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José María Aznar was invited by CREO to give a conference

The Former President of Spain José María Aznar was invited to an internal meeting of Creando Oportunidades (CREO) to give a talk to the members of the political movement led by Guillermo Lasso. The event was held at the Hilton Colon Guayaquil hotel. The Assemblyman Patricio...
Posted On 11 Jul 2014
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Aedep questions “control” on newspapers

On Thursday the director of the Ecuadorian Association of Newspaper Publishers (Aedep for its Spanish acronym), Diego Cornejo, said that newspapers are businesses subject to greater control in Ecuador, all under the recent closure of HOY Newspaper. “The media in Ecuador,...
Posted On 11 Jul 2014
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Japan with tsunami warning after 6.8 magnitude earthquake

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 magnitude was registered this Friday in northeastern Japan and triggered a tsunami warning in the region, public broadcaster NHK reported. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake occurred at 04.22 local time (19.22 GMT Friday) with its...
Posted On 11 Jul 2014
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Senagua and Arca are in charge of the water conflicts

The National Water Secretariat (Senagua for its Spanish acronym) will face around 25 monthly water conflicts, as reported through an e-mail. According to the Water Resources Law approved by the Assembly, these conflicts shall be resolved by the Single Water Authority (Senagua),...
Posted On 11 Jul 2014
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Putin plans to meet with Fidel Castro in Cuba

Russian President Vladimir Putin will arrive this Friday at Havana on an official visit to Cuba, to meet with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro, as announced by an official source. In Moscow, Yuri Ushakov, Putin´s adviser, said at a press conference that it is scheduled an...
Posted On 10 Jul 2014
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70 percent of the 81 Palestinians killed on the Israeli offensive were civilians

According to medical sources, 70 percent of the 81 deaths so far during the three days of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza were civilians, including seven people -4 women and 3 children- who died early this morning during a house bombing in Jan Yunis, in the south. Specifically,...
Posted On 10 Jul 2014
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Promotions are created to sell gas cookers

Appliances manufacturers and stores register a fall of between 10% and 40% in sales of gas cookers. For this reason they have been forced to create promotions to achieve the output of these products. The offers ranking from discounts of 20% in the final price, passing through the...
Posted On 10 Jul 2014
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Correa and Rodas in new rapprochement

This Tuesday, July 8, 2014, President Rafael Correa invited the Mayor of Quito Mauricio Rodas at a dinner in honor of the Prime Minister of San Vicent and The Grenadines. This dinner reunited them for the second time. The first was on March 6 when the President invited the...
Posted On 10 Jul 2014
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YASunidos abandons its “legal struggle” in Ecuador

Last Wednesday in a letter sent to Ecuadorians, with a copy to the Constitutional Court (CC) and other law enforcement agencies, the environmental group YASunidos, which promoted a referendum to prevent the oil exploitation of ITT fields in National Yasuni Park, reported on its...
Posted On 10 Jul 2014
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Lawyers on Chevron case ask for an invalidation of Judge Kaplan’s sentence

Steven Donziger, one of the legal representatives of Ecuadorians suing Chevron over environmental damage in the South American country, has appealed the judgment of American justice, issued by the Manhattan federal judge Lewis Kaplan. In its judgment delivered on last March 4,...
Posted On 10 Jul 2014
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