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Villavicencio Said That if he Goes to Jail, he Wants Duzac in prison Too

This morning, Fernando Villavicencio, investigator of the Duzac case, revealed two pictures where President Rafael Correa appears next to Gaston Duzac in the Government Palace. Villavicencio said that the day after he  filed the complaint in this case (around a month ago),...
Posted On 26 Sep 2012
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Maria Fernanda Luzuriaga Fired from her Post at the Cofiec

Until yesterday, Maria Fernanda Luzuriaga was the executive president of Cofiec bank, financial institution that is under the administration of the Public Law Management Unit of the Trusteeship AGD-CFN No More Impunity, lead by Pedro Delgado. The separation decision was based on...
Posted On 25 Sep 2012
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Heroes and Heroines Act was not approved

QUITO, Ecuador Nearly 200 people, including soldiers and family members protested after the National Assembly Plenary did not approve the amendment to the Law on Recognition of Heroes and Heroines. To control the protesters, a large barrage of tear gas was launched, which did not...
Posted On 25 Sep 2012
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Correa United Nearly 20,000 Supporters in Quito

President Rafael Correa led a massive concentration of Alianza PAIS (AP) supporters in Quito to thank the electoral support that enabled the recording of the movement in the 2013 Ecuadorian Elections. (MZ)
Posted On 24 Sep 2012
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Today is the deadline of the CNE

Today is the deadline given by the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) to political groups that did not pass the signature review process, to submit more headings in order to obtain legal status allowing them to participate in 2013 elections. Different...
Posted On 24 Sep 2012
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Baby from Glas Viejo case will be Submitted to Paternity Test

Judge Martha Guerrero ruled that on Friday September 28, the infant, who was born as a consequence of the rape of his 14 year old mother by Jorge Heriberto Glas Viejo, be subjected to a DNA test to determine the paternity or not of the baby who turned eight months today. On...
Posted On 24 Sep 2012
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Political groups with pending unverified signatures

Number of signatures that every remaining unregistered political group needs to obtain legal status and participate in the 2013 Ecuadorian Elections. (MZ)
Posted On 24 Sep 2012
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Suma Movement is out of the 2013 Ecuadorian Elections

The Suma movement, leaded by Mauricio Rodas, did not make it to the 2013 Ecuadorian Elections. The National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) informed that SUMA did not get the required number of signatures for the registration. Suma was 1,000 signatures short. (MZ)
Posted On 23 Sep 2012
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The Popular Assembly Called by Alvaro Noboa was a Rotund Success

Early in the afternoon of Saturday 22 of September, thousands of people, most of them young people attended the facilities of Industrial Molinera to participate in the Popular Assembly. Businessman and presidential pre-candidate Alvaro Noboa arrived at 16:30 to address 10,000...
Posted On 23 Sep 2012
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London Gives no Response on Assange’s Case

The British Foreign Office would not give response, this Saturday, on the Ecuadorian proposal to transfer the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, from London to Sweden but remaining under the protection of Quito. (MZ)
Posted On 22 Sep 2012
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