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The Narcotics Police of Ecuador seized a ton and half of cocaine in operatives done by officers in the provinces of Pichincha and Manabí. According to Marcelo Tobar, Chief of Narcotics of Pichincha said that the drugs were camouflaged in wooden boards that were going to be sent...

is currently investigating the case of the five kilos of cocaine found on an airplane of the airline LAN, the last weekend. The flight came from Lima, Peru and it was supposed to pick up passengers in the Jose Joaquin de Olmedo airport of Guayaquil, its destiny was the city of...

QUITO – The retirement pensions for the elderly in Ecuador have been approved to increase by $40 today by the Social Security Institute of Ecuador (IESS). Ramiro González, Chairman of the Board of IESS, reported on Monday that an increase of $40 was made to the retirees....

This Friday, October 1st, Sublieutenant Rosy Katherine Granja Benítez will become the first female pilot of Ecuador. She will pilot airplanes from Naval Aviation. She aspires to especialize on flying helicopters. The graduation of the first pilot will take place on Friday,...

Chaos striked on the building of Teleamazonas and the transit of streets around it. At around 10h30, a telephoned bomb thread made more than 200 employees from one of the most criticized TV channels by the government evacuate their building in Quito, Ecuador. “Good morning,...

University students gathered in El Arbolito Park, a march for dignity was held due to the rejection of the Higher Education Law veto, supported by the Assembly. About 3,000 people, students, teachers and public and private universities staff are expected to go to the main....

Apple’s 4th generation of iPhone hits the Ecuadorian market today. Cell phone providers América Móvil (Porta) and Telefónica (Movistar) are already offering the revolutionary multi touch screen device in different Post-Payment plans. The new iPhone will allow users to make and...

An Ecuadorian merchants association in Madrid denouncement on Tuesday the irregular use of police force against a group of Ecuadorian in a Madrid´s park. The event took place in Lake of the Casa de Campo where every Sunday hundreds of Latin America immigrants gather to share with...

On April 11, 2010, Enma Corte, a woman from Sigsag village on the south of Azuay province, decided to migrate to the United States, along with her 9 year old son, and they did it ilegally through a smuggler. However, on May 4th, 2010, the woman was separated from her son by the...

509 novelists participe in the Planet Novel Prize, the best prize money of Hispanic letters, to be ruled on Oct. 15. Literary Works come from Argentina (25), Peru (18), Mexico (16), USA (14), Chile (12), Venezuela (9), Colombia (8), Bolivia (5), Costa Rica ( 4), Canada (3),...