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Assembly member will be investigated for visiting witness processed in the case of Correa

Ecuadornews: The Ecuadorian legislator Sofía Espín will be investigated by a commission of the National Assembly for having visited in prison an indicted defendant and witness in a kidnapping case in which the former president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, is accused. This was...
Posted On 04 Oct 2018
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Government expects deficit of $ 4,380 million in 2018

Ecuadornews: The government’s budget deficit continues to fall according to the Central Bank’s forecasts. The country will end the year with a deficit of $ 4,380 million, a less dramatic figure than that of – $ 6,142 million with which it closed 2017. Meanwhile,...
Posted On 04 Oct 2018
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Former agent prosecuted for case Balda was threatened in jail

Ecuadornews: Former agent Diana F., one of the four people prosecuted for the kidnapping of politician Fernando Balda, was threatened by another prisoner in the women’s prison in southern Quito, where she is being held. The incident took place around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday,...
Posted On 04 Oct 2018
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The Attorney General considers that there is no controversy with PDVSA

Ecuadornews: The arbitration notifications filed by the firm Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) against Ecuador do not represent the existence of a dispute, according to the Attorney General’s Office (PGE). PDVSA submitted, as published this Journal on September 30, 2018, on...
Posted On 04 Oct 2018
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22 former presidents have a life pension

Ecuadornews: The life annuity role of former presidents of September of this year registers 22 beneficiaries. Ten for the exercise as heads of state and twelve as vice presidents. Among the former presidents who appear on the list of the Office of Human Talent Management of the...
Posted On 04 Oct 2018
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Ecuador checks, with UN assistance, oil works accounts

Ecuadornews: Ecuador announced on Tuesday, with the help of the United Nations Organization (UN), is auditing five major oil works, promoted by former President Rafael Correa during his decade of government (2007-2017), whose total value amounts to 5,042 million of dollars....
Posted On 03 Oct 2018
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Transitional National Electoral Council will extend its functions

Ecuadornews: The five transitory advisors of the National Electoral Council will extend their term of office for another three or four weeks, while the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPC) in transition chooses their final replacements. On October 7, the...
Posted On 03 Oct 2018
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The restitution of Ruptura opens the way back to three parties

Ecuadornews: The restitution of the legal life of the Ruptura movement gives rise to the fact that the other three political organizations that ran with their same fate can resuscitate: the Popular Democratic Movement (MPD), the Institutional National Action Renewal Party (Prian)...
Posted On 03 Oct 2018
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Auditors look for anomalies in oil works

Ecuadornews: Between 60 and 90 days will take the review of five “emblematic” projects of the past Government. From there several legal and administrative actions can be taken. Audits of the Monteverde, Pascuales Cuenca and Palo Alto oil projects, and the Esmeraldas...
Posted On 03 Oct 2018
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In Spain, Grupo Pichincha develops Pibank, 100% digital

Ecuadornews: With the opening of offices in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Zaragoza, in Spain, the new bank of the Pichincha Group, Pibank, intends to consolidate its new business model: 100% digital, but with personalized attention. The first branch opened in Bilbao, last June....
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