SIP rejects sanctions against Bonil and EL UNIVERSO

In a statement, the Committee on freedom of press of the Inter-American Society of press (SIP for its Spanish acronym), showed its rejection to the sanctions against the cartoonist Xavier Bonilla, “Bonil”, and EL UNIVERSO newspaper, of Ecuador, imposed by the Superintendency of...
Posted On 03 Feb 2014
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Inhabitants near Tungurahua affected after eruption

Since Thursday January 30 following the reactivation of the Tungurahua volcano, the few inhabitants left in the surrounding areas do not feel scared after the event. In the Puela parish between 2001 and 2010 the population was halved and those who stay do not want to leave their...
Posted On 03 Feb 2014
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Emilio Gómez classified Ecuador to face Brazil in Davis Cup

After a long return from Venezuelan David Souto, the game was defined and the Ecuadorian player Emilio Gomez celebrated his victory by 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 and turning point 3-1, as it meant that the balance now favors the Tricolor, in group 1 of the American Zone of Davis Cup. Gomez...
Posted On 03 Feb 2014
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Government keeps defending its position on the COIP

Through press conferences, on Saturday, trough television commercials, the Government has defended the content of the Integral Criminal Code(COIP) before the medical associations’ rejection of Article 146 regarding the  penalties for malpractice. Government representative...
Posted On 02 Feb 2014
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Ash cloud was ejected by the Tungurahua volcano

A column of smoke that exceeded ten miles o altitude , was expelled yesterday at 17:45 by the Tungurahua volcano. The incident occurred after a loud explosion according to reports of the Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School. Communes of Chacauco, Chambiato,...
Posted On 02 Feb 2014
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Users will protest against cyber espionaje

“We do not collaborate, conspire or share information with any spy agency of nowhere,” said the company Rovio, creators of the popular game “Angry Birds”, in a statement last Tuesday issued from its headquarters in Finland. This, after a day earlier ir was...
Posted On 02 Feb 2014
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Presidents are chosen on El Salvador and Costa Rica

Salvador and Costa Rica choose their new leaders in general elections today Sunday February 2. While Costa Ricans are under unprecedented polarization between right and left, but with a large share of undecided which could lead to a second round, El Salvador decides for the...
Posted On 02 Feb 2014
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Cuban representative travels to Florida looking for business opportunities

This Thursday and Friday, Jose Ramon Cabañas, head of the Cuban diplomacy in the United States, was received for the first time in a decade. The head of the Cuban Special Interests Section in Washington, which in recent years has become a key point of exchange between the two...
Posted On 01 Feb 2014
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Doctors awaiting decision on their resignations

In the Pablo Arturo Suarez Hospital in Quito, where the first protests against the new Criminal Code were originated, yesterday, it emerged the concern about what will happen to the resignations presented by the doctors. This, after the agreement reached between the government...
Posted On 01 Feb 2014
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Graduates will have to take an obligatory placement test

As a requisite to enter College, all the students of the third year of high school from public , fiscomisional, municipal and private schools must take the National Examination for Higher Education (ENES). The head of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and...
Posted On 01 Feb 2014
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