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“Lonesome George” returns to Galapagos embalmed

Ecuador will recover one of the symbols of animal conservation in Galapagos, after the body of the beloved “Lonesome George” returns to the island in March 2014, after being embalmed in the United States. Washington Tapia, head of Applied Research of the Galapagos...
Posted On 10 Jun 2013
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Fausto Valdiviezo is investigated after his death

Four days after of the crime was carried out (April 11), the prosecutor Victor Altamirano took several steps into the murder of journalist Fausto Valdiviezo Moscoso, among those is included in the first 008-2013 file folder where data were requested the victim to entities such as...
Posted On 10 Jun 2013
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Ecuadorians lead struggle against evictions

Yesterday thousands of Spanish and migrants, mostly Ecuadorians, staged a march in Madrid, organized by the Platform of People Affected by Mortgages (PAH) under the slogan “Against Financial impunity. Against mortgage fraud. For the right to housing.” The protesters...
Posted On 09 Jun 2013
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Testimony of the Valdiviezo family is not taken into account in the process

After Alfredo Valdiviezo, brother of the murdered journalist, Fausto Valdiviezo, gave his version yesterday to the prosecutor, the lawyer Hector Vanegas defender Ingrid Leon Bermudez, one of the suspects arrested for the crime, allegedly revealed a document version, which is not...
Posted On 07 Jun 2013
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Tension and anger because teachers’ retesting

The Ministry of Education will evaluate teachers, after the results of the last assessment conducted in November and December 2012, are considered atypical and suspicious. “Qualifications significantly higher than the rest of the country,” some “about the level...
Posted On 07 Jun 2013
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IEPI does not accept new proposals for their logo

After the scandal of apparent plagiarism of a logo, the Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI) appointed an evaluation committee to select the new logo for the institution, however, the recent and new proposals submitted, last Friday, by the Maxtimsa agency were not...
Posted On 05 Jun 2013
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Liberalism is remembered today in Ecuador

This morning, the Foundation Ciudad Alfaro paid a  deserved tribute to General Eloy Alfaro at the foot of his mausoleum in the cemetery of Guayaquil, as the beginning of the celebration of the 118 years of the Liberal Revolution of June 5, 1895. It was attended by local...
Posted On 05 Jun 2013
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Video “Guayaquil Rebelde” will be presented today to students

As part of the commemoration of the youth uprising on June 2nd and 3rd of 1959, today started the delivery of a video in schools all around the city, as part of the civic program “Guayaquil Rebelde” (Rebel Guayaquil), promoted by the Political leadership of Guayaquil. The video...
Posted On 03 Jun 2013
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Olivia Culpo participated in a charity dinner in Machala

After participating in Machala’s United Parade, Olivia Culpo, Miss Universe 2012, attended the gala at the Oro Verde Hotel, where the mayor, Carlos Falquez, named her Guest of Honor. “It was nice to have met these people who received me with great affection, I just...
Posted On 03 Jun 2013
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The State allocates $822 million for the retirement of teachers

The Ministry of Education designed a timetable of retirement according to the year of birth of the teachers, which will prioritize the teachers with more than 70 years old, and teachers suffering from serious diseases. This process will be carried out until 2016. The Minister...
Posted On 01 Jun 2013
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