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Jacobson: Normalization of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the US will be a long process

Cuba and the United States began its first meeting this Thursday to define the next steps in the process of normalization of diplomatic relations including the reopening of embassies in Washington and Havana. These negotiations were led by the director for USA of the Ministry of...
Posted On 22 Jan 2015
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Only 7 of 22 provincial territorial agreements have been reached

The Consortium of Autonomous Provincial Governments (Congope for its Spanish acronym) records four territorial delimitation agreements and the National Committee for Internal Limits (Conali) three. At national level there are 22 of these disputes, which shall be resolved until...
Posted On 22 Jan 2015
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Hospital of IESS is declared in emergency

The chairman of the board of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS for its Spanish acronym), Victor Hugo Villacrés, announced the morning of January 21 the declaration of emergency of the hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo, of Guayaquil. According to Villacrés, the...
Posted On 21 Jan 2015
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Commission will discuss veto to the Telecommunications Law

The Commission of Autonomous Governments will analyze on January 21 the partial veto to the Telecommunications Law submitted by the Executive branch. The session is scheduled at 17:00. This was confirmed by Assemblyman Angel Vilema (AP), who is Vice President of the Commission....
Posted On 21 Jan 2015
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President Correa: “Ecuador already changed and its Armed Forces can not be beyond regulation”

  President Rafael Correa chaired on January 20 the ceremony of replacement of the current former Commander of the Navy, Luis Jaramillo, and appointment of his successor in office, Luis Santiago Chávez. He also took the opportunity for addressing to opposition politicians...
Posted On 21 Jan 2015
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The CNE approved the oversight for Cpccs contest

The National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) approved on January 20 the oversight call for competition for the renewal of the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (Cpccs for its Spanish acronym). The resolution was taken by unanimous decision of the...
Posted On 21 Jan 2015
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Obama: The US Congress must lift the trade embargo on Cuba

US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the US Congress must start “this year” lifting the trade embargo on Cuba, following its change in policy towards the island. “In Cuba, we finished with a policy whose expiration date had been passed a long time ago...
Posted On 21 Jan 2015
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14 new laws would be pending on the legislative agenda of Alianza PAIS

The twelve coordinators of Alianza PAIS (AP) are scheduled to meet this January 21 to define the date of the workshops,where the legislative agenda for this year will be discussed. President Rafael Correa would not attend these meetings, but the Secretary of Political Management,...
Posted On 21 Jan 2015
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The private financial system is healthy according to the president of the Association of Private Banks

During the congress “Dollarization, 15 years later, a comprehensive vision,” organized since 19 to 22 January by the Espiritu Santo University (UEES for its Spanish acronym), the President of the Association of Private Banks César Robalino analyzed the evolution of...
Posted On 21 Jan 2015
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University of Austria could not identify DNA of the 43 missing in Mexico

The University of Innsbruck in Austria, responsible for determining whether the 16 remains found in Cocula, Guerrero, belong to the 43 normalists of Ayotzinapa was unsuccessful in its work due to excessive heat to which they were subjected, said yesterday the Attorney...
Posted On 21 Jan 2015
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