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Hong Kong workers return to their activities after partial withdrawal of protesters

Hong Kong has recovered this Monday the work activity, after the partial withdrawal of the pro-democracy demonstrators on the streets of the city. Several streets in the city center are closed to traffic and many bus lines have been altered or suspended, however the majority of...
Posted On 06 Oct 2014
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67 applicants seek to join the CNE

The process for the partial renewal of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) advances and on October 6 starts the challengesphase. Where until Wednesday October 16, citizens have time to object to any of the 67 participants who aspire to be part of the...
Posted On 06 Oct 2014
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716 graduated students made a test to obtain a bacheler degree

The Faculty of Administrative Sciences of the Universidad Central del Ecuador was the first to implement on Saturday 4th October, the complexive exam for students who have not graduated, despite having finished school several years ago. In total, 716 people showed up to perform...
Posted On 06 Oct 2014
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Ecuador surpasses goal of poverty by incomes at a 25.6%

Ecuador exceeded the goal of reduction of poverty measured by incomes, considering that in 2013 the objective was to bring it down to 26.3%, but it reached the 25.6%. This result allows that the projection for 2017 is down to 20%, President Rafael Correa said during his latest...
Posted On 06 Oct 2014
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Ebola can reach France and the United Kingdom in late October

Scientists used patterns of spread of the Ebola disease and air traffic data to predict that there are 75% of chances that the virus will arrive to France on October 24, and a 50% that it is present in the United Kingdom for that date . France is among the countries most likely...
Posted On 06 Oct 2014
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Peña Nieto: Responsibles for the disappearance of 43 students will be punished

The president of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, pledged on Monday to punish those responsible for the disappearance of 43 students in Iguala, on an alleged joint action of local police and drug traffickers. Authorities are still investigating whether among the 28 corpses found over...
Posted On 06 Oct 2014
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Correa conditions reform to increase oil revenues for the Amazon

During the last nation-wide broadcast, President Rafael Correa noted a reform on the Act 010 to increase oil revenues for the Amazon. This region receives one dollar for every barrel of oil extracted, according to the regulation. Correa said that they could increase to $ 2 per...
Posted On 06 Oct 2014
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Brazil expects a runoff election between Rousseff and Neves

The Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, was the most voted in the elections of October 5, with 41.39%, and will disput a second round with the Social Democratic Aécio Neves (33.78%), having scrutinized the 97.98% of the total, according to the latest official data. In third...
Posted On 06 Oct 2014
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Citizen Participation Council will monitor agreement between Ecuador and Colombia

Supervising the compliance of the agreement between Ecuador and Colombia regarding the fumigation of illicit crops in the common border, is the objective raised by an oversight of the Council of Citizen Participation (CPC) . Waldemar Jiménez is the Coordinator of the group, which...
Posted On 06 Oct 2014
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Correa government will prioritize investment in strategic sectors

President Rafael Correa announced yesterday during the National address that the main goal of the Executive is to prioritize public investment until 2017. “We have less than 3 years of government; we must be effective, forceful. The president has given priority to certain...
Posted On 05 Oct 2014
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