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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...

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,...

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 ...

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...

104 votes from the National Assembly approved a bill for the regulation and control of smoking in Ecuador. The new bill prohibits smoking or snuff burning products in enclosed spaces such as workplaces, schools (with the exception of open spaces in higher education institutions),...

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) informed of the spread of fake emails (hoax), in recent days. The offense starts with an e-mail which asks to follow certain instructions, allegedly requested by the IRS, and then the recipients are recommended to follow an instruction manual in...

The board of the National Electric Council (Conelec) approved last night, at 23h00, the rate increase to 78 000 residential customers who consume over 500 kilowatt hours per month or those who pay more than $ 57. So far, however, the details of the new measure have no...

Ecuadorian President, Rafael Correa, decided not to send a delegate to the Assembly in order to participate in the preparation of the Media Law draft. Minister of Policy, Doris Soliz, confirmed yesterday the decision of the president, who said days ago that he was willin...

The World Association of Newspapers and News Editors (Wan Ifra) requested to the President of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, to withdraw a lawsuit against El Universo, saying that that is an attack to intimidate the media, according to a letter released this Thursday in Quito. “We...

Ecuador continues to use international forums to present its position on external or other countries issues. This happened at the meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) that takes place in El Salvador since yesterday. Ecuadorian Ambassador for the international...