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Yesterday, the President of the National Assembly, Gabriela Rivadeneira, convened the first discussion on the draft Law on Rural Land and Ancestral Domain for tomorrow. The main objective of this law is to regulate the use and access according to social and environmental...

Hundreds of Argentines gathered yesterday at the Plaza de Mayo to express their displeasure with the death of Prosecutor Arberto Nisman, who was found dead at his home the morning of the day he would submit before court documentation on the Argentine government and its alleged...

The National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) approved on January 20 the oversight call for competition for the renewal of the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (Cpccs for its Spanish acronym). The resolution was taken by unanimous decision of the...

  President Rafael Correa chaired on January 20 the ceremony of replacement of the current former Commander of the Navy, Luis Jaramillo, and appointment of his successor in office, Luis Santiago Chávez. He also took the opportunity for addressing to opposition politicians...

The Defense of the Prefect of Guayas, Jimmy Jairala (AP-Democratic Center), yesterday presented an appeal to the court, which declared the National President of CREO, Cesar Monge, not guilty of the crime of libel. Judge Djalma Blum argued that the crime by which Monge is accused...

After conducting an “analysis of performance,” which was initiated in October of 2014, the Council of Justice (CJ) yesterday announced the names of the four judges to be detached from the high court. In the list are Mariana Yumbay, Lucy Blacio, Paul Iniguez and Johnny...