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The Spanish priest Manuel García Viejó, 69, infected by the Ebola virus, and who was repatriated on Monday, September 22 from Sierra Leone to Spain, will not be treated with the experimental serum ZMapp, while other alternatives are studied to save his life. The medical team...

Thousands of students from Hong Kong yesterday began a strike against Beijing’s proposed reform to the electoral system of the former British colony. 13,000 members of about twenty university partnerships, people gathered in the central square of the Chinese University of...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko yesterday warned the separatists of the east of country and Russia that Ukraine is ready to defend itself militarily if peace plan fails. The warning comes after the signing in early Saturday in Minsk (Belarus) of a nine-point memorandum which...

Last Sunday during a visit to Albania, Pope Francisco denounced the use of religion as a “pretext” to justify violence, referring to the growth of jihadist movements in the Middle East and Africa. “Let no one think that they can hide behind God when they design...

Last Saturday the secretary general of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) Ernesto Samper, met with Uruguayan President Jose Mujica in Montevideo and after the meeting stressed the “courage” of the president to take the path of legalizing marijuana....

Police officer Vinicio Carvajal sent his apology to President Rafael Correa for his involvement in the attempted crime of assassination which, according to the court that sentenced him to twelve years in prison, was committed during the police uprising of September 30, 2010. The...

Yesterday at Minsk, the Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists signed a memorandum of ceasefire to create a demilitarized zone of 30 km. “The memorandum provides for the withdrawal of no less than 15 km of large caliber weapons. Thus, a safety zone of more...

The 52 adults who had allegedly participated in violent manifestations around the Montúfar and Mejia high schools,  as well as in the Historical Centre, will be tried for the crime of “attack or resistance,” defined in article 283 of the new Integral Criminal Code...

The draft Law to the Labor Code is proposed in two versions within the government. The Minister for Industrial Relations, Carlos Marx Carrasco, will deliver the project to President Rafael Correa until next week, so he can make his observations and send it to the Assembly for...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, yesterday urged the US to create a special status for Ukraine which allows them to provide lethal aid to the country. The president declared that “war can not be won with blankets”and other assistance that the US has sent so far....