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Today begins the operations that will control Ecuador’s banana exports, as long as they have a back-up contract. This action will take place in the cities of Puerto Bolivar (El Oro) and Guayaquil. The aim is to have companies to submit their purchase contracts to their...

The presiding judge of the 2nd Court of Criminal Proceedings, Mercy Pico, granted freedom to Balerio Estacio by an injunction. Pico replaced the prison custody for a liberty writ this Friday to the neighborhood leader. Estacio was arrested on Dec. 30th with charges of land...

Relatives of the officers involved in the September 30 (30-S) riots gathered today at Pachakutik’s headquarters to formalize the demands that they are going to present to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in Costa Rica against the Ecuadorian State. The reason of this...

According to the National Electoral Council (NEC), those who will chose not to vote this May 7th in the coming Ecuadorian Referendum must pay $ 34.40 as a penalty. Edwin Jimenez, NEC Logistics Chief, said that according to art. 202 of the Democracy Code, the fine will be 10% of...

Omar Simon, president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), said that the current Government could do its regular advertisement that has been done during the campaign period, but this advertisement cannot contain any message concerning to the upcoming referendum. Simons...

This Sunday, the revoke of mandate process held in the provinces of Loja, Esmeraldas, Guayas, and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, left seven sectional authorities in their positions, while four others will quit. The official results of the National Electoral Council (CNE)  said...

The election campaign of revocations ended on Thursday. Today from 07:00 until 17:00, inhabitants of five jurisdictions decide the fate of 11 local authorities–whose revocations were ordered–at the polls. In this third process of revocation, the resignation of Miguel...

Democracy Code on media campaigns for referendums or constitutional amendment referendums has section of eight articles (202 to 209) about campaigns, propaganda and electoral spending limits only for candidates for national and local political organizations. Omar Simon, president...

Mayor of Playas, Miguel Achi (Movimiento País), would leave his office tomorrow as the season of his revocation process ended successfully yesterday, however, the President of the Republic, Rafael Correa, visited the county to express his support for the mayor. “Revocations...

The National Electoral Council proposed the day before the plebiscite – to be held on Saturday 7th May-, to be a holiday. This initiative was created with the aim of providing facilities to those who have to vote in the other provinces. Uniformed and people under 16 to 18...