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Alvaro Noboa Announces his Presidential Candidacy

Alvaro Noboa, founding president of PRIAN political party, announced today his candidature for the Ecuadorian 2013 presidential election. In press conference, Alvaro Noboa introduced the PRIAN members that will support him on his electoral campaign. Luis Morales, Anabella Azin,...
Posted On 03 May 2012
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Former Judge Encalada Explained in 9 Hours Her Version of El Universo Case

Telling her story and allegations of irregularities in El Universo Case, took Monica Encalada more than nine hours. This time she did it before the Guayas district attorney in charge, Paul Ponce. Encalada came to the prosecution at 09:39, a minute away to be considered a...
Posted On 03 May 2012
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Judge Confirms Two Arrest Warrants in EICA Case

Yesterday, Francisco Morales Garces, president of the Provincial Court of Justice of Guayas, issued the preventive detention on charges of embezzlement against two exdirectivos EICA Company, seized by the Government and administered by the Trust AGD-CFN “No More...
Posted On 29 Apr 2012
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U.S. Senate Confirms New Ambasador for Ecuador

Five months after being approved by the Foreign Relations Committee, the U.S. Senate confirmed Adam Namn as the new U.S. Ambassador in Ecuador. Last month, Namn was the only diplomat in the Western Hemisphere that was excluded by the Senate, after passing six other nominations....
Posted On 28 Apr 2012
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United States Senate Approved a New Ambassador for Ecuador

Ecuadorian ambassador Nathalie Cely informed through her Twitter account that the United States Senate confirmed Adam Namn as the new diplomatic representative of that country in Ecuador. Namn appears in a list of North American officials approved by the Senate on Thursday of...
Posted On 27 Apr 2012
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President Correa Urges the Military to take to the Streets to Fight Delinquency

Yesterday, President Rafael Correa took advantage of the inauguration ceremony of the new military leadership to endorse the provision of the Ecuadorian government that demands the armed forces to take to the streets to fight delinquency and organized crime. The new chief of...
Posted On 26 Apr 2012
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El Universo Case: Prosecutor of Guayas called Judge Ex Encalada to Testify

Prosecutor of Guayas (e), Paul Ponce, issued a fiscal stimulus this morning in the preliminary investigation against Judge Juan Paredes, who condemned El Universo Newspaper in the first instance. In the document Ponce called former judge Monica Encalada to give her version on...
Posted On 26 Apr 2012
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Vera will sue to former judge Encalada

Gutemberg Vera, lawyer of the president Rafael Correa will initiate judicial actions against the former judge Mónica Encalada for libel accusations. Days ago she showed a video in which the temporary judge, Juan Paredes, admits to have received the sentence of the case EL...
Posted On 25 Apr 2012
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Defense of El Universo Newspaper will Insist in Prison for Judge Paredes

The defense of El Universo Newspaper insists the prosecution to call former judge Monica Encalada and former coach of the Judicial Council, Jaime Martinez, to testify as part of the inquiry into an alleged corruption in the ruling against the newspaper. Public statements from...
Posted On 23 Apr 2012
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The Delivery of the Diplomatic Suitcase was not Recorded

Three months after the discovery of 40 kilos of liquid cocaine in a diplomatic suitcase sent to Italy from Quito new data emerge. In a letter sent to the General Secretariat of the Assembly, the Foreign Ministry acknowledged that the official release of the cargo “does not...
Posted On 23 Apr 2012
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