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Partido Liberal Radical Ecuatoriano joins CREO

The Partido Liberal Ecuatoriano, created by former President Eloy Alfaro and currently headed by Nahum Campuzano, today announced its full support for the candidacy of Guillermo Lasso and his binomial, Juan Carlos Solines, by the movement Creando Oportunidades (CREO) for the 2013...
Posted On 22 Nov 2012
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Diane Rodriguez, first transgender candidate in Ecuador

Diane Rodriguez, candidate for Guayas Assemblywoman representing the movement Ruptura 25, said to be the reflection of a discriminated population group in the country, thus her intention to get to the National Assembly supporting the candidacy of Norman Wray and his binomial,...
Posted On 22 Nov 2012
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Don Burro is the people’s candidate

Don Burro (Mr. Donkey) is the newest sensation in social networks, and his motto “Do not vote bank nor null, vote for Don Burro”, in just eight days, have gotten him more than 30,000 followers on Twitter, surpassing the followers of some current presidential candidates. And...
Posted On 21 Nov 2012
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Nelson Zavala is the new presidential candidate of PRE

Today the Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano (PRE), at a press conference at the headquarters of the group, appointed the evangelical pastor Nelson Zavala as replacement of Abdala Bucaram Ortiz as a presidential candidate in List 10, after the former president got his application...
Posted On 21 Nov 2012
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Criminal complaint against Pedro Delgado for having no title

Assemblyman Henry Herreria, filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office alleging that Pedro Delgado, cousin of President Rafael Correa and President of the Central Bank of Ecuador and the Trust Board AGD-CFN No More Impunity, committed a crime against public trust having lied...
Posted On 21 Nov 2012
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National Assembly approves BDH increase

After two debates, yesterday the draft Law for the Re-distribution of social spending, was approved with 79 votes, giving guidelines to the Government to fund the increase of the Human Development Bond (BDH for its Spanish acronym) from $35 to $50 with profits from private banks....
Posted On 21 Nov 2012
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CNE did not qualify Bucaram’s candidacy

Yesterday, the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) decided that the candidacy of former president exiled in Panama, Abdala Bucaram Ortiz, along with his binomial Dennys Cevallos from the Partido Roldosista Ecuatoriano (PRE), will not be accepted in the...
Posted On 20 Nov 2012
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Correa insists in nationalizing information

President Rafael Correa said that if the government controls the information it would not mean an act against independence of the Nation, “That would mean that justice, in any country, is controlled by the government because it is an function of the state,” he said....
Posted On 20 Nov 2012
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Prosecutors Will Investigate Duzac’s Case, once again

Yesterday the general prosecutor Galo Chiriboga, announced the resumption of the investigations to establish those responsible of the  granting of an $ 800,000 loan to the Argentinean businessman Gaston Duzac by COFIEC bank, property of the Trusteeship Management Unit AGD-CFEN,...
Posted On 20 Nov 2012
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Second debate on BDH increase; PK, MPD and PSP are in favor

Today, in the plenary of the National Assembly, the second debate about the so called Draft Law for the Re-distribution of Social Spending, pushed by President Rafael Correa, took place, this bill sets the tax increase to private banks in order to have sufficient resources to...
Posted On 20 Nov 2012
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