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During last Sunday visiting hours at the Provisional Detention Center (CDP) in Quito, nothing out of the ordinary happened until 09:30 when a group of inmates escaped the control and safety system and ran out through the front door. The police officers in charge along with the...

After the review process that the police subjected the visits of the inmates in the new jail in Guayaquil, representatives of Human Rights in Ecuador ensure that female visitors are subjected to alleged vaginal and anal review during the security check, before seeing the inmates....

On Tuesday, the Ecuadorian president, Rafael Correa, announced through his personal Twitter account, the signing of a decree that established  Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 of December 2013 as official holidays, so the rest will run from Saturday 28 to Wednesday 1. The holidays must...

Due to the celebration, today, of the Universal Day of Human Rights, established.  by the United Nations (UN), a report prepared by the Ecumenical Commission of Human Rights (Cedhu for its Spanish acronym,) notes that the country’s main violations of human rights are...

Thousands of devotees of the Ecuadorian Saint Narcisa de Jesus, visited this weekend her sanctuary, located in the Nobol, Guayas province. The events began on November 29 and ending with today’s liturgies. Several groups from different provinces, as Manabi, Los Rios, Santa...

A large number of world leaders will attend the funeral and funeral ceremony of Nelson Mandela in South Africa. United States President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle will attend on Tuesday to the ceremony  in Johannesburg , reported yesterday the White House. Bill Clinton,...

The ceremony of the State funeral for the former South African President Nelson Mandela will be on Sunday December 15 in Qunu (Southeast), place where he spent his childhood. The South African President, Jacob Zuma, said in a press conference that prior to the funeral, on...

A day like today, 479 years ago, the Spanish conquistador, Juan de Benalcázar confirmed and executed the founding of San Francisco de Quito on the ruins left by General Rumiñahui. To pay tribute to this city, the Municipality of Quito and other private organizations have...

Pedro Jose Maldonado, an Ecuadorian of 53 years, who lived in 4266 Vineyard Circle the Courtyard at the Grove community of Weston, Florida, murdered his wife, Monica Narvaez-Maldonado, 47, and his son Pedro Jose Jr., 19, at home, on Monday. Using a hand crossbow as a weapon,...

The Mariscal Sucre airport in Tababela announced yesterday via his Twitter account that the airline Emirates SkyCargo have landed on its airstrip as part of a trial period that the airline will be submitted to permanently operate at this airport. The aircraft landed at 16:49 in...