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The barrel of oil can reach $ 90

Ecuadornews:   The sustained commitment of US President Donald Trump to stop Iran’s oil exports could help boost oil prices above $ 90 a barrel. “We are in a very attractive oil price environment and our opinion is that oil will reach $ 90 by the end of the...
Posted On 29 Jun 2018
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US Senators ask Vice President Pence to “press” Ecuador for Assange case

Ecuadornews:   A group of US Senate Democrats urged the vice president of that nation, Mike Pence, to “press” the government of Ecuador, commanded by President Lenin Moreno, on the asylum granted to the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, at the Embassy Ecuador...
Posted On 29 Jun 2018
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USA calls on Ecuador to take concrete steps to isolate the Maduro regime

Ecuadornews:   The vice president of the United States, Mike Pence, asked Ecuador to take concrete actions aimed at isolating the Venezuelan government, a measure to which the Ecuadorian president, Lenin Moreno, did not refer and merely reiterated that the only solution to...
Posted On 29 Jun 2018
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Councilor arrested for money laundering

Ecuadornews:   Four people were arrested during an intervention of the Pichincha Prosecutor’s Office, during this June 28. One of the apprehended is a councilman of the capital city, who was also captured by the police to investigate his alleged participation in the...
Posted On 29 Jun 2018
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Democratic senators ask Pence to press Ecuador for Assange’s asylum

Ecuadornews:   A group of Democratic senators asked the vice president of the United States, Mike Pence, to take advantage of his Latin American tour to improve relations with Ecuador and also press Quito on the decision to continue giving asylum to the founder of WikiLeaks,...
Posted On 28 Jun 2018
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Five minutes of drizzle

Ecuadornews:   The bodies of Efraín Segarra, Paúl Rivas and Javier Ortega arrived in Quito under a fine drizzle. A twin-engine fighter from the Air Force brought them from Cali, where their forensic identification was practiced. There was a police band, two tank cars that...
Posted On 28 Jun 2018
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In Senescyt, the largest payroll

Ecuadornews:   The silhouette of the size of the state, hitherto blurred by the official opacity, has given reason to the voices that spoke of an obese bureaucracy. At the apex of the government pyramid, the Presidency feeds 505 employees with just over $ 11 million budgeted...
Posted On 28 Jun 2018
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Moreno and Salazar declined the charges of prosecutors

Ecuadornews:   The analysis was done in two ways. The Council of the Judiciary-transitional studied last Wednesday, June 27, 2018 the appointment of the 23 provincial prosecutors in charge. The appointment of five officials generated doubts and criticism from different...
Posted On 28 Jun 2018
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Electric sector injected $ 450 million to the Treasury

Ecuadornews:   Celec and CNEL acquired Treasury Certificates from the Ministry of Finance. The resources were transferred to the General State Budget. For the second time this year, public companies transferred fresh resources to feed the General State Budget. The...
Posted On 28 Jun 2018
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The electric companies give a break to the treasury

Ecuadornews:   Until mid-June, the “wallet” of the state was in trouble. The Treasury deposit account in the Central Bank of Ecuador which reflects the liquidity that the Treasury has to face payments and obligations, stood at 386 million dollars, the lowest...
Posted On 28 Jun 2018
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