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Changes in the Ecuadorian ministerial office

The President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, informed during the meeting with social organizations held at the Presidential Palace that Javier Ponce will go to the Agriculture Department and Michael Carvajal will occupy the Defense Department. The secretary of communication, Fernando...
Posted On 18 Apr 2012
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No Trial for Patiño in “Diplomatic Suitcase” Case

Yesterday, the Oversight Committee of the Ecuadorian Assembly, with government party majority, decided to file the request for impeachment against the Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño. Assemblyman Fernando Aguirre (PSP) wanted Patiño to face, among other things, the political...
Posted On 17 Apr 2012
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Viviana Bonilla is the New Governor of Guayas

Assembly woman Viviana Bonilla is the new governor of Guayas, replacing Roberto Cuero. After saying, last week, he will not resign his office, the former governor of Guayas, Roberto Cuero said this morning “everything is possible” and that the resignation of public...
Posted On 17 Apr 2012
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Main Assembly Awaits Presidential Veto on Media Bill

Alianza Pais, the political party of the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, managed to temporarily suspend the session and approve the media bill. This way the Main Assembly approved one of the 120 points that the article has. Now the document will be in the hands of Correa were...
Posted On 11 Apr 2012
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Alvaro Noboa is against Ecuadorian Media Bill Draft

Today at a press conference Alvaro Noboa, maximum leader of Prian party, expressed his point of view against the Ecuadorian Media Bill draft. “I am against the Communications Act in the way the Government has designed it. I want to say that I have nothing personal against...
Posted On 10 Apr 2012
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Correa: “I will not return to any Summit of the Americas” while I am President of Ecuador

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa Delgado announced across a direct letter to the Chief of State of Colombia, that after a hard meditation, “I have decided that, while I am President of the Republic of Ecuador, I will not return to any Summit of the “Americas”, until...
Posted On 03 Apr 2012
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President Correa Sends Holy Week Message via Twitter

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa promised not to wash his hands of injustice, via his Twitter account, today. Through several tweets, Correa told the story of the Passion of Jesus as a representation of the collective thinking of our society. He condemned Pontius Pilatus and...
Posted On 02 Apr 2012
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IACHR Answers Correa Governments Accusations

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) defended itself against the accusations received yesterday by the Ecuadorian government regarding the precautionary measures about El Universo case. Last Thursday, Ricardo Patiño, the Ecuadorian Foreign minister, denounced to...
Posted On 31 Mar 2012
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Human Rights Court Will be Performed in Guayaquil

Diego García the general prosecutor of the Ecuadorian state, met with the President and the secretary of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Diego Garcia-Sayan and Pablo Saavedra Alessandri to set the details about the 45 period of sessions that the group would...
Posted On 31 Mar 2012
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IACHR Dismissed the Complaints the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister

The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) reported that the topics discussed at the special meeting in the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) with the Ecuadorian government delegation, “will not be taken into account in the evaluation...
Posted On 30 Mar 2012
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