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Silva will direct her support to Neves for the second round of elections in Brazil

The former presidential candidate of Brazil, Marina Silva, will support the Social Democrat Aécio Neves to defeat Dilma Rousseff in the second round, the O Globo newspaper reported. Instead of asking for a charge in return, as a tradition in Brazilian politics, the environmental...
Posted On 08 Oct 2014
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ANT will train local governments in their transit competences

From 13 to 17 October, 78 local governments in Ecuador will be trained on the competencies of transit these should assume until April 2015, as recorded in the Constitution, Traffic Law and the Organic Code of Territorial Planning and Decentralization (COOTAD) . The National...
Posted On 08 Oct 2014
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Ecuador opens bid for purchase of border radars

Ecuador opened an international bid to acquire a radar system of border surveillance and against the drug trafficking, said on October 7 the Defence Minister, Fernando Cordero, who anticipated an investment of $ 112 million in this purchase. In late July, the Minister, who...
Posted On 08 Oct 2014
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Creators of nanoscopy receive Nobel Prize in Chemistry

The American scientists Eric Betzig and William E. Moerner and the German Stefan W. Hell have been awarded with the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of a high resolution microscope. Stefan Hell, 51, discovered the high resolution microscopy called STED (Stimulated...
Posted On 08 Oct 2014
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Ebola case in Spain could arise from carelessness in medical procedures

Spain confirmed this Wednesday to the European Union (EU) that “at this time it is unclear” how happened the first Ebola infection in the EU, produced in the Iberian country. Among the hypotheses it is included “the relaxation of procedures,” including the...
Posted On 08 Oct 2014
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President Rajoy defends his management before the Ebola infection

The President of Spain, Mariano Rajoy, defended on September 8 his Executive management against criticism by the first contagion of Ebola, which took place in the country, the only so far recorded outside of Africa. Rajoy promised that he will inform of all new developments and...
Posted On 08 Oct 2014
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Ecuador and Peru Foreign Ministers will discuss bilateral issues in Quito

The Foreign Ministers of Ecuador, Ricardo Patiño, and Peru, Gonzalo Gutiérrez, will meet on October 7 in Quito to discuss matters of bilateral interest and prepare an upcoming appointment of Presidents and Ministers of both countries. Patiño and Gutiérrez will lead a XIII Meeting...
Posted On 07 Oct 2014
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Ecuador disrupts the “most dangerous” drug trafficking network in the country in “Operation Pacifico”

Police of Ecuador gives another blow in its fight against drugs. This time it managed to disrupt the “most dangerous drug network of the country.” The band sent from Manta, Guayaquil, Muisne, Portoviejo, Pedernales and Salinas, ” about 400 kilos of drugs to...
Posted On 07 Oct 2014
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Chancellor of Colombian expects European visa exemption the first semester of 2015

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombian, Maria Angela Holguin said this Tuesday it expects the visa exemption for to Colombians traveling to the European Union (EU) be produced in the first semester of 2015. Colombian Foreign Minister on official visit to Spain, said that...
Posted On 07 Oct 2014
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61 media of Ecuador were rated by the national Cordicom

Sixty-one media of Ecuador (34 radio stations, 20 television stations and 7 print media ) were approved by the Council of Regulation and Development of the Information (Cordicom for its Spanish acronym) as of national character. The decision was taken by the plenary of the...
Posted On 07 Oct 2014
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