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European Union and Ukraine signs partnership agreement

Heads of State and Government of the European Union (EU), signed today with the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatseniuk, the political chapters of the partnership agreement that were offered to the previous Kiev government and whose rejection triggered protests in November....
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
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Pro-government majority in new Provincial Council of Guayas

The future Provincial Council of Guayas will be like minded to the Prefect Jimmy Jairala, who won the elections last February under the auspice of Alianza Pais and the Democratic Centre (AP-CD). This Alliance will get 7 of 25 municipalities in Guayas, according to the numerical...
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
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Allegedly involved in Monica Spear murder are captured

Police and Intelligence Unit captured this Thursday in the canton Pedro Carbo, Guayas province, five people from Venezuelan nationality. According to authorities, the detainees were involved in the murder of Venezuelan actress Monica Spear and her husband, the Irish Thomas Henry...
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
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Government removed restriction for raw materials imports

At the meeting between entrepreneurs and the Government, the private sector expected modifications to the standards of quality of the Ecuadorian Institute of standardisation (INEN). The official response that no action will be repealed, but particular problems will be reviewed.  ...
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
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OAS silences Venezuelan opposition speech of Maria Corina Machado

With this maneuver, the Venezuelan officialism tried to invalidate the legitimacy of dissent to the government of President Nicolas Maduro at the regional institution, and prevent the meeting from becoming a speaker of complaints against Chavezism. “With this action they...
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
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China collaborates with 8 boatships for search of flight MH370

The international aircrafts and boats fleet looking for the Malaysia Airlines plane, disappeared 14 days ago with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, has directed its search efforts towards the South Indian Ocean. This, after the Prime minister of Australia, Tony Abbott,...
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
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Gastón Duzac is included in the Cofiec case

The indictment issuing audience on the Cofiec case, for the $ 800,000 irregularly given to the Argentine businessman Gaston Duzac, will be held on Monday, March 24th. Initially Duzac was not involved, and now the Attorney includes it in the investigated group, which rise from 13...
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
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Constitutional Court accepts appeal for protection submitted by Chevron

The Constitutional Court accepted yesterday the extraordinary appeal for protection filed by Chevron Corp. Chevron alleges multiple violations of constitutional guarantees, so last December, It requested the organism to reverse the verdict of a judge in Lago Agrio that sentenced...
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
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Cesar Verduga shall comply house arrest

Former Government Minister Cesar Verduga (1997-1998), will have to comply house arrest, because of his age, and the ban on leaving the country, as precautionary measures, once the Judge of the National Court of Justice, Ximena Veintimilla, lift the order of preventive detention...
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
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President Correa still does not define replacement for Fernando Cordero in the IESS

Alexis Mera, legal Secretary of the Presidency, said in an interview with radio Sonorama that he regrets the departure of Fernando Cordero, and clarified that his departure had nothing to do with the resolution 464, which creates the obligatory affiliation of persons without...
Posted On 21 Mar 2014
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