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The Second Criminal Chamber of Guayas has officially suspended judge Eduardo Guerrero Mortola for 30 days. The notification came from a resolution of the Judicial Council of Transition (JCT). To fill the position left by Guerrero, judge Stevie Gamboa Balladares was chosen to...

Yesterday morning, the ruling that sets the time and date of the next hearing of case Diario El Universo – President Rafael Correa was signed by Judge Eduardo Guerrero Mórtola. The Second Criminal Chamber set the hearing for August 25th at 09:00 am (local time). Until...

This morning the Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa denied the video that the former columnist for El Universo, Emilio Palacio presented yesterday. The video showed president Correa giving the order to shoot down the “Country traitors.” Through his twitter account the president...

The Law Society of Guayas (Ecuador) denounced in a statement, the separation “without the slightest motivation” of the judge of the Second Criminal Chamber of the Provincial Court of Guayas, Eduardo Guerrero Mórtola, who is part of the staff in charge of the judicial...

Almost a year after the police revolt of last September 30 (30-S), the Unit for Crimes against Public Administration, led by prosecutor Gustavo Benitez, decided that there were elements of a “forcible entrance” to the public media, to generate a so-called social...

Since yesterday a count down of ten workdays began for the Second Penal Court of Justice of Guayas to summon a new hearing for case El Universo. The hearing will call both parts in a period of ten days. Afterwards the magistrates will have three days to deliberate an...

President Rafael Correa will not answer to the National Electoral Council (CNE) for the expenses he made during his campaign in his last popular consult. The Ministry coordinator of Politics, Doris Soliz, admitted that such justification of those expenses is not going to be...

O Globo, one of the most influential print media in Brazil, published an editorial Sunday criticizing the way President Rafael Correa has attacked the independent press in Ecuador.”Ecuador is ranked 77 out of 169 countries in Human Development Index of the UN (Brazil is in...

The Ecuadorian ruling party retains control in the Legislative Council of Administration (CAL), after the reelection of Fernando Cordero as President of the Assembly and the allocation of the vice presidents which also belong to the government party. Yesterday at 6:30pm the...

During session 58 of the Occasional Communication Commission, held last July 27, revealed a video that shows that the complementary report of the Communication bill suffered a change because it did not include a proposal in article #18 which refers to the attributions of the...