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Ruling party Assembly members rejected review from U.S. senators

Last Thursday the ruling party Assembly members rejected the alleged “interference” exerted by eight U.S. senators, both Democrats and Republicans, who, in a letter, criticized decisions of President Rafael Correa. Senators would have suggested Correa “to...
Posted On 11 Apr 2014
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UN: “Latin America is the region with the most murders in the world”

According to a report by the United Nations (UN), Latin America displaced Africa as the region with the highest number of murders in the world, especially by violence out of control in countries like Honduras, Venezuela and El Salvador. With an alarming rate of 90.4 intentional...
Posted On 11 Apr 2014
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Río de Janeiro was scene of clashes over evictions

The eviction of an telecommunications company old plant in the north of Rio de Janeiro, invaded by some 5,000 people claiming by their right to housing today provoked clashes between the occupants and Brazilian security forces. A police vehicle, a truck and a bus that passing by...
Posted On 11 Apr 2014
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Newsprint paper to Daily “El Nacional” arrived to Venezuela

President editor of El Nacional, Miguel Henrique Otero, received this Friday in the headquarters of the daily in Caracas, newsprint coils sent by Andiarios coming from Colombia. Miguel Henrique Otero indicated that a paper reel, which still has The National, will allow the...
Posted On 11 Apr 2014
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Jaime Nebot discussed topics of Guayaquil in CNN

During his interview with journalist from CNN in Spanish, Ismael Cala, mayor of Guayaquil, Jaime Nebot addressed several topics currently discussed in the Ecuadorian coastal city, such as tourism, security, urban regeneration and the transformation of Guayaquil into a digital...
Posted On 10 Apr 2014
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New signal from Malaysia Airlines’s black box is detected by airplane

The localization of the black box from the Malaysia Airlines plane disappeared on March 8, has widened in recent days after investigators believe that the search teams are very close to the `final resting place´ of the lost device. An Australian airplane detected this Thursday a...
Posted On 10 Apr 2014
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RSA makes dramatic changes in the language

In late 2014 the Royal Spanish Academy (RSA) will publish the new edition of Spelling, which makes drastic changes in the alphabet. Among the most striking changes is the elimination of some letters of the alphabet such as the “ch” and “ll.” However, the...
Posted On 09 Apr 2014
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Correa visited U.S. prison turned into a hotel

On last Tuesday, President Rafael Correa began an “academic” six-day tour on the United States, which began with a visit to “The Liberty,” a former prison converted into a luxury hotel, an initiative that the Ecuadorian government aims to mimic at the...
Posted On 09 Apr 2014
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U.S. Mayor regrets Chevron’s damages on Ecuador

On Wednesday the mayor of American town East Haven, Joseph Maturo, felt sorry about the damage caused by the oil company Chevron in the Ecuadorian Amazon, and expressed his solidarity with the indigenous people of that area. “If something like that occurred here in the U.S....
Posted On 09 Apr 2014
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Correa toured Harvard

On the second day of his “academic tour” on the United States, President Rafael Correa and his delegation held a conversatory with Harvard professors on the change process in the country and toured the facilities of the university. From the Center for Latin American...
Posted On 09 Apr 2014
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