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Yesterday afternoon, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said that Ecuador will not beg for the resumption of bilateral talks with the United States, a decision taken by the state department of that country. However, he acknowledged that relations with that countr...

Luis Gallegos, the Ecuadorian Ambassador who was expelled from Washington after President Rafael Correa called Heather Hodges, head of the American Legation in Quito, “unwelcome person”, left the United States today. The president issued this strong statement right...

According to U.S. diplomatic cables from Wikileaks, indicates that multiples acts of corruption by the Ecuadorian military and police are one of the main factors that facilitated the incursion of Colombian guerrillas in Ecuador. One message says that “the failure of...

Enrique Herreria dissociated of the movement Madera de Guerrero to join César Montúfar, Andrés Páez, and Leonardo Viteri in their efforts to promote the No option in this referendum next May 7. The reason for his separation was because the movement “was not doing enough to...

Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patiño, denied the Ecuadorian cables published by Wikileaks where they state that he would have received and managed funds granted by Venezuelan Government and the FARC for the presidential campaign of Rafael Correa in 2006. Patiño said...

The ballots for the upcoming referendum, to be held on May 7, will be ready on Monday April 18. According to the Military Geographical Institute (IGM), 11.15 million ballots will be printed for Ecuadorians to exercise their right to vote, this is the eighth time in the last six...

Legislators from different political parties in Ecuador gathered yesterday at the Assembly to discuss the problem of Ecuadorian cables by Wikileaks. The opposition parties wanted to set up a commission to investigate these data; however PAIS did not allowed it. Fernando...

This morning, through a press conference the Ecuadorian Foreign Minister, Ricardo Patiño threatened to expel those diplomats of the Foreign Ministry if it is found that they gave inside information to the U.S. Embassy. Patiño said that Wikileaks’ cables published by Diario El...

One of the offices of the U.S. Embassy in Quito revealed a new cable from Wikileaks which ratified that Ricardo Patiño, former political director and current Foreign Minister of Ecuador, could have been the one who obtained and administered funds in 2006, for presidential...

This morning the U.S. ambassador in Ecuador, Heather Hodges, left the country because of Wikileaks cable that originated a diplomatic crisis that led the expulsion of the ambassador in both countries last week. According to a press spokeswoman for the embassy, Marta Youth, the...