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Perez’s Exit Poll Have Not Been Paid Yet by Media State

Gama TV and TC Televisión, both state networks, have not yet settled his debt to the company Santiago Perez Opinion and Studies, who conducted the exit poll on May 7th in the last Ecuadorian referendum. Enrique Arosemena, general manager of Gama TV, said they have done as...
Posted On 22 Jun 2011
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Newspaper Hoy could be Fined by Electoral Tribunal

Doris Soliz, the coordinating Minister of Politics, asked the Electoral Tribunal (TCE) to fine the newspaper Hoy with a $100 thousand for an alleged infraction in the electoral process of the popular consult in May 7. In the hearing of the TCE hall, the lawyer of Soliz, Pablo...
Posted On 22 Jun 2011
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Humala and Correa will Have an “Open Agenda” in Ecuador

Elected Peruvian president, Ollanta Humala, will arrive in Quito on Tuesday June 28th to meet in an “open agenda” with the president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, the state agency Andes reported today. The agency outlined that Humala will arrive to Quito at 13:00 next...
Posted On 22 Jun 2011
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Correa Made a Big Deposit in Germany

The Internal Revenue Service of Ecuador (SRI) confirmed that president Rafael Correa transferred $331.082,5 dollars into an account in Germany on August 9 of 2010. The benefited person was identified with the code BE641430785741352, while the transaction cost the president the...
Posted On 22 Jun 2011
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Cordero is against inviting Catalina Botero

Catalina Botero, the rapporteur of the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights for freedom of expression could not attend the debate regarding the media bill. According to the opposition the critics that the rapporteur made regarding the Communication bill is one of the reasons...
Posted On 21 Jun 2011
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Tapia’s 30-S Hearing Was Declared Reserved by Judge

This morning, judge Renato Vasquez declared reserved the adjudication hearing against police colonel, Rolando Tapia, and five other former members of the legislative guard accused of alleged assault on public safety. The decision came after PAIS militants entered the auditorium...
Posted On 20 Jun 2011
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Ecuador Will Ask UNASUR for a Debate on Press Freedom Regulation

In the temporary headquarters of the Secretariat General of UNASUR in Quito, Ecuador’s Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patiño, stated yesterday that the local government intends to conduct a debate on the adoption of a law to regulate the content of the media in this country...
Posted On 17 Jun 2011
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Opposition Requested Rapporteur for Media Bill Debate

Ecuadorian opposition parties requested the presence of Catalina Botero, a special rapporteur of the Interamerican Commission on Human Rights for freedom of expression, for the debate regarding the Communication Law in process. Legislators Cesar Montufar, Jimmi Pinoargote,...
Posted On 17 Jun 2011
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Correa Was Counterclaimed by the Authors of “El Gran Hermano” Book

Ecuadorian Journalists, authors of “El Gran Hermano” (The Big Brother) book, Juan Carlos Calderon and Christian Zurita answered to the moral damage sue presented by President Rafael Correa and the Minister of Transportation and Public Works, Maria ...
Posted On 15 Jun 2011
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Energy Ministry Reiterates New Electric Consumption Rates

The Communication Secretary of Ecuador, Fernando Alvarado, said last night through his Twitter account that in terms of electricity rates during winter in the coastal region, the basis to calculate the electric consumption will rise from 500 to 700 kW. This morning, through a...
Posted On 14 Jun 2011
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