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Rafael Correa: “I am politically responsible for corruption, but not judicially”

Ecuadornews:   Former President Rafael Correa has deployed a defense strategy that portrays him, internationally, as a victim of political persecution at whose peak is, according to him, the Government of Lenin. This two-hour interview addresses the Balda case, but also the...
Posted On 10 Jul 2018
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The Comptroller’s Office points to the former president, again

Ecuadornews:   The legal proceedings against former President Rafael Correa are just beginning. The Office of the Comptroller continues to find civil and criminal liability against the leader of the self-styled citizen’s revolution for the economic management of his...
Posted On 10 Jul 2018
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Colombian company is fined for “transnational bribery” of public officials of Ecuador in 2016

Ecuadornews:   The superintendent of Societies of Colombia, Francisco Reyes, reported that the entity imposed a fine of 5,078 million pesos (about 1.7 million dollars) to the Inter-American Water and Utility Society (INASSA) because it had committed bribery transnational in...
Posted On 10 Jul 2018
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Ecuador presented public policies for the digital era

Ecuadornews:   The development of technologies in different fields shaped a new world in a productive context in which the region plays a fundamental role, said Monday 9 July the secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Mario Cimoli....
Posted On 10 Jul 2018
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Investment, waiting for the State to comply

Ecuadornews:   Details and indications of where to improve for investment to grow in the country are uncovered, after the president of the National Brewery, Sergio Rincón, told EXPRESO that they need tax equity to invest $ 424 million, in five years. If this need is not met,...
Posted On 10 Jul 2018
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A witness states that Guacho buys weapons from the police

Ecuadornews:   The investigation into the attack that destroyed the San Lorenzo police barracks in Esmeraldas concludes. This week will close the instruction opened by the prosecutor Wilson Toainga after the incident on January 27. There are 28 defendants, including Walter...
Posted On 09 Jul 2018
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Good weather and investments favored 10 products

Ecuadornews:   Ten crops stood out last year for their significant growth in area and production. In this list were: dry bean, pineapple, dried beans, broccoli, dry soft corn, orange, dry hard corn, hearts of palm, corn hard corn, coffee, plantain banana. Most grew in both...
Posted On 09 Jul 2018
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Captured FARC dissident in charge of the custody of Ecuadorian journalists

Ecuadornews:   The dissident of the FARC Jesus Vargas Cuajiboy, alias Reinel, who was in charge of the custody of the Ecuadorian journalists kidnapped in a border area last March and murdered in captivity, was captured today in the southwest of Colombia, according to...
Posted On 09 Jul 2018
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Manufacturing, the first niche of foreign investment

Ecuadornews:   Of the $ 606 million that came to the country last year as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), most ($ 143 million) arrived in the manufacturing industry; an important figure for Ecuador in a year in which it received 20% less capital, but still has a huge...
Posted On 09 Jul 2018
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Complaint against Rafael Correa for alleged crime of intimidation is reactivated

Ecuadornews:   On July 2, recognition of the signature of the complaint filed by Édgar Vallejo, on behalf of the army captain, Diego Vallejo, against former President Rafael Correa and former Interior Minister José Serrano, was made on the alleged crime of intimidation. The...
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