinese people say goodbye this February 18 to the lunar year of the horse and welcome the goat one in a celebration that, despite its familiar character, also fills the streets of people, as well as parades, fairs and stage shows. The Spring Festival -as the lunar New Year is...

The tanker Cotopaxi, owned by the Ecuadorian Oil Fleet (Flopec) and with capacity of 66 138 tons of cargo was detained in Panama by court order between 7 and 10 February this year. The oil transport called this arrest as a “seizure.” Via email, Flopec reported that a...

The Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez meets this Wednesday one year in prison for crimes related to the protests last year that left a toll of destruction at the headquarters of the Prosecutor´s office, three dead and dozens injured. For this reason, his wife Lilian...

After the first five years of existence of the Council for Citizen Participation (CPC for its Spanish acronym), this February 18 begins the process to renovate 14 primary and alternate members of the National Electoral Council (CNE). This process will take about one hundred days...

The mobile operators Otecel (Movistar) and Conecel (Claro) expect to sign today with the Ecuadorian government contracts to provide the 4G technology, said the vice presidency through a statement. On February 2, both private enterprises closed negotiations with the government for...

The Security Council of the UN supported in a resolution yesterday the peace agreements reached in Minsk for Ukraine and urged all parties to implement them in full. The resolution, sponsored by Russia, was approved with the support of 15 members of the highest decision making...

An earthquake 5.7 degrees magnitude on the Richter scale occurred yesterday in northeastern Japan, the same area which suffered on Monday, another 6.9-magnitude earthquake, but this time the tsunami warning was not triggered. The Japan Meteorological Agency said that the quake...

In Ibarra, Ambato and Loja, the Casual Commission in charge of processing the constitutional amendments expects to carry out the socialization reunions, said its Vice President Verónica Arias. In addition, Arias added that the dates on which they will take place shall be defined...

The British comedian John Oliver responded to President Rafael Correa, who reacted in his Twitter account to his taunts in the show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, broadcasted by HBO. Oliver referred to comments from Correa, who said that the English comedian was...

El Universo newspaper apologized on Monday with the Afro groups by order of the Superintendent of Communication (SuperCom), which considered “discriminatory” one cartoon done by Xavier Bonilla, mostly known as ‘Bonil.’ On Friday, February 13, the SuperCom...