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On Monday Defense Minister Fernando Cordero handed over 5 sets of declassified records to relatives of the late President Jaime Roldós Aguilera. The documents were handed over to Leon Roldós Aguilera, and Santiago Roldós, brother and son of the former president respectively, in a...

The alleged leader of the narco-criminal organization that sent liquid drug to Milan in the diplomatic pouch in 2012, Gerardo MC, alias “el Zambo,” was captured thanks to an informant who availed himself of the Rewards Plan. “We received information from a...

The attorney general of the nation, Galo Chiriboga, untied Rafael Quintero, former undersecretary of the Chancellery and now ambassador of Ecuador to Venezuela, from the “diplomatic pouch” case. The pouch contained drug that was seized by Italian authorities. Rafael...

This Friday, the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference released the itinerary of Pope Francis during his visit to Ecuador. The Pope will arrive at Quito’s Mariscal Sucre Airport on July 5 at 15:00, the welcoming ceremony will be held there, in which the Pope will give his first...

On Wednesday the mayor of Guayaquil Jaime Nebot received the studies for the suspended railway system that will connect Duran, Samborondón and Guayaquil. The route will have two additional stops at the Malecon Simon Bolivar and near the overpass of the Quito Avenue, in addition...

Interior Minister Jose Serrano through his twitter account announced that the case of “Diplomatic Pouch” that came to Italy  in 2012 with 40 kilos of drugs, is clarified with the arrest of three involved parties who operated from Ecuador. “Investigation that has...

Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s president, accused the opposition of his government of using a teenage student, who was detained by the presidential guard and sentenced to 20 hours of community service for making obscene gestures to the president. “I grabbed the guy who made...

L.A.C., a 17 year old teen, who was arrested last May 1 during the protest marches of the International Labour Day against the Labor Justice Act, and who allegedly made obscene gestures to President Rafael Correa, apologized publicly in an interview broadcast by Ecuavisa,...

According to a list of the Save the Children NGO, published yesterday, the best country in the world to be a mother is Norway, while the worst is Somalia. In this ranking of 179 countries, the Scandinavian countries top the list, by c0nsidering factors such as maternal health,...

This Saturday, the waters of the Mancha Grande River overflowed due to rains, causing floods in the Abdon Calderon and San Placido parishes, in Portoviejo, affecting the homes and businesses of approximately 400 families in the area. The zones El Forestal, La Cienega, Pimpiguasí,...