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Iranian authorities announced, after the trip the Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño made last May, that in 2013 there will be the possibility that Iran supplies oil products to Ecuador. The report comes from the 074 IGER-DGER- 2012 memorandum sent by the manager of International...

In a brief press conference today, Alvaro Noboa, Ecuador’s presidential pre-candidate, spoke about the journalistic work done by a local television channel. “I want to publicly denounce the work Ecuavisa is doing that goes against freedom of the press and all the...

The Qualifying Committee that will select the nine judges for the Constitutional Court (CC for its Spanish acronym) will begin on Thursday to review if the 27 candidates for the position meet the requirements. The main feature of this process, led by the Citizen Participation...

Colonel Cesar Carrion, former director of the Police Hospital, will insist on complaints before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), for the violation of his rights, when he was indicted and then removed from his duties. Carrion hold his decision despite the...

Ecuador’s General Attorney, Galo Chiriboga, presented on Wednesday the project for the creation of a Criminal Court of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR for its Spanish acronym) that would deal with drug trafficking, corruption and other crimes in the region. The...

This morning, Vinicio Villa, defense attorney of Colonel Cesar Carrion, announced the possibility of reinstatement to post of the former director of the Police Hospital. Lawyers of Colonel Carrion reported this afternoon that they received a notification in which the Interior...

The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, arrived early today to Cochabamba, Bolivia to participate in the 42nd Assembly of the OAS and defend his proposal to reform the American system in human rights. Correa will meet early with President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, who invited him...

Vice President of Ecuador, Lenin Moreno, has traveled around the world since 2007 to April this year in 37 trips to attend summits and receive medals and titles for his management for people with disabilities. The Manuela Espejo Project has helped thousands of handicaped people...

In Italy, Minister of Justice, Paola Severino, analyzes the possibility of using inmates for the reconstruction of areas affected by the earthquakes that occurred in recent weeks in the northeast. “In the situation we find ourselves and requiring rapid action (…) the...

This morning, the Embassy of Ecuador in Spain invited the citizens of this country, resident in Spain, to register on the electoral roll, which entitles them to vote abroad, before September 10th. “The vote abroad is a fundamental right that builds capacity for...