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The President of Uruguay, José Mujica, arrived today at the White House to meet  his U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, in what constitutes the main event of his official visit to Washington this week. Following a private meeting between Mujica and Obama in the Oval Office, the...

This Monday, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry through a public statement on the state agency KCNA, justified the racist insults, including “evil black monkey,” made by the regime towards the U.S. President Barack Obama. The racist comments against Obama...

In the first quarter of 2014, Ecuadorian shrimp exports grew a 90.6 % compared to the same period last year, according to the European Central Bank (ECB). This makes it the fastest growing product in the list of 26 sales unrelated to oil. The increased commercialization of shrimp...

Two courts of Caracas ordered prison for eleven young protesters arrested last Thursday on two of the four opposition camps in the east of the capital, accused by the prosecution for the crimes of illegal possession of firearms, conspiracy, incitement to disobey the law, using...

The management company launched a campaign to support the Train Cruise, which is also nominated for the World Travel Awards, known as the Oscars of tourism. As part of the campaign, a train carriage was installed at the Naciones Unidas and Republica del Salvador avenues, where...

On last May 1, the Minister for Labour Relations, Carlos Marx Carrasco, publicly presented the project of the Organic Code of Labour Relations, which does not define yet certain points on food services and health and social care for employees. Subsection 6 of section...

  Ecuador importations have reduced by a 2% during the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period of 2013. This is the result of restrictions imposed by the government since late last year. In dollars, this represented $ 140 million, an amount that could have been...

Every May 12th, the International Nursing Day or International Day of the Nurse is celebrated, which is promoted by the International Council of Nurses (ICN), in commemoration of the birth of Florence Nightingale, who is considered the founder of modern nursing. The International...

The member countries of the European Union adopted new sanctions this Monday, including, for the first time, companies linked to the conflict in Ukraine and Russia expecting any of these give way to a dialogue. The new sanctions added another 13 names to the list of those...

On Monday, the defense ministers of the three border Latin American countries will meet to discuss issues of cooperation in security and control of unidentified flights, during a meeting that seeks to “join forces in the fight against common threats,” said the...