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Deportivo Quito defeats Barcelona with controversial goal

Deportivo Quito beat Barcelona 2-1 at the Atahualpa Stadium, where a decision of the referee, Diego Lara, generated a controversy near the end of the game. After declaring as goal an action in which it was observed that the ball had not gone into the goal at minute 84, the...
Posted On 10 Mar 2014
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South Korea will receive Pope’s visit in August

The pope Francisco will travel to South Korea from August 14th to the 18th in order to participate in an Asian Catholic youth festival, informed the Vatican. The announced trip will be the second abroad of Francisco this year after his brief visit to Jordan, Israel and the...
Posted On 10 Mar 2014
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Correa travels to Chile for possession of Bachelet

The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, traveled to Santiago this Monday to attend the takeover of the elected Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, reported the president. “Departing to Chile for possession of Michelle,” Correa said through his Twitter account after...
Posted On 10 Mar 2014
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The number of young women who are heads of companies increase

Young women are gaining ground at holding middle-high and high positions within the national and foreign companies, unveiled a survey conducted by the consulting firm Deloitte & Touche.    Only 41% of women aged 30 to 35 reached such important executive positions a year ago,...
Posted On 08 Mar 2014
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Obama and Merkel call for dialogue between Russia – Ukraine and observers in Crimea

The US President, Barack Obama, and the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, consider that the solution to the crisis in Crimea is the direct dialogue between Russia and Ukraine, as well as by sending international monitoring to this peninsula, informed the White House.   In the...
Posted On 08 Mar 2014
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Correa authorizes “certain ministers” to speak to media

President Rafael Correa announced last Thursday that “certain ministers” may grant interviews to “certain media, clearly from opposition” to express the government’s position. Correa stated that the regime will apply this strategy facing the...
Posted On 08 Mar 2014
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Self-employed workers may contribute to IESS according to their wages

On last Thursday the director of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Carlos Marx Carrasco said that the contribution to the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS) that professionals and self-employed should make under the new figure of Mandatory Applicable Membership to...
Posted On 08 Mar 2014
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Santos seeks reelection to continue the peace process with the FARC

The elections this Sunday, March 9, have to the president Juan Manuel Santos, promoter of dialogue in the peace process with the FARC, as the fixed candidate for the presidential election in May. Santos, whose center-right bloc has a comfortable majority in Congress, seeks to...
Posted On 08 Mar 2014
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Correa proposed a constitutional amendment obviating a referendum

“There are some renovations to do and to seize, if the amendment on the reelection is accepted, so we could also introduce those reforms. More than reforms, (they are) constitutional amendments,” said the Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa, in an interview on last...
Posted On 08 Mar 2014
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Swimmer Enderica gets silver medal in South American Games

Esteban Enderica won the silver medal in the test of the 800-meter freestyle on the Chile South American Games 2014. The Azuayan for the distance placed a time of 8 minutes, 07 seconds and 78 hundredths that put him down from the argentine Martin Naidich, that with 8m05, 28s won...
Posted On 08 Mar 2014
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