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The UN delegation in Colombia this Thursday asked the FARC to respect indigenous peoples, a day after the killing of two of its leaders in the Westof the Country, attributed to fighters from the armed group. “The United Nations expressed concern about these incidents and...

On the morning of November 6 the first debate of the draft Telecommunications Law began in the National Assembly. A total of 92 assembly members were present at the plenary. The normative was approved by the Commission on Autonomous Governments, chaired by Assemblyman Richard...

President Barack Obama yesterday confirmed his promise to issue decrees on immigration matters at the end of the year, despite the election results that yesterday gave Republicans the control of Congress. Obama said he will contact the leaders of both blocs in Congress “to...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) will not prosecute Israel for the assault on a humanitarian fleet bound for Gaza in May 2010 that killed eleven Turkish citizens in international waters. The chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, in a statement said this Thursday that...

President Rafael Correa will visit on October 6 an area of the Yasuní National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where it is planned to extract oil, an initiative that has sparked protests and even a lawsuit against Ecuador at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...

The Minister of Foreign Trade Francisco Rivadeneira said on November 6, he aims to start “as soon as possible” the negotiations on a free trade agreement with Japan, during his first official visit to the Asiatic country. The main objective of his visit is...

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez continues hospitalized this Thursday, so she canceled her participation in the G20 summit to be held next week in Australia, due to an intestinal infection that will require at least 10 days of rest, the government reported. Economy...

The collective YASunidos will start a campaign called ‘Eye on Petroamazonas,’ a citizen observatory that will monitor the work done by the state company Petroamazonas in the Yasuni area. According to a team member, David Suarez, this campaign includes two edges...

Ukraine suspended budgetary grants to eastern territories controlled by pro-Russian separatists, reported on Wednesday the government of Ukraine. The Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, noted that “while the Donetsk and Lugansk regions remain under control of all...

The Secretariat of the National Assembly received the night of November 5 the judgment of the Constitutional Court (CC) that gives green light to 16 of the 17 amendments promoted by Alianza PAIS. The document consists of 141 pages in which each of the proposals are analyzed the...