Lavrov calls on Kerry to intercede for the suspension of military actions by Ukraine

The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov today called on the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, in order to compel Ukraine to suspend military action and withdraw  its troops from the east of the country. ‘The punishment operation in the southeast of Ukraine will plunge...
Posted On 03 May 2014
, By
off

Alert messages on packages of cigarettes change to yellow color

Since July, figures of skull that are printed on cigarette packages, to warn about the dangers of smoking and alert messages will now appear in yellow, according to the agreement of the Ministry of Health, published in the official register of March 15.   This seeks, firstly,...
Posted On 02 May 2014
, By
off

Overloading would be a cause of the Ferry sinking

Researchers who conducted investigations into the sinking of the South Korean ferry, focus their hypothesis in the excess charge as the main cause of the shipwreck, reported on Thursday the Yonhap news agency. Experts estimate that the responsibility may fall on two members of...
Posted On 02 May 2014
, By
off

Positive change for Immigrants in Florida

After an intense debate involving law, immigration and the United States, a divided Florida Senate voted last Thursday in favor of allowing students who live in the country without authorization to pay similar tuition fees to those of local students. It is now expected that the...
Posted On 02 May 2014
, By
off

Landslide in an illegal mine from Colombia kills 3 and traps 15

This Friday the National Mining Agency (ANM), reported that at least three people died after a landslide hit an illegal gold mine in the department of Cauca, West Colombia, while another 15 remain missing with little hope of being rescued in time. “It is impossible they are...
Posted On 02 May 2014
, By
off

Ukraine executes operation to regain control of Slaviansk

The Ukrainian Ministry of Interior confirmed on Friday that three of its helicopters were distroyed, two soldiers were killed and several were injured during in hands of pro-Russian militias during the operation launched to regain control of the city of Slaviansk, in the South...
Posted On 02 May 2014
, By
off

At least seven dead in landslide in a rural area of ​​Mexico

“With deep sorrow I inform that they have found three (more) dead bodies following the disaster in Huehuetlán and now the number of deaths is seven,” said the governor of Puebla, Rafael Moreno, after a tour around that area. The last three victims, two children and a...
Posted On 02 May 2014
, By
off

Doris Soliz is the new executive secretary of Alianza PAIS

During the Fourth National Convention of the Alianza PAIS (AP) movement, held in Esmeraldas, the current Minister for Economic and Social Inclusion, Doris Soliz, was unanimously chosen as the new secretary of the group, thus replacing Galo Mora Witt, who played the position since...
Posted On 02 May 2014
, By
off

Calle 13 joins campaign against Chevron

The Puerto Rican duo `Calle 13´ began this Friday a series of activities and presentations in Ecuador, one of them in support of a campaign to denounce the pollution of Chevron in Lago Agrio. The artists are scheduled to travel to the Aguarico 4 well, where there is a pool of...
Posted On 02 May 2014
, By
off

Marchs in Guayaquil over Labor Day

To commemorate May first, despite the rain, the union sectors and the Governorate in Guayaquil called for marches, in a display of opinions for and against the current Ecuadorian government. In rejection of the draft Labour Code, which was delivered yesterday to the National...
Posted On 02 May 2014
, By