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The Ecuadorian Institute for Educational Loans and Scholarships (IECE fo its Spanish acronym) made effective yesterday the delivery of its portfolio to Banco del Pacifico for the administration of the educational loans. The portfolio of IECE is USD 353 million, which correspond...

More than 200 migrants have disappeared in the shipwreck of two boats on the coast of Libya, according to nine survivors rescued by Italian coastguards, said this Wednesday several international organizations. “There are nine, safe and sound after four days at sea. The...

Russia “will examine” any application for funding from the Greek government, which also suffers from “the illegitimate line of Westerners,” said on Wednesday Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who received his Greek counterpart Nikos Kotzias....

The United States, Britain and France announced the closure of their embassies in Sanaa and began evacuating the diplomatic staff due to the crisis in Yemen, where Shiite militia intends to consolidate its power. The United States, was the first to closed its embassy on Tuesday...

One of the women who participated in orgies which are the subject of proceedings against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, said on Wednesday before the Correctional Court of Lille, she had told the former director general of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that she worked as a...

Vice President Jorge Glas Espinel remains hospitalized at the Metropolitan Hospital of Quito since last Saturday with symptoms of severe dehydration and stomach problems, according to the vice presidency. His condition led him to intensive care and on Tuesday he was transferred...

The Administrative Council of the Legislature (CAL) is scheduled to meet today to decide on the creation of an occasional commission to investigate the acquisition of seven Dhruv helicopters, four of which suffered accidents between 2009 and 2015. This, after Assemblywoman...

The Ecuadorian Xavier Bonilla, mostly recognized as Bonil, appeared yesterday before the audience of substantiation for the claim that 14 Afro organizations sued in October 5, 2014 against him. These groups accuse him of having drawn a caricature, which they call to be...

US President Barack Obama said yesterday he will evaluate “all options” available to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, including the delivery of weapons to Kiev, if diplomacy fails. “The possibility of lethal defensive weapons is one of those options being...

This February 9 the Minister of Industries, Ramiro González, announced that by a presidential decree the ‘drawback’ mechanism will beformalized, the tax refunds to foreign trade, ie, tariffs and tax burdens for exporters. According to President Rafael Correa in his...