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New Year’s party in Alex Bravo’s seized house in Esmeraldas

The National Police arrived yesterday night to the house seized to the former manager of Petroecuador, Alex Bravo, in the city of Esmeraldas, to verify the complaint of a supposed party organized in the property. Upon arrival, they found with people inside the house, some of them...
Posted On 30 Dec 2016
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The status of 18 investigations on the corruption network in Petroecuador

  Embezzlement, illicit enrichment, money laundering, bribery, influence peddling, organized crime and perjury. These are the crimes investigated by the Attorney General’s Office on the corruption network within Petroecuador. In total, there are 18 judicial proceedings...
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Ecuador accumulates its fifth consecutive GDP fall

The government presented data on economic growth in the third quarter of the year and claims to have “good news.” The interannual data, however, shows a decrease of 1.6%. This is the fifth consecutive negative indicator. Since the third quarter of last year, the...
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Eleven parties compete to integrate the Andean Parliament

Expert politicians, party leaders, a career diplomat, a radio and television host, a retired military, and new professionals in this campaign are some of the characteristics that identify the eleven candidates for the Andean parliamentarians. This organization was created on...
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Corruption is embedded in the power spheres

2016 was a difficult year for the Government. Cases of corruption spilled over officials and former officials and led to investigations, arrests, trials, and sentences. The scandals deepened in April and May with the dissemination of the Panama Papers, the leakage of documents...
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