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After 15 days of being linked to a possible case of drug trafficking, the prosecutor Leonidas Lema referred the former governor of Manabi, Cesar Fernandez, to new criminal proceedings for alleged money laundering. On August 2 Cesar Fernandez was arrested for allegedly engaging in...

President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, says it is likely that a response regarding the request for asylum by the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, could be given before the end of the week. Correa hopes to meet tomorrow with his collaborators in charge of the case to receive...

According to official sources inside the Ecuadorian Government in Quito, which were quoted by The Guardian, President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa has agreed to give political asylum to Julian Assange despite the outstanding legal issues and the reaction that might have the U.S.,...

The Government of Ecuador offered last Saturday to build a prosthetics factory in order to supply prosthesis to people with disabilities. This was stated by Ecuadorian Vice President Lenin Moreno, who led the government Saturday’s report, which is usually led by President...

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) accepted the complaint from Morena Radio Station to the Ecuadorian State because of the abuses that have occurred in this media. On July 26, Assistant Secretary of the IACHR, Elizabeth Ati-Nershed, informed Morena that in 15...

Mercosur will begin negotiations, in September, for Ecuador’s entry in the regional bloc, which also includes Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. A meeting is planned before September 15, in which discussions on preliminary matters aimed at specifying the access...

Yesterday, the Counternarcotics Police  arrested the former governor of Manabi, Cesar Fernandez Cevallos, along with eight Ecuadorian and two Colombians. The detainees are linked to shipments of 115 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride from the port of Guayaquil to Mexico, Spain and...

53 is the Lumber of arrested people for exceeding the speed moderate range in Ecuador. In addition, there are 6.433 drivers that have been penalized for speeding, but within the tolerable range. The National Director of Transit in charge, Manuel Redroban, said the statistics...

“Cities are like people’s lives, they are utopias. Can you imagine someone saying one day: I already live well enough? Everyone wants to live better …” Jaime Nebot Since 2000, when Jaime Nebot was elected mayor of the city of Guayaquil, his life has passed...

Maria Fernanda Lucas Cortez, 25 years, is the fourth victim who has died due to the deadly fire that occurred in the Chamber of Commerce Building nineteen days ago in the city of Guayaquil. According to reports from relatives, the victim remained in intensive care at the clinic...