Government Wants to Patent the ’30-S ‘ as a Trademark

Vinicio Alvarado, secretary of the Administration took steps in the Ecuadorian Institute of Intellectual Property (IEPI for it Spanish acronym) in order to patent the phrase “Prohibido Olvidar” (forbidden forget) and the abbreviations “30S” and...
Posted On 14 Dec 2011
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Recommend to Correa Government Respect Diversity of Opinion

Last December 9th, the Coordinating Committee of Organizations of Press Freedom warned of a “progressive loss of fundamental rights” in Ecuador and presented a series of recommendations to the government to respect freedom of speech and press, such as the...
Posted On 14 Dec 2011
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Abdala Bucaram criticized El Universo on Twitter

Ecuadorian former president, Abdala Bucaram, in exile in Panama, criticized through his twitter account, @abdalabucaram,  newspaper El Universo . He denied that he has made critical statements against the government of president Rafael Correa. “Look how perverse is El...
Posted On 12 Dec 2011
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Vistazo Magazine Innocence was Rectified by TEC Judge

Ximena Endara, judge and president of the Electoral Tribunal (TEC for its Spanish accronym), corrected innocence Ecuadorian magazine Vistazo, after the suspension of the evidentiary hearing and the hearing trial on October 31 to discuss the case, which was driven by five social...
Posted On 12 Dec 2011
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President Correa Accuses CIDH of Dishonesty

Yesterday the Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa assured that the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (CIDH for its Spanish acronym) works for ‘Fundamedios’ (Fundación Andina para la Observación y Estudio de Medios. According to Correa this is a ‘manipulation’ towards the...
Posted On 11 Dec 2011
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Judge Paredes Secretary Confesses

The highest official of the 15º Criminal Chamber of Guayas, Elvia Ayora didn’t saw when judge Juan Paredes printed the sentence against El Universo. Ayora informed to the press that approximately at 4 p.m. judge Paredes delivered the document. Joffre Campaña added, “She confirmed...
Posted On 09 Dec 2011
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Correa and Lara Attack Each Other On Social Networks

President Rafael Correa criticized Assemblyman Galo Lara, a member of the Audit Committee and Political Control, again through the Ecuadorian Presidency Twitter account (@ Presidencia_Ec). @ Presidencia_Ec Assemblyman Galo Lara is upheld in the immunity to lie. President  #Correa...
Posted On 09 Dec 2011
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Galo Lara: “We’re helpless” in Ecuador

Ecuador Times had the opportunity to talk with the Assemblyman of Sociedad Patriotica political party, Galo Lara. The assemblyman referred to the current state of politics in Ecuador. “Helpless”   ‘I thank God, my fellow Assembly members and the thousands...
Posted On 09 Dec 2011
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Assembly Majority Against Lifting Immunity from Lara

This afternoon, National Assembly refused to lift the parliamentary immunity of Assembly Galo Lara and did not authorize the initiation of the criminal case against the legislator, against the application filed by Ximena Ponce, Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion. Of the...
Posted On 08 Dec 2011
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Judge Paredes’ Computer was Analyzed by Foreign Investigators

A U.S. research team made ​​a new forensics to the hard drive clone of the computer used by Judge Juan Paredes in the writing of the sentence in El Universo Newspaper case. The study of the experts, who were hired by the lawyers of the Journal, revealed that the conversion of the...
Posted On 07 Dec 2011
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