Category

The Colombian government enthusiastically welcomed yesterday the announcement of unilateral and indefinite cease-fire of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), which begins tomorrow, but will not accept conditionings requested by the guerrillas. On Wednesday, the FARC...

President Barack Obama signed the sanctions adopted by the US Congress against Venezuelan officials considered responsible for human rights violations in Venezuela. The so-called “Law on Protection of Human Rights and Civil Society Venezuela 2014”, which empowers the...

The investment plan promoted by President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, was approved on Thursday by the Heads of State and Government of the European Union (EU) and now will wait the conditions to contribute money to the future fund. Meeting in Brussels summit,...

Eight children were found dead this Friday in a house in a city of northern Australia, the police reported. The bodies of children between 18 months and 15 years, who allegedly  died stabbed, were found next to a wounded woman, who according to the police could be their mother. A...

Five soldiers died in combat with the FARC in a rural area of the municipality of Santander de Quilichao, western Colombia, on the eve of a unilateral ceasefire announced by the guerrillas, the army reported on Friday. “We have the misfortune of five soldiers who were...

The FBI accused this Friday the government of North Korea as being responsible for the spectacular cyber attack against the Sony Pictures studio, which led to the cancellation of the film “The Interview,” before threats against cinemas. “The FBI has enough...

Political public officials who are allied to the political party Alianza PAIS (AP), approachment to people and a communication battle to face the 2017 and 2019 elections, is what President Rafael Correa asks to his AP movement. At the Convention Center in Quitumbe, south of...

The report for the second debate of the draft reforms to the Law of Staff of the Armed Forces is ready. The Commission of Sovereignty of the Assembly welcomed some changes that were suggested in the plenary. The first relates to promotion. According to the bill, the general...

Chancellor Ricardo Patiño announced on Friday, December 19 the unilateral termination of German cooperation on environmental issues and the return of the funds received last year that are estimated at EUR 7 million (about $ 8.5 million). Although he said that the Ecuador...

The President of the Commission on Economic Regime, Oswaldo Larriva, announced that the President of the Assembly Gabriela Rivadeneira informed him that the second and final debate of the Incentives to the Production and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion draft law would be discussed...