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Diplomatic relations between Ecuador and Nicaragua are strengthened

The Government of Nicaragua urged yesterday to strengthen diplomatic and cooperative relations with Ecuador. This was reflected during a ceremony in which the Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Samuel Santos received the credentials of the new Ambassador of Ecuador in Nicaragua, Aminta...
Posted On 27 May 2014
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EU will redouble Efforts to achieve gas agreement between Ukraine and Russia

European Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger said today in Prague the need to intensify the brokering efforts to find a solution to the gas dispute between Moscow and Kiev, although he showed himself “optimistic” about the possibility of an early agreement....
Posted On 27 May 2014
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Se socializó norma sobre la Defensoría del Pueblo

The organic Ombudsman’s draft law proposed by Ramiro Rivadeneira, current Ombudsman, was yesterday socialized in Guayaquil, in the Auditorium of the National Finance Corporation (CFN). Rivadeneira described as necessary the law because current legislation dates from 1997,...
Posted On 27 May 2014
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15 species have disappeared in Galapagos

According to the Direction of the Galapagos National Park (DPNG), three plants, four species of turtles and eight mammal become extinct. Tourism is one of the causes. In the 1970s, a wave of tourism began to grow in the archipelago. Only last year there were 204 395 visits, 13%...
Posted On 27 May 2014
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Donetsk airport recovery leaves 40 dead

The Ukrainian Army affirmed today it has regained control of the strategic airport of Donetsk, in an operation in which 40 people died, mostly pro-Russian separatists. “We retook full control of the airport. The adversary suffered casualties, but we did not,” assured...
Posted On 27 May 2014
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Interpol issues arrest warrant against Jamil Mahuad

The government of Ecuador announced today that an international arrest warrant against former President Jamil Mahuad, accused of embezzling public funds was issued. The red alert involves an international arrest warrant while the National Court of Justice held in abeyance the...
Posted On 27 May 2014
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Train crash leaves 40 dead in India

On Monday the Gorakhpur Express passenger train crashed at high speed into a train wagon that was stopped on the tracks near a railway station in the state of Uttar Pradeshi, said district magistrate Bharat Lal. The collision caused six cars of the passenger train to get...
Posted On 26 May 2014
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Comptroller will review the water contract

The lack of drinking water, the increase in the price of the private tankers and the collection of payroll without receiving the service generate claims of the inhabitants of Santo Domingo. In response, the Mayor Víctor Manuel Quirola announced that he will ask the General...
Posted On 26 May 2014
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Constitutional Court has first command on reelection issue

In order for the President Rafael Correa and other elected officials to apply to unlimited terms through amendments in the Constitution of Ecuador, they must first make an inquiry to the Constitutional Court (CC). The Constitution allows two alternatives in which not only the...
Posted On 26 May 2014
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Nigerian Army assures to have located kidnapped girls

The Nigerian military of highest rank, Alex Badeh said on Monday that they have already located  where are the more than 200 young students kidnapped by Boko Haram. “The good news for girls is that we know where they are, but we can not tell you where,” Badeh told...
Posted On 26 May 2014
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