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After nearly 12 hours of the hearing of President Rafael Correa’s lawsuit against El Universo newspaper it was suspended this Friday. In the first instance judge Freire said that the procedure was discontinued and they expected to re-install it on Thursday September 22 at...

This evening, Primo Diaz Garaycoa, the judge in charge of El Universo case presented his resignation to teh Second Criminal Chamber, which is the courtroom that handles de lawsuit filed by the Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa against newspaper El Universo. This change caused...

The hearing for El Universo case planned for today will be carried out as deputy judge Guillermo Freire will replace Judge Primo Diaz, who resigned yesterday to the Second Criminal Chamber of the Provincial Court of Guayas. Fernando Yávar, member of the Judicial Council of...

President Rafael Correa arrived today at 9:40 to the hearing of El Universo Case. Approximately 50 people from Alianza País also attended, including the communications secretary Fernando Alvarado and minister Doris Soliz. Only attorney Joffre Campaña, from the newspaper’s...

On May 13, the Fifth Criminal Court of Pichincha ratified the innocence of the police members César Carrión, Luis Martínez, Luis Bahamonde and Jaime Paucar, of attempted murder against President Rafael Correa. However, the Minister of Justice, Johana Pesántez, disagreed with the...

Four simulcasts made by seven radio stations in Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca to talk on freedom of expression are now under an investigation by the Superintendency of Telecommunications. On September 6, a single notice was sent to representatives of radio Quito, Centro, Genial...

Revocation and appeal hearings in El Universo case were scheduled a new date. The hearings will be held this Friday, although they were originally scheduled for October. The newspaper’s lawyers criticized the extent that in their opinion “fits the agenda of the...

At 15:00 yesterday, the Judicial Council of Guayas selected Monfilio Serrano as the new deputy Judge for the Second Criminal Chamber of Guayas, where the sue of President Rafael Correa against El Universo Newspaper remains. The chosen judge will replace for eight days period time...

Fernando Cordero, president of the National Assembly, schedule the pre-legislative plebiscite and announced that he expects to approve the reforms to the Organic Law of the Legislative Branch (LOFL) before October 9. Once approved the LOFL reforms, Cordero hopes that by October...

This morning the citizens of Guayaquil city gathered at the San Francisco square to affiliate and re affiliate into the political party PRIAN, led by Alvaro Noboa. Vicente Taiano, the current managing director and assemblyman of PRIAN was present in this meeting to motivate the...