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The “Años Viejos” contest will be held at the Amazonas Avenue on December 31

Preparations for the traditional “Años Viejos” contest of the Amazonas Avenue are in their final stages. The 11 groups and companies that will participate in this festival fine-tune the details to get the puppets ready for December 31. The “Años Viejos”...
Posted On 29 Dec 2016
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Daily Expreso was a victim of crime

  A robbery executed in eight minutes. Tuesday night at least two people stole three computers from the offices of Daily Expreso located in the traditional neighborhood of La Mariscal, in the northern center of Quito. The incident was recorded by the security cameras. At 24:00 a...
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The three ‘culprits’ of corruption

There were complaints, investigations and even reports with indications of criminal responsibility. Contracts in strategic sectors pass more than one filter, but in the reports of corruption within Petroecuador and in the works awarded to the Brazilian company Odebrecht, these...
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The IAPA says 2016 was a “turbulent” year for journalists

The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) said on December 28 that 2016 was a year of challenges for journalists, who have had to work hard to protect the press freedom and face the digital transformation. “We have had an extraordinary and turbulent year in which our...
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10 TV channels will be monitored

From January 3, 2017, the Media Monitoring Center of the Citizen Participation Corporation will be reactivated. It will allow the observation of the advertising broadcast during the election campaign, which also starts on Tuesday 3 and will last 45 days, until February 16. 10...
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The Public Prosecutor´s office sets its own pace in the investigation of the Odebrecht case

The Public Prosecutor´s office admitted yesterday it has still not sent requests for criminal assistance to Brazil and the United States for the alleged payment of bribes by the construction company Odebrecht to government officials. Attorney General Galo Chiriboga explained that...
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Attorney General files a request to the US for the Odebrecht case

A week after the US Department of Justice revealed the supposed payment of bribes by the Brazilian firm Odebrecht in Ecuador, which would surpass $ 33 million, the Attorney General´s office is in the translation stage of the documents with requests for international criminal...
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Two laws prohibit the dissemination of data

Both the Integral Criminal Code and the Communication Law establish the prohibition to disseminate information issued by the Office of the Prosecutor in the framework of a previous investigation. This includes the names of the people who are part of those inquiries and the...
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