Author: Gonzalo Solano
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Ecuador’s high court decriminalizes euthanasia, following a lawsuit by a terminally ill patient
Ecuador’s high court has decriminalized euthanasia and ordered lawmakers and health officials to draft rules and regulations for the procedure
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Ecuador grants citizenship to WikiLeaks founder
QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador has granted citizenship to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after more than five years of living in asylum at the nation’s embassy in London, officials announced Thursday. Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa said officials accepted Assange’s request for naturalization in December, and they continue to look for a long-term resolution to a…
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Earthquake kills 238 in Ecuador; emergency workers rush in
PEDERNALES, Ecuador — Rescuers pulled survivors from rubble Sunday after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. Officials said the quake had killed at least 238 people and injured more than 1,500. The magnitude-7.8 quake, the strongest to hit Ecuador since 1979, was centered on…