Ecuador
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With almost 90% of votes counted, candidate for incumbent party just short of 40% required for outright victory
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Ecuadorean prosecutor says standoff ‘attributable to Swedish prosecutors’ as transcript is prepared of evidence given in London interview
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Government claims oil extraction is causing minimal disturbance to the Unesco biosphere reserve in the Amazon
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The festival of light in Ecuador’s capital took place during the UN’s Habitat III conference this week, illuminating historic buildings in Quito’s centre
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US says claims John Kerry asked Ecuador to block internet access to prevent WikiLeaks impacting election are ‘simply untrue’
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Alrededor de 45,000 personas se reúnen en la capital de Ecuador para la Conferencia de la ONU sobre el futuro de las ciudades. Dentro del recinto, los delegados apoyan una mayor inclusión para la mejora de las ciudades, pero en las calles de Quito, los ciudadanos se sienten excluidos
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Mientras un enorme proyecto vial se planea en la capital ecuatoriana, residentes de Bolaños enfrentan el desplazamiento del barrio que crearon y cuidaron en una escarpada ladera a 2,800 metros sobre el nivel del mar. ¿Los escuchará la ciudad?
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Officials released a statement confirming that the government cut off internet access for Julian Assange following a raft of leaked emails targeting Democrats
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As a huge road project is planned in the Ecuadorian capital, residents of Bolaños face displacement from the neighbourhood they created and looked after on a steep hillside 2,800 metres above sea level. Will the city listen?
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Sweden and Ecuador had agreed date for interview in London over rape allegation, but that is now scheduled for November
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Guillaume Long is to call on the UN general assembly to create a global regulator to stamp out tax havens and expose the corrupt elite
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Julian Assange’s lawyer Per Samuelsson speaks in Malmö, Sweden on Friday after Stockholm’s appeal court upheld his arrest warrant
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Ecuadorian prosecutor will interview WikiLeaks founder at Ecuadorian embassy with Swedish chief prosecutor present
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An appeals court in Stockholm will decide on Friday whether to rescind the Wikileaks founder’s detention order
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Swedish prosecutors investigating rape allegation will meet WikiLeaks founder in London embassy
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Swedish authorities request interview in London mission so they can question WikiLeaks founder over rape allegation
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Noam Chomsky, Yanis Varoufakis, Ai Weiwei, Michael Moore and Ken Loach are among prominent voices demanding WikiLeaks founder be allowed to walk free
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A World Bank loan helped privatise sanitation in Ecuador’s largest city, but some residents say they still lack clean water and claim the river is polluted with sewage
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At least one dead after magnitude-6.7 temblor and another measuring 6.8, as aftershocks continue to rock the country following April’s devastating quake
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Groups of volunteers have been helping out in the aftermath of the Ecuador earthquake, rescuing animals as well as people
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Miraculous rescue for Manuel Vasquez but he remains in hospital with renal failure and has lost several toes
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President Rafael Correa describes ‘sad days for the homeland’ in TV broadcast as 130 remain missing following 7.8 magnitude quake
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