Prosecutor Allows Expert’s Report on Hard Disk Drive Used By Judge Paredes

Maj. Mario Corrales, head of Forensic personally delivered to Ferruzola, the hard drive and both the chain of custody followed by the device since it was seized by the prosecution until he came to the facility. Prosecutor Antonio Gagliardo said that said that the expert will have...
Posted On 26 Oct 2011
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Ecuadorian Ministers Resigned their Posts

Ministers of President Rafael Correa’s cabinet yesterday presented the availability of their posts in order to let Correa analyze which of them will continue to work with his government. The executive branch consists of 29 ministries, seven Secretaries of State, the National...
Posted On 25 Oct 2011
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Freedom of Speech in Ecuador Discussion Arrives to the US

In a hearing called by the Interamerican Commission of Human Rights (CIDH for its Spanish acronym), two different positions regarding the Ecuadorian freedom of speech will be debated today in Washington, EE.UU. The official delegation sent by the Ecuadorian president Rafael...
Posted On 25 Oct 2011
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Executive Approved Tele-Communication’s Law Project

The Ecuadorian National Assembly received yesterday by the Executive the draft of the new Organic Law of Telecommunications and Postal Services. This law, with 179 articles and 9 general provisions, seeks to establish the regime of rights and duties of media, the establishment...
Posted On 18 Oct 2011
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A Lawsuit was filed Against Rafael Correa

A $ 10 million financial compensation was asked by Edgar Coral at a moral hazard lawsuit that he raised against president Rafael Correa in the Division of Civil and Commercial Law of the National Court of Justice (CNJ ). The felony would have been carried on January 29 when the...
Posted On 18 Oct 2011
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Especial Investigation Team will work on the Restrepo brothers case

Jose Serrano, Ecuadorian Interior Minister, said on Sunday that he will form a special team to investigate the disappearance of the Restrepo brothers after being arrested by the police in January 1988. The Restrepo brothers were imprisoned without legal justification, tortured...
Posted On 16 Oct 2011
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Carrion innocence ratified

Yesterday afternoon, the First Criminal Chamber of the National Court of Justice confirmed Cesar Carrion‘s innocence for the crime of assassination against him and three other policemen. “The innocence of my husband (Cesar Carrion) has been ratified and the only thing I...
Posted On 15 Oct 2011
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Correa speaks of the Restrepo brothers and September 30

“History repeats,” said President Rafael Correa after attending the launch of the documentary “Con mi corazón en Yambo” (“With my heart in Yambo”).The Ecuadorian President noticed similarities between the investigation on the disappearance of the Restrepo...
Posted On 15 Oct 2011
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El Universo Case Goes to the Capital

The Second Criminal Chamber of Guayas passed the quarrel between the Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa and newspaper El Universo directors to Quito, the capital of the country. This transfer was made because of the appeal that newspaper El Universo made after the sentence. Once...
Posted On 06 Oct 2011
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Chancellor Patiño and representatives on diplomatic tour to Europe

Ricardo Patiño, Ecuador’s Foreign Minister with a delegation of diplomats, began a tour on Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and other countries in order to seek funding for the environmental initiative Yasuni- ITT. This tour will last...
Posted On 03 Oct 2011
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