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Ecuador will not be able to prosecute Odebrecht employees

Ecuadornews:     Ecuador will not be able to prosecute Odebrecht and its former directors, employees, and adherents. This is one of the commitments the Office of the Attorney General agreed to meet, after receiving the documents of the case on June 1st. As the...
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Glas resuscitates the soft coup theory

Ecuadornews:     The soft coup theory is once again in the official discourse. It is now Vice President Jorge Glas who claims to be a victim of this strategy of the “regional and global right,” that has recorded only one fallen in the country to date. The...
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Private banks propose to lower the use of cash with more digital payments

Ecuadornews:     Private banks seek mechanisms to reduce the use of banknotes and coins in transactions. The proposal comes at a time when the Finance State Department says there is a high demand for physical money in the economy, which generates significant costs to...
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Deputy Comptroller appointed by Pólit takes over the National Audit Office

Ecuadornews:     Dr. Sabett Chamoun, appointed Deputy Comptroller by Comptroller Carlos Pólit, has taken over the National Audit Office early this afternoon, after a struggle with Pablo Celi de la Torre, who was in charge. According to a document, today, June 7, 2017,...
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Police ‘takes’ the building of the National Audit Office

Ecuadornews:     In the midst of a dispute over who replaces State Comptroller General Carlos Pólit, who by the way is involved in investigations in the Odebrecht case and who is on leave abroad, prosecutor Juan Carlos Zúñiga accessed this control agency yesterday with...
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