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Ecuador will held eight years of the Correa government this January 15

Ecuador will celebrate this Thursday, January 15, eight years of the Government led by Rafael Correa with an event based on innovation, one of the cornerstones of the “Citizens’ Revolution,” as the political project that drives the president is known....
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Former military chief speaks in his book about the thesis of the kidnapping of Correa in the 30-S

The former head of the Joint Command of the Armed Forces, Ernesto González, who led the rescue operation of President Correa during the police revolt of September 30 (30-S),  spoke in an interview with Radio Vision on the topics that appear in his book: “Testimony of a...
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IESS will make adjustments in employers pension

The Board of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS for its Spanish acronym) will adjust the amount of retirement pensions that are paid to the former employees and former servants of this institution, from $ 1,200 to $ 550 . This decision was taken after an...
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FIFA grants the Ballon d’Or 2014 to the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo

The Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo was the winner for the second consecutive year of the Ballon d’Or of the 2014 season, awarded on Monday by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA). As the best player of 2014, Ronaldo, 29, surpassed the Barcelona...
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France deploys 10,000 troops to protect and seek accomplices in terrorist attacks

France ordered on Monday that 10,000 soldiers take to the streets to protect sensitive areas and continue the search of accomplices after the terrorist attacks caused in previous days in Paris French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said that the search is urgent because “the...
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Venezuelan Vice President threatens to prison those who attempt to protest

The Vice President of Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, threatened with jail on Saturday those who try to disrupt order in the country, generated by the long lines of shoppers in supermarkets by shortages of consumer goods. Arreaza warned that “there are still plenty of cells...
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EU ministers agree to strengthen border and Internet Securities

The Interior Ministers of Spain, Germany, UK, Italy and Belgium, agreed in Paris to strengthen the control of the EU external borders, the control of travelers and broadcast content on the Internet. The meeting, held in response to the attacks that left 17 fatalities in France...
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Colombia and Ecuador will discuss about trade issue

Trade ministers from Ecuador, Francisco Rivadeneira, and Colombia, Cecilia Alvarez-Correa, are scheduled to meet this Wednesday January 14 in Quito. According to a press release from the Ecuadorian Ministry of Commerce, a “creative and objective dialoque on issues of...
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The FARC reported that “military siege” threatens unilateral ceasefire

The FARC reported on Sunday in Havana that the Colombian army intensifies the “siege” against their units in the Llanos Orientales and the Cauca, which endangers the unilateral and indefinite truce declared last December 20. “The military siege against guerrilla...
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Haiti remains in crisis after five years of devastating earthquake

Haiti commemorated on Monday the 5th anniversary of the devastating earthquake that struck Port-au-Prince in 2010, with thousands of people still living in camps considered at risk of natural disaster and amid an intense political crisis. On Sunday, hundreds of protesters...
Posted On 12 Jan 2015
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