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Ernesto Samper will become general secretary of UNASUR

This Saturday, the Colombian former president Ernesto Samper thanked the leaders of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR for its Spanish acronym) “for their support” by appointing him as new general secretary for a period of two years. “Thank you...
Posted On 24 Aug 2014
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Maduro prohibits the export of basic food products

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has “strictly” banned the exportation of products contained on the basic basket of Venezuelans. The decision, which will be issued by decree on next Monday, is part of the package of measures taken by the government in an attempt of stopping...
Posted On 23 Aug 2014
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Nathalie Cely gave her version on the Plan V magazine published report

This Friday the ambassador of Ecuador, Nathalie Cely, rejected the publication of a research article of the magazine Plan V, entitled ‘Nathalie Cely, Ambassador of contracts’, which referred to alleged contracts signed by her in Washington, for more than $ 7.5...
Posted On 23 Aug 2014
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Pope Francis spoke with the family of beheaded journalist

According to the culture editor of the Jesuit magazine America, James Martin, Pope Francisco spoke by phone with the family of American journalist James Foley, who was beheaded this week by the jihadists that had kidnapped him. “The family was excited and very...
Posted On 23 Aug 2014
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Discussion on Communications Law gets suspended for a week

After six hours of session, last Friday the Plenum of the Constitutional Court ruled that the three unconstitutional lawsuits against the Communications Law will be discussed next week. The 208-sheet report of Judge Maria del Carmen Maldonado, responsible for the debate, collects...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Reform to the Law Limits divided Guayas Assemblymen positions with other provinces

A possible time extension to solve the border conflicts through a legal reform confronts Assemblymen positions between Alianza PAIS (AP) of Guayas and other provinces. “We will not yield, we will not succumb to a different kind of interest that may arise, the Prefect...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Legal defense of Abdala Bucaram will be based on the COIP

Luigi Garcia, attorney of former President Abdala Bucaram, who was prosecuted for embezzlement, will request the judges of the National Court of Justice (CNJ for its Spanish acronym) to use the new rules of the Organic Integral Criminal Code (COIP for its Spanish acronym), which...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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UN estimates that more than 191,000 people were killed in Syria

The UN reported on Friday that more than 191,000 people died in Syria’s war since its beginning in 2011, which represents “more than double” of the balance of a year ago. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recorded 191.369 documented cases of people who died in...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Ukraine denounces as “invasion” Russian convoy income without authorization

Ukraine today denounced an “invasion” by Russia due to the entry of Russian humanitarian convoy on Ukrainian territory without the permission of the authorities of this country and without the escort of the Red Cross. The head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU,...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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Affiliation to social security of informal workers will be defined in the coming weeks

The Ministry of Labour Relations analyzes, with several sectors, the affiliation of informal workers. A first draft will be ready in the coming weeks. The lack of stability is the primary conflict that authorities detect . Representatives from catalog sales employees are holding...
Posted On 22 Aug 2014
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