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Another abuse of power was detected in the government of former President Rafael Correa. The Comptroller General of the State determined that the ex-president must answer for a glossary of nine million dollars for the misuse of state airplanes. The news was disseminated on...

Ecuador’s Prosecution Office continues the investigation in the 2012-2016 Bribes Case. In fact, before this phase ended, prosecutor Diana Salazar ordered that versions be taken and forensic expert reports to be made and forwarded information requests to public entities. For...

Odebrecht’s name is repeated in 40 investigations within the Comptroller’s Office and in five files opened by the Prosecutor’s Office. The participation of the Brazilian giant in works built by the previous Government is analyzed in two ways: administrative and...

There are 19 companies, some related to each other, that received $ 6.115 million in contracts for public works under the Rafael Correa Delgado regime (2007-2017). These companies have been mentioned as Alianza PAIS financiers in the investigation of the Attorney General’s...

Is it possible to sustain Ecuador’s tourism policies? That was the question answered yesterday by three specialists during the Latin American Congress of Municipalities and Prefectures (“Congreso Latinoamericano de Municipalidades y Prefecturas” in Spanish), which was held...

Santiago Cuesta is no longer an advisor to the President of the Republic, Lenín Moreno. The former collaborator of the Head of State confirmed that he resigned his position, this Monday, September 9, 2019, through his Twitter account. “To my friends who follow me on Twitter...

Ecuador’s trade agreements with Chile and Mexico will be signed at the end of this year 2019 and the beginning of next year respectively. These are steps prior to the integration of the country into the Pacific Alliance (a group made up of Colombia, Peru, Chile and Mexico)...

In addition, 3 national movements may disappear from the electoral register because they do not meet the minimum voting percentage in elections. According to the results of the last elections, 4 political parties and 3 national movements run the risk of leaving the National...

Last year, Pamela Martínez – Rafael Correa’s ex-advisor who is being detained for the Sobornos case – traveled from Quito to Guayaquil. I was restless, she said in the early testimony she gave last September 3. A call from Rafael Correa happened, where he...

From more than a month ago, the city of Manta has thrived on fishing and coffee production. Mónica Maldonado, the director of the Ecuadorian Chamber of Industrial and Tuna Process, stated: “We are already bordering the 100 weekly containers, which guarantees logistics, security,...