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“Drastic measures” against protests in Venezuela

While most parties involved in the conflict invoke peace in Venezuela, the President Nicolás Maduro congratulated the `flawless´ performance of police forces and announced that his government would take `drastic measure´ to end the protests. The more intense violence was...
Posted On 13 Mar 2014
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Ecuador gave information to Mexico to capture ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán

Ecuadorian police gave intelligence information that “contributed to the arrest of the head of the Mexican mafia, the Sinaloa cartel, ‘El Chapo’ Guzman”  last February 22 , stated the Minister of Domestic Affairs, José Serrano, in a press release at the...
Posted On 12 Mar 2014
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Ten legal gaps into the affiliation to the IESS

Experts and professional associations, believe that the resolution 464 on the affiliation of persons without dependent relationship has, at least ,ten legal and technical gaps which must be corrected. Marco Morales, former Director of the IESS, says that the resolution clearly...
Posted On 12 Mar 2014
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Michelle Bachelet: “I want Chile to be a better country for the people”

From a balcony of the Palacio de La Moneda, the new president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, gave her first speech and announced several reforms and the changing of the Constitution “within democracy.” During her speech, one of the issues that drew much applause in the...
Posted On 12 Mar 2014
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IATA warns that some airlines would suspend flights to Venezuela

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), has warned today, March 12th, that some airlines may suspend its flights to Venezuela, due to the lack of progress in negotiations with that country before the crisis begins. The government of Venezuela owes ​​3,700 million...
Posted On 12 Mar 2014
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Three years of war in Syria and there is no way to peace

It’s three years since the peaceful protests of March 15, 2011 ended in a fierce repression that led to the uprising against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. According to the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights (SOHR), some 140,000 people have died in the clashes. In...
Posted On 12 Mar 2014
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EU questioned imports of Russian gas by Ukraine

The Heads of State and Government of the European Union (EU) will make a calling at their summit next week in Brussels to reduce dependence on gas imports, at a time of strained relationships with Russia, its main supplier, due to the intervention in Ukraine. “The European...
Posted On 12 Mar 2014
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Tribute to dead Ecuadorians in Spain on 11M

A funeral presided by the kings of Spain and various events organized by various associations, served as tribute yesterday on the tenth anniversary for the victims of the terrorist attacks in Madrid in 2004. On March 11 of that year 191 people died and 1,758 were injured after...
Posted On 12 Mar 2014
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Media will report before the Participation Council

Using an “exclusive guide” prepared by the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPC), the media will report their annual activities. “In the coming months we will make an exclusive guide for the media,” said Fernando Cedeño, chairman of the...
Posted On 12 Mar 2014
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Alianza PAIS will analyze the issue of term limits

This Wednesday the ruling party will meet in the Training Center of the Comptroller, to analyze two aspects regarding term limits: if a reform, an amendment or a referendum would be used to change the constitution or if it is better to haver re-election for another term on a...
Posted On 12 Mar 2014
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