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After 138 hours of intense rescue labors in the Casa Negra deposit at Portovelo, El oro; the two miners who had not been rescued yet were found dead yesterday. The bodies of Ángel Vera (29) and Pedro Mendoza (28) were found 150 meters deep in the same place where they were...

Pope Benedict XVI elected Bishop Raul Vela Chiriboga (Emeritus Archbishop of Quito, Ecuador ) as a new cardinal yesterday. Vela is now part of the College of Cardinals and may vote in the upcoming Pope election. The Pope chose 23 bishops to be cardinals—the Ecuadorian is among...

PORTOVELO, EL ORO – The rescue team expectations on finding the two miners from Casa Negra rise as they found a boot and two lamps. “Our personnel are one step away from the place where the miners could be” says one spokesperson from Minesadco, the company in...

EL ORO – The rescue team is only 10 meters away from the two miners who are reportedly still alive, Citynoticias (89.3 FM in Guayaquil) reported a few minutes ago. Ángel Vera Pacheco (29) and Pedro Mendoza Basurto (21) are the names of the two Ecuadorian miners who haven’t...

The administration of the “Parque Historico” of Guayaquil (Historical Park) will be managed by the Ministry of Tourism, during a meeting with Ministry of Culture, Erika Sylva. The Secretary of Estate talked about the delay of the Book Fair in Guayaquil, which would begin on...

A traffic accident on Samborondon left three wounded, the event occurred early morning near the urban area of El Rio, north of the city. The Samborondon Fire Department paramedics arrived and stabilized the wounded, which immediately were taken to the hospital clinica Kennedy of...

Police officers discovered a workshop located on Bastion Popular with different parts of cars and accessories of illegal origin. One person was detained for further investigations to determine the origin of the cars, according to the police many of them were stolen to be...

Four Ecuadorian miners got trapped 150 meters underground in Portovelo, El Oro. The accident happened at 3 in the morning, there was a landslide in Casa Negra mine, from the Mine Sadco Company. At the moment a crisis committee is working on the rescue plan. “The filling material...

Convertible vehicles, hybrid versions of redesigned models are already being sold on the markets that could come to Ecuador are displayed since Tuesday on the Autoshow 2011 in Guayaquil. The exposition is in Convention Center that has gathered over 15 automotive brands and other...

Jaime Nebot, Mayor of Guayaquil, announced this morning that the new dealership of garbage recollection in Puerto Limpio has a fine of $15.000 besides the fine of $60.000 for not going to work yesterday. Today’s fine is because the personnel didn’t go to clean the streets at six...