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Police arrested citizen who threatened to kill President Correa

Ecuador’s Interior Minister, José Serrano, announced today the arrest of Javier Genovez citizen, accused of threatening to kill the president, through his twitter account on the network. Serrano, told the Presidential news portal El Ciudadano Newspaper (The Citizen), said...
Posted On 25 Nov 2011
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Running with Harold Castedo

“I became involved with the fitness lifestyle when I realized how important athletics was for the daily life.” Harold Castedo. The desire to be able to make and overcome any physical challenge was the main motivation for Harold, an Ecuadorian living in Miami, Florida for 20...
Posted On 29 Oct 2011
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Ricardo Patiño: “It makes no Sense” to Request an International Arbitration

Ecuador’s foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño said “it makes no sense” the approach for an international arbitration conducted by El Universo Newspaper in the lawsuit filed by President Rafael Correa against this media, after being sentenced to 3 years in prison...
Posted On 22 Sep 2011
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Ecuadorian Migrants: High Rate of Unemployment in Spain

Unemployment in Spain affects about 100,000 Ecuadorians, two thirds of whom does not receive any public subsidy, said yesterday in Madrid, the head of the National Secretariat for Migrants (Senami for its Spanish acronym) in Ecuador, Beatriz Tola. The official, who performed her...
Posted On 14 Sep 2011
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International Activists Found “Inconsistencies” In Ecuadorian Initiative Yasuní.ITT

“Inconsistencies” and “delays” in the Yasuni-ITT Ecuadorian project were found by activists and international delegations, which seeks to stop underground oil part of the Amazon in exchange for international compensation. Mauricio Alvarez, geographer and...
Posted On 28 Jul 2011
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Electric Subside is Valid, says Conelec Executive Director

Yesterday, Judge Mariela Zunino officially suspended the resolution taken by the National Electric Council (Conelec) that plans to eliminate the electric subside for those that consume more than 700 kilowatts per hour in the Coast and 500 Kilowatts per hour in the Highlands each...
Posted On 12 Jul 2011
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Electric Rates Increasing was Suspended by Judge

This Monday, Judge Mariela Zunino, accepted the action of protection against the decision made by the National Council of Electrification (Consejo Nacional de Electrificación) (Conelec), to increase the electric rates prices. The action was brought to the judge by the assemblymen...
Posted On 11 Jul 2011
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Facundo Cabral Dies: He was Victim of Contract Killers

This morning the Argentine writer and singer Facundo Cabral died in Guatemala City after being attacked by a group of gunmen on his way to La Aurora International Airport. Cabral, 74, who last week had given several concerts, suffered a direct attack against him made ​​by gunmen...
Posted On 09 Jul 2011
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Valencia Will Not Play Against Venezuela

The physical therapist of the Ecuadorian team, Tony Ocampo confirmed that Luis Antonio Valencia will not recover in time from his injuries and he was ruled out to play the second match against Venezuela scheduled for next Saturday. Valencia has a left ankle swollen; the idea is...
Posted On 05 Jul 2011
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Bananera Noboa Rejects to File Litigation

Yesterday morning, the representative of  Banana Noboa, Fernando Alarcon revealed the decision of the Constitutional Court to stop their proceedings against the Internal Revenue Service. This measure prevents the legal representatives of the company from an action to stop the...
Posted On 28 Jun 2011
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