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Student protests after arrest of mayors in Venezuela

Hundreds of opposition students were concentrated this Thursday in Caracas in protest of the actions taken against two opposition mayors arrested on Wednesday by court order, and the recent incidents in university campuses. The students were accompanied by political opposition...
Posted On 20 Mar 2014
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Weekly Address on April will be held in New York

President Rafael Correa will perform on April 12, the Weekly Address from abroad. This time the labor report will be issued from New York, United States. The Government sees this event as a way to bring the government closer to migrants. This is not the first time the President...
Posted On 20 Mar 2014
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Two opposition mayors are detained in Venezuela

At first the Venezuelan authorities reported the arrest of Daniel Ceballos, mayor of San Cristobal, and later that same day at night, they reported that the mayor of San Diego, Enzo Scarano, was arrested and sentenced to 10 months and 15 days in jail for contempt. Due to the...
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Mayor Nebot will propose the Charity Board to eliminate concert tax

Mayor Jaime Nebot, yesterday morning, ratified an intention that was published in July of the last year: to ask the Charity Board of Guayaquil (JBG) to stop charging the tax to public entertainment, in exchange that the Municipality delivers the value of that tribute.   To do so,...
Posted On 20 Mar 2014
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Multinational sign an agreement to increase exports and buy local products

Multinational companies signed agreements with the Ministry of industries in which they are committed to increase their exports from Ecuador, and to buy local products for their production, said yesterday the director of the Ecuadorian Institute for Standardisation (INEN)...
Posted On 20 Mar 2014
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EU reaches agreement to consolidate European banking union

The European Parliament and the European Council have reached a preliminary agreement that will keep the European banking union ready on schedule. After 17 hours of negotiations, sources have said that the decision of the unique resolution mechanism to close banks will have less...
Posted On 20 Mar 2014
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Ukrainian Ambassador at the UN fears a Russian raid

This Thursday the Ukrainian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, Yuri Klimenko said that “there are indications that Russia would be ready to carry out an intervention in eastern and southern Ukraine,” in regions with high population of Russian origin, he...
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Destitution of Gustavo Petro affects peace dialogue according to the FARC

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), deplored today the destitution of Bogota’s Mayor, Gustavo Petro, accusing President Juan Manuel Santos of giving a “surprise attack”, and warned that this decision negatively impacts the peace conversations...
Posted On 20 Mar 2014
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NCJ prepare clause for medical malpractice

The terms of the interpretative clause to article 146 of the Organic Comprehensive criminal Code (COIP), about the wrongful death by professional malpractice, will be defined, among several drafts, at the plenary session scheduled for next Wednesday. Thus, the President of the...
Posted On 20 Mar 2014
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Preparations for pending Sectional Elections in thirteen parishes are being carried out

This Thursday the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) began the distributing of ballots and electoral kits designed for the Sectionals Elections of next March 22, to be repeated in thirteen parishes in eight provinces since the last elections of February 23,...
Posted On 20 Mar 2014
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