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UN will Assess Ecuador on Racial Discrimination Issues

The United Nations (UN) will submit Ecuador, starting tomorrow and for two days, to an examination to assess the country’s policies against racial discrimination. The Ecuadorian government sent a report on advance to the UN detailing the legal and practical efforts made in...
Posted On 06 Aug 2012
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Chevron should pay for environmental damage conviction in Ecuadorian Amazon

This morning a Sucumbios court provided that the U.S. oil company, Chevron to pay the sum of $19,000 million to resign equivalent goods free of duties such amount within 24 hours. This ruling is founded on a conviction for environmental damages in the Ecuadorian Amazon, which...
Posted On 04 Aug 2012
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Foreign Ministers of Ecuador and Colombia Meet

Ecuador‘s foreign minister, Ricardo Patiño, and the foreign minister of Colombia, Maria Angela Holguin, will meet today in Guayaquil, to strengthen relations between both countries, stated the Foreign Ministry in a statement. The main purpose of the meeting is to review and...
Posted On 03 Aug 2012
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Alvaro Noboa: “the economist Rafael Correa continues to act cowardly”

This afternoon, businessman Alvaro Noboa assured that the President Rafael Correa is committed to sabotage their candidature for upcoming presidential elections of 2013. Noboa said that the government is using its control over the courts so that Industria Bananera can not...
Posted On 03 Aug 2012
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CNE: There are Few Forged Signatures

The president of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym), Domingo Paredes, yesterday revealed that the revision of forged signatures have not released results of “magnitude” as expected. The verification task began last Tuesday, after complaints...
Posted On 02 Aug 2012
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Hearing Tomorrow on Chucky Seven Case

Tomorrow at 14:00 the President of the Justice Court of Guayas, Francisco Morales, will listen the different views on the preliminary investigation against Judge Juan Paredes, who condemned El Universo Newspaper in the first instance. According to the judicial attorney of the...
Posted On 02 Aug 2012
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Correa and Noboa Trade Words After CNE Scandal

Recent investigations regarding the popularity of the president Rafael Correa (Alianza Pais) and pre presidential candidate Alvaro Noboa (PRIAN) suggested that if the elections were today they could go for a second round in the electoral polls. Correa has a 33% while Noboa has...
Posted On 01 Aug 2012
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Seizures Continue in Vanguardia Magazine

Yesterday, staff from the Ministry of Labour Relations and the police entered the headquartes of Vanguardia magazine located north of Quito, Ecuador. Journalists, designers and administrative staff were removed from their posts and their work equipments were seized. The general...
Posted On 01 Aug 2012
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CNE Starts Signature Verification

The National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) today starts a new process for manual verification of the signatures submitted by political organizations for their registration or re-registration, with the help of 450 people, along with 120 more people that are...
Posted On 31 Jul 2012
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Guayas Court rescheduled Joffre Campaña hearing for Friday

This morning the President of the Provincial Court of Justice of Guayas, Francisco Morales, rescheduled for next Friday the hearing requested by the court prosecutor daily El Universo, Joffre Campaña. In its request, Campaña asks the Provincial Prosecutor Antonio Gagliardo, not...
Posted On 31 Jul 2012
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