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Many young entrepreneurs gathered yesterday night at PRIAN‘s headquarters to participate in a forum organized by the Ecuadorian Presidential pre candidate, where they had the opportunity to expose the problems that affect their country. “This country is a country of young...

72 hours remain until the deadline set by the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) for national political groups to submit signatures in order to be accepted to participate in the 2013 elections. The Movimiento Popular Democratico (MPD), Pachakutik (PK),...

The former Governor of Guayaquil, Guillermo Lasso affirmed that his candidature would be announced on September 29 in the city of Portoviejo, Manabi. The announcement will be made during the general assembly of CREO political movement. Lasso did not ruled out formalizing...

The political movement Equity, Progress and Order (Equipo for its Spanish acronym) lead by Fabricio Correa, older brother of the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, did not make it to the presidential elections, after failing to overcome the 1,5% of signatures for its...

On September 19, the attorneys Pedro Granja and Juan Vizueta went to the American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) headquarters to denounce the Ecuadorian State for the negligence of the judicial system in the case against Jorge Heriberto Glas Viejo, the alleged rapist of a...

Diego Borja, leader of the political group Poder Ciudadano, announced that his party is a victim of political persecution by the state. Borja alleged that from the 412,000 signatures submitted by his movement, only 80,000 have been approved. The rest were removed without...

Fabricio Correa, brother of President Rafael Correa and founder of the political movement EQUIPO, spoke after his movement was not approved at the CNE, which prevents him from running for the next presidential elections 2013. Through a press release, Correa said:...

Over 20 police officers were posted in the second floor of the Guayaquil Justice Court to guard the entrance to the hearing against Jorge Heriberto Glas Viejo, who is being charged for raping a 13-year-old minor. According to the media present, the officers said, “we had the...

Two indigenous were detained in a canoe while coursing through the river Mataje, in Esmeraldas, Ecuador. According to the report from the marina, they where intercepted by a patrol and during the revision they found the cocaine plants. The men, who are still unidentified, were...

QUITO, Ecuador Paul Salazar, vice president of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym), revealed that all backup signatures totaled 11.5 million. The Voter registration designed by the agency for the 2013 elections is 11.6 million. That is, only 100,000...