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The Committee of Relatives of Politically Persecuted in Ecuador announced the presentation of new legal actions and claims before the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). This, in relation to the case of the legislator Cléver Jiménez (PK), Fernando Villavicencio, his...

According to a report by the United Nations (UN), Latin America displaced Africa as the region with the highest number of murders in the world, especially by violence out of control in countries like Honduras, Venezuela and El Salvador. With an alarming rate of 90.4 intentional...

More than $2 ‘ 400.000 were confiscated in furs, coats, pants, as the result of the operations performed by the Service of Internal Rents (SRI) in Guayaquil, Cuenca, Ambato, Loja, Portoviejo and Quito, against impersonation of national labels on garments of foreign origin...

After two days of hearing, and two failed previous court summons, the Fifth Criminal Court of Guayas declared former controlling shareholder of the extinct Territorial Bank, Pietro Z., and former manager Raul S, guilty of the crime of bank embezzlement. According to the...

The Organization YASunidos, having obtained 727.947 rubrics, closed yesterday the process of signature collection to promote a referendum to avoid the crude oil exploitation of block 43 at Yasuni.   The six months given by the Code of Democracy to collect signatures equal to 5%...

On his third day on tour in the United States, President Rafael Correa gave a lecture at the prestigious Yale University about the economic performance of Ecuador and the development model in higher education. During his speech, the president explained the process developed by...

Rinat Akhmetov, owner of the first Ukrainian fortune and an industrial and financial empire in Donetsk, exhorted this friday the Acting Prime Minister, Arseniy Yatseniuk, to resolve the conflict through negotiation with the pro-Russian protesters, who occupy the building of the...

On Friday 4 April, the Tungurahua volcano recorded a strong activity again, since that, several warnings have been given. The last, on Wednesday night, extended with a voluntary evacuation until early hours of Thursday.   After 18:00, the alert was activated. Military and police...

The eviction of an telecommunications company old plant in the north of Rio de Janeiro, invaded by some 5,000 people claiming by their right to housing today provoked clashes between the occupants and Brazilian security forces. A police vehicle, a truck and a bus that passing by...

Despite the heavy rain puring in the city, thousands of fans of the “Big Boss” attended the Alberto Spencer Stadium to hear his biggest hits. The concert was opened by Ecuadorian singers Rocko and Blasty, and by Spanish DJ, composer and producer Juan Magan. After the...