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Monument in Honor of Leon Febres-Cordero is accepted

The Second Chamber of the Civil and Commercial of the Provincial Court of Guayas lifted the entry ban of the monument in honor of late former president Leon Febres-Cordero, into the country. The Board reversed the decision of a lower judiciary, which hosted a protective action...
Posted On 10 Oct 2012
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12 political groups outside the electoral race

The National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) announced the list of national political groups who failed the signature verification process, ie, movements that did not meet the minimum requirement of 157,000 support signatures. Reproved national political forces:...
Posted On 10 Oct 2012
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Five defined presidential candidates, two missing

Among the seven national political groups to participate in elections in February next year, five presidential candidates are defined and two undefined. Unless a last-minute unforeseen happens, the defined candidates would be: Lucio Gutierrez for the Partido Sociedad Patriotica...
Posted On 10 Oct 2012
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Moreno Among the 10 favorites for Nobel Peace Prize

According to the publication of the Norwegian magazine Aftenposten, Ecuador’s Vice President, Lenin Moreno appears among a  list of 10 candidates optioned to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. The list contains 231 candidates. The results about the favorites came from the...
Posted On 09 Oct 2012
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Rafael Correa Hints About his Possible Presidential Candidature

The Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa, said that he has the full support of his family to launch himself to the re-election, although that decision belongs to his political movement. Correa confirmed that there a “high probabilities” that he becomes the next candidate. “My...
Posted On 09 Oct 2012
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Attorney General’s Office Asked Oxy ruling to be annulled

The Attorney General’s Office prepares the argument for the nullity of the arbitral award issued on October 5, which obliges the Ecuadorian government to pay $ 1.77 billion (plus interest) to the U.S. oil company Oxy, due to the expiration of the contract. According to the...
Posted On 09 Oct 2012
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Pedro Delgado can’t be taken to a Political Trial

Recently Silvia Delgado, president of the Prosecutor Commission of the Assembly and member of Socialist Party, pointed out that the credit of $800,000 given without guarantees to Gaston Duzac is the responsibility of the board of COFIEC bank. She added that the report would be...
Posted On 08 Oct 2012
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Mirian Moncayo Discovers New Discrepancies in Case Glas Viejo

Last Friday Mirian Moncayo, the attorney that investigates the case today said the Cueva Limones pushed the mother to leave its first attorney, Robert Macias Veliz, who sponsored her since the demand was made before the Judicial Police of Guayas. The mother of the minor confirmed...
Posted On 08 Oct 2012
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“People don’t vote for me because of my moustache”, Jaime Nebot

In an interview carried out by El Universo, published in today’s edition, Jaime Nebot, Mayor of Guayaquil, stated that “people vote for what I do and for what I don’t do,” he asked the journalist “Do you believe that people vote for me because of my moustache?” Nebot...
Posted On 08 Oct 2012
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Alvaro Noboa will return to Ecuador

The leader of the Partido Renovador Institucional Accion Nacional (PRIAN), Alvaro Noboa Ponton, assured today in an interview with journalist Diego Oquendo of Vision Radio Station, that next week he will return to Ecuador to register his candidacy and start his electoral...
Posted On 08 Oct 2012
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