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Cassation Hearing Against El Universo Newspaper was Suspended

A challenge presented by the defense of El Universo newspaper was presented into the Second Division of Criminal Guarantees of the National Court of Justice delayed the cassation hearing scheduled for the upcoming January Friday 13th. The request was presented last Friday January...
Posted On 09 Jan 2012
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Officials and Opposition Against Correa’s Electoral Veto

The document about the prohibition to the media to make news of the presidential pre-candidates during the electoral process, including the partial veto of the President to the Democracy Code did not received any political support. Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa presented a...
Posted On 07 Jan 2012
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125 Ecuadorian Public Schools Will Incorporate The International Baccalaureate (IB)

The International Baccalaureate (IB) Foundation grants the baccalaureate of global validity, since its creation in 1968. This system is present in 141 countries with 3312 schools in the world and 324 in Latin America. 1302 schools in U.S., 310 in Canada and 55 in Ecuador,...
Posted On 07 Jan 2012
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Correa Restricts the Work of the Media in 2013 Elections

The document given by President Rafael Correa did not surprise the opposition parties, even when its methods changed the methods for the candidates running for provincial assembly. This new bill would rule the elections in 2013, Correa made this with a partial veto that he...
Posted On 06 Jan 2012
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Alianza PAIS will Celebrate its 5 Years of “Revolucion Ciudadana”

The upcoming Saturday of January 14th, the ruling party Alianza PAIS will celebrate its five years of government, denominated as “Revolucion Ciudadana.” The event will be held in the Alejandro Serrano Aguilar stadium in Cuenca from 7pm. The celebration will be led by the...
Posted On 06 Jan 2012
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Land Manager Balerio Estacio was Sentenced

Balerio Sindulfo Estacio Valencia, former Assembly member and land manager, was convicted by the Eight Court of Criminal Guarantees of the Provincial Court of Justice of Guayaquil under the charge of land traffic in the north east of the city. The hearing that lasted four hours,...
Posted On 05 Jan 2012
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Monica Chuji presents Extraordinary Action to Protect Herself

Monica Chuji presents an extraordinary action of protection to demand damage reparation because of damages against her. Chuji along to her legal representative, Julio César Trujillo, reached the 14th Court of Criminal Guarantees of Pichincha in order to send her pretition to the...
Posted On 05 Jan 2012
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Politicians From the Opposition Branded as “Fools” by Government Newspaper

Government newspaper “El Ciudadano” defined as “pendejos” (fools) the political opposition to the regime of Rafael Correa in an edition of 16 pages identified as ‘special’ for ‘April fool‘. The following meaning of the Royal Academy of...
Posted On 03 Jan 2012
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Sentence Against Palacio was Ratified

Yesterday, judges from the Second Criminal Chamber of the National Court of Justice refused the appeal presented by Emilio Palacio, former editor of Review newspaper El Universo, in the slander complaint against President Rafael Correa. With this resource Palacio had chance to...
Posted On 30 Dec 2011
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Mahuad Could Go To Prison For Bank Holiday

Former Ecuadorian President Jamil Mahuad (1998-2000), who is asylum in the U.S., faces a custody order because of the issuance of two decrees ordering the freezing and banking holiday in 1999. The accusers, former socialist MP Victor Granda and Anti-Corruption Commission former...
Posted On 29 Dec 2011
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