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President Nicolas Maduro announced on Thursday he got Russian funding for the Venezuelan economy, including an expansion of oil investments in Moscow at the end of a tour that took him through six countries in search of support amid falling oil prices. Maduro said he was able to...

The former police chief Ernesto González chose not refer to the events of 30-S at the launch of his book “Testimony of a commander” (Testimonio de un comandante, for its Spanish name), despite the fact that in previous days his statements about police the revolt...

The resignation of Gloria Toapanta, one of the winners of the selection process in the Council of Citizen Participation, surprised the members of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym), as she remained only six days in office. The argument was...

The president of Catalonia Artur Mas announced on Wednesday the early elections of September 27, 2015 as a first step towards independence of this Spanish region if the secessionist parties obtain majority. “I have taken the decision to hold Catalan (…) elections on...

A heavily armed man who took this morning two hostages at a post office in western Paris, in the town of Colombes, surrendered to police this Friday causing no casualties in the attack, local media reported. The event, that does not seem to be related to the Jihadist attacks that...

The company that for four and a half years imprinted the newspapers El Telégrafo and PP El Verdadero will disappear and will be replaced by the Public Company El Telegrafo EP. Executive Order 545, issued last Wednesday, ordered the dissolution of the Anonimus Society of National...

The plenary of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym), in session on Friday January 16, appointedJuan Pablo Pozo as the new president of the organization. Nubia Villacís was also elected this day as the new vice president, replacing Carlos Tayupanta....

President Rafael Correa, when asked about what was spoken by General Ernesto González, in his book Testimony of a commander, said that it does not say anything new about the events of last September 30, 2010 (30-S). According to Correa, the then Chief of the Joint Command of the...

Pakistani parliamentarians unanimously denounced on Thursday the publication of a new “blasphemous” caricature of Muhammad on the cover of the French satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo, victim of a Islamist attack last week that left 12 dead. “The assembly...

Republican members of the House of Representatives voted against the immigration law of President Barack Obama, proposed in November, Fox News reported. With 218 votes in favor and 209 against, the Republicans managed to pass another amendment that slows the Obama plan, known as...