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At least seven people died on Tuesday when a train crashed against a car on the railroad tracks in the northern outskirts of the city of New York at rush hour, local media reported. The train, heading north, hit a Jeep Cherokee at a railroad crossing in Valhalla, killing the...

The President of the Ecuadorian Constitutional Court, Patricio Freire Pazmiño, postulated as candidate for one of the four vacancies that will be opened next year at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IHR Court). The elections will be held in June and the authorities will...

The lawyers consortium Manos Limpias this Wednesday filed an indictment against the leader of the Spanish leftist party Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, of financing “his revolutionary propaganda” with irregular money from Venezuela. Manos Limpias filed in the Supreme Court...

President Rafael Correa said that it would be “serious” if they were mechanical failure the causes of the accidents of two Dhruv helicopters, occurred in recent weeks, and that elevated to four the number of casualties of these devices, of a fleet of seven gained to...

The crime of General Jorge Gabela, former commander of the Ecuadorian Air Force (FAE for its Spanish acronym), is not related with the allegations that made on the acquisition of seven Dhruv helicopters by the FAE. That’s one of the conclusions of the report of the Expert...

The exchange safeguard that Ecuador imposed to the imports from Colombia and Peru left $ 14.1 million in revenues in its first month of application. This corrective measure was established as a response to the devaluation of their currencies. For Colombia a safeguard of 21% was...

The Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym) signed a cooperation agreement on February 3, for the implementation of the electronic system in more than 60,000 units of taxis throughout the country. Its use is not mandatory. Each taxi unit will have a identification...

Ecuador confiscated 5.3 tons of drugs in operations carried out in January in different areas of the territory, including the border with Colombia, said on February 2 the Ministry of Interior. “So far this year a total of 5.3 tons were seized nationwide, of which 1.5 were...

Yesterday, in Guayaquil, two debates were organized at different universities to discuss the content of the Alianza PAIS (AP) reforms. To perform a referendum on the package of amendments to the Constitution was one of the requirements that were made yesterday.  The Casual...

The Ecuadorian government and private telephone companies, Claro and Movistar , materialized the granting of spectrum for 4G and expansion for 3G, as reported on Monday, February 2 the Telecommunications Minister Augusto Espín at a press conference. With this decision, the...